Multilayer dessert, and process and apparatus for its production

Abstract

The invention relates to a multilayer dessert having at least one heat-treated component, which comprises mousse, creme, jelly and/or sauce, where this component is coated with a continuous sterilized layer of fat coating or chocolate of a thickness between 0.1 and 3 mm, or in that these components ( 7, 8, 9 ) are separated by a continuous sterilized layer ( 10, 11 ) of fat coating or chocolate of a thickness between 0.1 and 3 mm, and in that the component or components have a Bostwick viscosity below 8 cm.

1 . Multilayer dessert having at least one heat-treated component, which comprises mousse, creme, jelly and/or sauce, characterized in that this component is coated with a continuous sterilized layer of fat coating or chocolate of a thickness between 0.1 and 3 mm, or in that these components are separated by a continuous sterilized layer of fat coating or chocolate of a thickness between 0.1 and 3 mm, and in that the component or components have a Bostwick viscosity below 8 cm.  
     
     
         2 . Multilayer dessert according to    claim 1   , characterized in that the fat coating comprises vegetable fat, if appropriate cocoa powder, sugar and flavourings.  
     
     
         3 . Multilayer dessert according to    claim 1   , characterized in that the chocolate comprises a mixture of cocoa butter, cocoa powder or chocolate liquor, sugar and flavourings.  
     
     
         4 . Multilayer dessert according to    claims 1    to    3   , characterized in that the proportion of sugar is between 1 and 17%, more precisely in the form of liquid sugar.  
     
     
         5 . Process for the production of the multilayer dessert according to    claims 1    to    3   , the component or the components being packaged by an ultrahygienic or aseptic machine, characterized in that each chocolate layer or fat coating layer is applied by a single-component spray system under a spraying pressure between 5 and 200 bar and at a temperature between 20 and 60° C.  
     
     
         6 . Process according to    claim 4   , characterized in that the chocolate mass or fat coating mass is sterilized, comminuted and filtered prior to the application.  
     
     
         7 . Process according to    claim 4    or    5   , characterized in that each metering of the fat coating layer or chocolate layer is performed in the order of one second.  
     
     
         8 . Process according to    claims 4    to    6   , characterized in that the chocolate layer or fat coating layer is charged at a pressure between 70 and 80 bar and at a temperature of 30-40° C.  
     
     
         9 . Apparatus for metering the fat coating or chocolate layer, characterized in that the apparatus comprises two connected lines: a production line operated batchwise and a spray line operated continuously.  
     
     
         10 . Apparatus according to    claim 9   , characterized in that the production line comprises the following inter-connected elements: 
 dispersion and sterilization apparatus,    pump,    colloid mill or homogenizer and    filter.    
     
     
         11 . Apparatus according to claims  9  and  10 , characterized in that the spray line comprises the following elements: 
 storage vessel having temperature control,  
 pump and  
 single-component spray system.  
 
     
     
         12 . Apparatus according to    claim 11   , characterized in that the single-component spray system has at least one single-component spray feeder, each single-component spray feeder comprising a pulsed piston metering pump, a pulsed needle valve and a hollow-cone swirl nozzle.  
     
     
         13 . Apparatus according to    claim 11   , characterized in that the single-component spray system comprises a piston pump, at least one spray gun and a counterpressure valve, each spray gun comprising a pulsed needle valve and a hollow-cone swirl nozzle.  
     
     
         14 . Apparatus according to    claim 12    or    13   , characterized in that the single-component spray system has between 2 and 12 single-component spray feeders or spray guns.