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An apparatus and method for producing a substantially spiral shaped food product is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a die defining a plurality of apertures disposed in a circle about a center. The apparatus also includes at least one cutting blade disposed for rotation about the center and

An apparatus and method for producing a substantially spiral shaped food product is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a die defining a plurality of apertures disposed in a circle about a center. The apparatus also includes at least one cutting blade disposed for rotation about the center and operable to intermittently pass fully across each of the apertures during rotation. The apparatus also includes a plurality of slicing blades arranged for individual rotation about one of the plurality of apertures. The plurality of slicing blades are also arranged for continuous extension less than fully across the one aperture. The apparatus also includes a planetary coupling arrangement operably disposed to facilitate reciprocating rotation between the at least one cutting blade and the plurality of slicing blades.

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What can be claimed is: 1. A method for producing a substantially spiral shaped food product comprising:defining an aperture centered on a center axis with a die;disposing a slicing blade of a shaping tool over at least a portion of the aperture;moving a stream of food mass out of the aperture;rotat

What can be claimed is: 1. A method for producing a substantially spiral shaped food product comprising:defining an aperture centered on a center axis with a die;disposing a slicing blade of a shaping tool over at least a portion of the aperture;moving a stream of food mass out of the aperture;rotating the slicing blade about the center axis to shape the stream of food mass into a spiral shaped stream of food mass;rotating a cutter having a cutting blade about a cutter axis being spaced from the center axis to intermittently pass across the aperture during rotation and separate the spiral shaped stream of food mass into the discrete spiral shaped food product; andengaging the shaping tool and cutter through a planetary coupling arrangement to facilitate reciprocating rotation between the cutting blade and the slicing blade to create the discrete spiral shaped food product.