US 10,117,440 B2 · Stabilized meat products

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of: a) providing a food particles; b) providing a viscous gelling agent; c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution; and d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent. The present invention further relates to a device for performing this method, to the obtained food product and the use of an acidic buffer solution for stabilizing food products.

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Dependent claims

Method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of:

a) providing food particles;
b) providing a viscous gelling agent;
c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution, wherein the acidic buffer prevents ionic strength differences between the viscous gelling agent and the food particles;
and
d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent, wherein the viscous gelling agent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a protein and a polysaccharide.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/412,635Filed 4 Jul 2013

Priority

NL 20091214 Jul 2012

Published

US 2015/0157032 A111 Jun 2015

Granted

6 Nov 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A22C 13/0016
Chemical composition of synthetic sausage casings: based on proteins, e.g. collagen
A22C 13/0006
Apparatus for making sausage casings, e.g. simultaneously with stuffing artificial casings: apparatus for making artificial collagen casings
A23L 13/60
Meat products; Meat meal; Preparation or treatment thereof: comminuted or emulsified meat products, e.g. sausages; Reformed meat from comminuted…
A23L 29/20
Foods or foodstuffs containing additives ; Preparation or treatment thereof: containing gelling or thickening agents

Stabilized meat products

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Stabilized meat products

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Abstract

Claims38