DESCRIZIONE
An apparatus for production of granules, in particular artificial granulated caviar, from an initial aqueous composition of foodstuff components comprising at least one food cooker (1), at least one first container (9) and at least one second container (12) placed one above the other, a storage hopper (14), and an electromechanical calibration device,
Wherein the food cooker (1) is configured to prepare and to heat up an initial foodstuff-solution from an initial aqueous composition of foodstuff and comprises a water jacket, a heating unit (2), and a built-in electric fast-speed mixer homogenizer (6), which built-in electric fast-speed mixer homogenizer (6) is configured to homogenize the initial foodstuff-solution, in order to achieve a homogenized foodstuff-solution, the first container (9) is configured to receive the homogenized foodstuff-solution and to maintain the homogenized foodstuff-solution's homogeneity, and
is designed as a sealed, in particular gas-proof, dispensing, in particular rectangular, container (9), is arranged above the second container (12), is connected to a source of compressed sterile gas via a gas pressure reductor (7), comprises a temperature-control jacket (17a), and discharge tubes (23) having granulation devices (11), the second container (12) contains a forming fluid (22) and is configured to form and to accumulate the granules and has an inclined bottom (21), which is configured to forward the granules to the storage hopper (14), at least one hot water jackets for hot (17b) and at least one cooling fluid jacket (13), which are configured to control a temperature gradient between the top and the bottom of the second container (12), fluid-outlet pipes (32, 33), which are configured to allow drain and circulation of the forming fluid (22), the storage hopper (14) has an inclined bottom, the electromechanical calibration device has at least one sieve, the said sieve is arranged for final cleaning and calibration of the granules. [Image Omitted]