Imitation skinless sausages
AssigneeInternational N&H USA, Inc.
InventorHelge Henrik Nielsen
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Abstract
A fine emulsion sausage having an alginate coating having a thickness of 0.05 mm or less; said sausage substantially possessing the visible and organoleptic properties of a skinless sausage. Also, a method of manufacturing such sausages, which method comprises co-extruding a fine emulsion filling with a casing paste comprising alginate to form a coextruded product comprising 1.5% or less by weight of casing paste, based upon the total weight of the casing paste and filling; and contacting such coextruded product with a solution containing calcium ions, which solution has a pH below the pKa value of the alginate.
Claims23
A fine emulsion sausage comprising a filling and an alginate casing having a thickness of less than 0.05 mm;
- said sausage substantially possessing the visible and organoleptic properties of a skinless sausage;
- wherein the alginate casing is uniform, continuous and not visibly perceptible, and wherein the fine emulsion sausage is a cooked sausage,
- wherein the alginate casing is free of a sparingly soluble calcium compound.
A method of manufacturing a fine emulsion sausage, which method comprises co-extruding a fine emulsion filling with a casing paste comprising alginate to form a coextruded product comprising 1.5 wt % or less of casing paste based on the combined weight of the casing paste and filling;
- and contacting such coextruded product with a solution comprising calcium ions, which solution has a pH below the pKa value of the alginate and a calcium ion concentration equivalent to that produced by at least 15 weight percent solution of calcium chloride.
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