Method of rapidly developing and stabilizing the cured color in comminuted meat and composition therefor
Abstract
Abstract A COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF USING SAME, FOR EFFECTING THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND STABILIZATION OF THE CURED COLOR IN COMMINUTED MEAT PRODUCTS WHICH COMPRISES A SOLID, SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-INSOLUBLE, HEAT-RUPTURABLE BODY OF A SIZE NOT APPRECIABLY GREATER THAN THE PARTICULATE MATERIAL OF A COMMINUTED MEAT MASS OR EMULSION, SAID BODY CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY INERT VEHICLE EXEMPLIFIED BY ETHYL CELLULOSE AND CERTAIN FOOD GRADE ACIDS EXEMPLIFIED BY CITRIC ACID. THE ACID IS INSULATED FROM THE MEAT MASS BY THE INERT VEHICLE AND IS RELEASED INTO SAID MASS UPON RUPTURE THEREOF BY HEAT WHEREBY A CHANGE IN PH OF THE MEAT MASS IS BROUGHT ABOUT, AND THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND STABILIZATION OF THE CURED MEAT COLOR IS ACHIEVED. IN ONE FORM OF THE COMPOSITION, THE ACID INSULATING VEHICLE COMPRISES AN INERT, WATER-SOLUBLE SUBSTANCE FOR INITIALLY ENTRAPPING THE ACID PARTICLES, AND AN INERT, SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-INSOLUBLE, HEAT RUPTURABLE SUBSTANCE FOR INSULATING THE ENTRAPPED PARTICLES FROM THE MEAT MASS.
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- 👤 William E Delaney
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