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Process for the manufacture of a cooked fibrous restructured meat product
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1975-02-20
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Granted: 1976-01-20
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Expires: 1995-02-20
Abstract
Abstract Meat comminute is converted into a cooked restructured meat having a surface that is grained, resembling that of slices cut in the direction of the muscle fibres from cooked meat of good quality.
Inventors
- 👤 Arthur Ernest Hawkins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:44
CPC Classifications
A; A22; A22C; A22C7/00; A23; A23L; A23L13/00; A23L13/60; A23L13/67
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A process for the manufacture of a cooked fibrous restructured meat product comprising: i. extruding a meat comminute in the form of a flat extrudate having the fibers thereof generally aligned in the direction of said extrusion; ii. interposing said extrudate, before cooking, between two layers of heat-stable absorbent crepe paper which are capable of holding the liquors released from said extrudate during cooking, at least one of said layers having a grained surface in intimate contact with said extrudate; iii. cooking said extrudate to produce a temperature of at least 65°C therein while so interposed between and in intimate contact with said layers whereby said crepe paper layers remain separable from the cooked product and, upon separation therefrom, leave the surface thereof with a grained appearance resembling that of a slice of meat cut in the direction of the muscle fibers; and iv. removing said separable layers from said cooked product to form a final cooked product.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
A process for the manufacture of a cooked fibrous restructured meat product comprising: i. extruding a meat comminute in the form of a flat extrudate having the fibers thereof generally aligned in the direction of said extrusion; ii. interposing said extrudate, before cooking, between two layers of heat-stable absorbent crepe paper which are capable of holding the liquors released from said extrudate during cooking, at least one of said layers having a grained surface in intimate contact with said extrudate; iii. cooking said extrudate to produce a temperature of at least 65°C therein while so interposed between and in intimate contact with said layers whereby said crepe paper layers remain separable from the cooked product and, upon separation therefrom, leave the surface thereof with a grained appearance resembling that of a slice of meat cut in the direction of the muscle fibers; and iv. removing said separable layers from said cooked product to form a final cooked product.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process as defined in claim 1 further comprising incorporating about 5 to about 20% by weight of spun protein fiber into said comminute before said extrusion.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-01-19 | 1987-07-21 | 1988-01-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |