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Disclosed are apparatus (10) for making a complexly patterned extrudate. The apparatus (10) includes a food cooker extruder (12) for providing at least one extrudable food product, at least one food color supply (18), a pattern forming die (20) for mixing the food color and extrudate food product to

Disclosed are apparatus (10) for making a complexly patterned extrudate. The apparatus (10) includes a food cooker extruder (12) for providing at least one extrudable food product, at least one food color supply (18), a pattern forming die (20) for mixing the food color and extrudate food product to form a complexly patterned food product, a reducing passageway for reducing the cross sectional area of the patterned dough from an inlet end (34) to outlet end (36) of at least 50:1 at an average convergence angle of ≤45°and an extruder exit port at the discharge end of the reducing passageway.

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An apparatus for making a complexly patterned flowable extrudate, comprising, in combination: means for providing a first extrudable food material (12); means for supplying a second flowable colored food material (18); means for forming the first extrudable food material and the second flowable colo

An apparatus for making a complexly patterned flowable extrudate, comprising, in combination: means for providing a first extrudable food material (12); means for supplying a second flowable colored food material (18); means for forming the first extrudable food material and the second flowable colored food material into a complexly patterned food mass having an initial cross sectional area (20); reducing passageway means for reducing the initial cross sectional area to a reduced cross sectional area of at least 25:1 operatively connected to the pattern forming means having an average convergence angle ranging from about 5°to 45°(25) and having a larger inlet end and a smaller outlet end; and an extrudate exit port having a diameter of about the reduced cross sectional area (13) proximate the outlet end.