Slip Resistant Tubular Food Casing Comprising Cellulose or Fibre-Reinforced Cellulose
AssigneeEriksson Capital AB
InventorsAri Vuorela, Keijo Molkanen, Tero Rintala, Esa Hihnala
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Abstract
The invention relates to slip resistant seamless packaging casings and more particularly to slip resistant seamless tubular food casings comprising cellulose or cellulose hydrate and having the surface modified with particles or fibres of food compatible material. The invention also relates to a method for the manufacture of said slip resistant tubular food casing having the surface modified with particles or fibres of food compatible material, and to the use of the obtained slip resistant seamless tubular food casing.
Claims25
A seamless tubular food casing, characterized in that the food casing comprises a fibre-reinforced cellulose casing having an external surface modified with particles and/or fibres of food compatible material or food compatible materials without adhesives or resins.
A method for the manufacture of a tubular food casing, characterized in that the method comprises the steps wherein a tubular fibrous paper substrate is impregnated with viscose, which is optionally coloured, and then the impregnated tubular fibrous paper substrate is coated with particles and/or fibres of food compatible material or materials and the process is continued like a viscose process.
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