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Acidulated meat emulsion

Assignee: Durkee Industrial Foods Corp
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Filing: 1982-03-11
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Granted: 1985-02-05
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Expires: 2002-03-11
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention resides broadly in a method for applying water soluble coatings to highly water soluble core particles selected from the group consisting of sugar, salt, yeast, and solid acidulants, comprising the steps of selecting core particles of fine particle size such that a preponderance of the particles pass through a 16 mesh screen, U.S. Standard Sieve; forming a fluid bed of said core particles; spraying into said bed in the form of a fine mist a water soluble coating composition comprising water and a water soluble coating material selected from the group consisting of a film-forming, edible, bland, hydrolized starch and a protein, said coating material having a water solubility sufficient to produce a pumpable solution at about 20-40% solids concentration, based on solution weight; continuing said spraying for a time sufficient to obtain a coating build-up on said core particles of at least about 10-50% based on coated particle weight; said coated particles having substantially the same particle size as the core particles. The coated acid particles are added to a meat emulsion in preparation of acidulated meat emulsions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Phillip J. Percel
  • 👤 Douglas W. Perkins
  • 👤 Anthony V. Petricca

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 15:02
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23B; A23B4/00; A23B4/12; A23B4/10; A23L; A23L13/00; A23L13/40; A23L13/42; A23L13/428; A23P; A23P10/00; A23P10/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A meat emulsion comprising a particulate meat acidulant for dispersion in said meat emulsion, in preserving and/or texturizing amounts, for acidulating the same, said acidulant consisting essentially of (a) a solid acid core particle and (b) a continuous, substantially impervious coating on said acid core particle, said coating being a water soluble, film-forming, edible, bland, starch hydrolysate or protein, said starch hydrolysate or protein having a water solubility sufficient to produce a pumpable solution at about 30-40% solids concentration, based on solution weight; said acidulant having a particle size not substantially in excess of about 20 mesh, U.S. Standard Sieve; the weight ratio of solid acid core particle to starch hydrolysate or protein coating being in the range of about 90-50:10-50.; said starch hydrolysate or protein being spray applied to the solid acid core particle in a fluid bed spray applicator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A meat emulsion comprising a particulate meat acidulant for dispersion in said meat emulsion, in preserving and/or texturizing amounts, for acidulating the same, said acidulant consisting essentially of (a) a solid acid core particle and (b) a continuous, substantially impervious coating on said acid core particle, said coating being a water soluble, film-forming, edible, bland, starch hydrolysate or protein, said starch hydrolysate or protein having a water solubility sufficient to produce a pumpable solution at about 30-40% solids concentration, based on solution weight; said acidulant having a particle size not substantially in excess of about 20 mesh, U.S. Standard Sieve; the weight ratio of solid acid core particle to starch hydrolysate or protein coating being in the range of about 90-50:10-50.; said starch hydrolysate or protein being spray applied to the solid acid core particle in a fluid bed spray applicator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
The meat emulsion of claim 1 wherein said meat emulsion is winter sausage cured without heating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 65 words
The meat emulsion of claim 1 wherein said solid acid core particle is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, ascorbic acid, malic acid, iso-ascorbic acid, adipic acid, lactic acid on a solid carrier, glucono delta lactone, and compatible mixtures thereof, the particle size of the particulate acidulant being not substantially in excess of about 30 mesh, U.S. Standard Sieve.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 29 words
The meat emulsion of claim 3 wherein said starch hydrolysate is malto-dextrin, the ratio of solid acid core particle to starch coating being in the range of about 80-70:20-30.

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