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Process for making bacon having antibotulinal stability
Assignee: Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo KK
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Filing: 1980-05-21
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Granted: 1981-12-15
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Expires: 2000-05-21
Abstract
Abstract A process for making bacon having antibotulinal stability, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO2-) and not higher than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of meat, an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or inorganic acid, and optionally sodium hexametaphosphate, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryuzo Ueno
- 👤 Toshio Matsuda
- 👤 Tatsuo Kanayama
- 👤 Yatsuka Fujita
- 👤 Shigeo Inamine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-28 19:43
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23B; A23B4/00; A23B4/02; A23B4/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A process for making bacon, having antibotulinal stability, from lumps of pork, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a nitrite and potassium sorbate containing curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO 2 - ) and not higher than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of pork, an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or inorganic acid, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for making bacon, having antibotulinal stability, from lumps of pork, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a nitrite and potassium sorbate containing curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO 2 - ) and not higher than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of pork, an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or inorganic acid, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the aqueous solution is an aqueous solution of glucono-delta-lactone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the aqueous solution is an aqueous solution of citric acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process for making bacon, having antibotulinal stability, from lumps of pork, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a nitrite and potassium sorbate containing curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO 2 - ) and not more than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of the pork, sodium hexametaphosphate and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or, inorganic acid, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process for making bacon, having antibotulinal stability, from lumps of pork, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a nitrite and potassium sorbate containing curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO 2 - ) and not more than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of the pork, sodium hexametaphosphate and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or, inorganic acid, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process of claims 1 or 4 wherein the organic acid is selected from the group consisting of acetic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, adipic acid, fumaric acid, citric acid and glucono-delta-lactone, and the inorganic acid is phosphoric acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 5 wherein from about 0.05-0.15% by weight, based on the weight of the meat, of the water-soluble organic acid and/or inorganic acid is added to the pork.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 4 wherein the amount of sodium hexametaphosphate is in the range of 0.2-0.5%, based on the weight of the pork.
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