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Round dough pieces having an inner portion enveloped by a dissimilar outer portion are formed without generating waste by continuously extruding two dissimilar materials to form an extrudate rope having a core of one material and an outer tube of the other material, depositing the extrudate rope on

Round dough pieces having an inner portion enveloped by a dissimilar outer portion are formed without generating waste by continuously extruding two dissimilar materials to form an extrudate rope having a core of one material and an outer tube of the other material, depositing the extrudate rope on a continuously moving conveyor, pinching the extrudate rope at predetermined intervals to form spaced sections of reduced width, and separating the extrudate rope into individual dough pieces at said reduced width sections.

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A method for forming individual edible products from an edible material without generating waste, comprising the steps of: extruding a rope of the edible material onto a horizontal conveyor; engaging said rope with a pinching means having first and second counter-rotating wheel means disposed on eit

A method for forming individual edible products from an edible material without generating waste, comprising the steps of: extruding a rope of the edible material onto a horizontal conveyor; engaging said rope with a pinching means having first and second counter-rotating wheel means disposed on either side of said rope, each said wheel means having a lower surface parallel with and spaced above said conveyor means and carrying pin means adjacent the perimeter thereof and extending downwardly toward said conveyor means, synchronized such that said pin means simultaneously engage opposite sides of said rope, whereby said pinching means form spaced sections of reduced width; and separating said extrudate rope at said reduced-width sections.