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An ingredient feeder meters a selected amount of ingredient into a flowable food product including an enrobing chamber subtended by a blending tube. The blending tube houses an agitator assembly that moves the continuous flow of ingredient in both axial and radial directions as it mixes the ingredie

An ingredient feeder meters a selected amount of ingredient into a flowable food product including an enrobing chamber subtended by a blending tube. The blending tube houses an agitator assembly that moves the continuous flow of ingredient in both axial and radial directions as it mixes the ingredient with the flowable food product.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An ingredient feeder for metering an ingredient into a flowable food product comprising:an enrobing section including an enrobing chamber having an inlet and outlet and a rotor assembly disposed within the enrobing chamber that supplies a selected ingredient amount in a f

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An ingredient feeder for metering an ingredient into a flowable food product comprising:an enrobing section including an enrobing chamber having an inlet and outlet and a rotor assembly disposed within the enrobing chamber that supplies a selected ingredient amount in a first direction at the outlet; anda blending section in communication and close spaced relation with the enrobing chamber outlet, the blending section including an elongate tubular housing oriented in a second direction and an agitator disposed within the housing in dose spaced relation with the enrobing chamber outlet, the blending section being adapted to receive pressurized flowable food product which flows in the second direction such that the ingredient supplied through the enrobing chamber outlet is dispersed in both the first direction and the second direction when intermixed with the flowable food product to provide at least dispersion of the ingredient in the flowable food product in the first and second directions.