(under the class definition) Processes in which small dry particles of diverse food materials are formed into larger dry units or wherein dry small particles are admixed with a diverse binder and are formed into larger dry particles by treatments which cause coalescence of the particles.
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272, for methods of building up units from a nondry starting food using a base supplied constituent.
274+, for methods of assembling plural edible preforms utilizing an extraneous binder, release agent, or diverse food as an adhesive material.
453+, for the preparation of a dry food product involving an agglomerating process.
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264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, 5+, for particle formation by liquid comminuting, particularly subclass 6, with uniting of said particles, and subclasses 109+ for processes of forming articles by uniting of particulate material.
