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An inner vertically upright perforated conduit is concentric within an outer vertically upright conduit. The chamber between the conduits is separated by fluid impervious rings forming sub-chambers. Hot curd cooking water is injected into the various sub-chambers in controlled amounts through corres

An inner vertically upright perforated conduit is concentric within an outer vertically upright conduit. The chamber between the conduits is separated by fluid impervious rings forming sub-chambers. Hot curd cooking water is injected into the various sub-chambers in controlled amounts through corresponding valves to provide cheese at 135.degree. F. at the bottom exit port of the cheese passageway formed by the inner conduit. The water and curd/cheese together form a pressure head of at least about 2 psi at the bottom of the conduits. Raw curd is fed in a continuous process to the top of the inner conduit producing finished cheese at the bottom without moving parts. A shredder at the bottom automatically shreds the cheese. The shredder includes a rotating blade with blow out apertures for ejecting shredded cheese from a fixed shredding plate. The shredded cheese is automatically cooled and salted in a single continuous process.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cheese producing apparatus comprising:conduit means for receiving acidified milk curd, the conduit means including means for passively conveying the received curd though the conduit means without moving parts via a gravity induced pressure head formed by the received mi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cheese producing apparatus comprising:conduit means for receiving acidified milk curd, the conduit means including means for passively conveying the received curd though the conduit means without moving parts via a gravity induced pressure head formed by the received milk curd; andmeans coupled to the conduit means for cooking said curd during said conveying to produce pasta filata from the curd;said conduit means including at least one conduit oriented vertically for providing said gravity induced pressure head of said curd in a column in said at least one conduit to cause said curd to vertically downwardly displace in response to said pressure head.