Segmented rolled food item
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A segmented rolled food item is continuously produced using a rotating segmenting roller having a plurality of parallel circumferential lanes. Each lane contains a series of circumferentially spaced knife edges that are disposed at least substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the roller. A segmented rolled food item is produced by feeding multiple continuous at least substantially parallel strips of a flowable food product, each of which are deposited on pre-slit parallel strips of support material, between the nip of an upper anvil surface and the lower surface of the rotating segmenting roller. The segmentation of the food strip occurs without segmentation of the support strip. After segmenting, the food strip and the support material are cut into lengths to form leading and trailing ends. Each strip of food is rolled around a leading end of the support material to obtain a segmented rolled food item.
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1-40. -40. (canceled)
- 41. A segmented rolled food item comprising a strip of support material having leading and trailing ends defining its length and a definite width and a strip of food supported upon the strip of support material and having a length which does not extend beyond the leading and trailing ends of the support material and a width no wider than the width of the support material, wherein the item is rolled around said leading end into a roll having multiple rotations with the strip of support material located on the outside of the roll, and wherein the rolled strip of food is segmented or perforated across the entire width of the food strip into a plurality of separable food segments to enable a consumer to readily remove one or more segments of said strip of food from the rest of said strip of food by pulling said one or more segments and the remainder of said strip apart with the fingers.
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