A method of producing a snack-sized thermally processed meat-based product in a peelable package

A method of producing a snack-sized thermally processed meat-based product, provided in an easy-to-peel tubular package, comprising the steps of:

• a) Providing a raw meat preparation;
• b) Providing an easy-to-peel tubular packaging film;
• c) Filling the easy-to-peel tubular packaging film with the raw meat preparation of step (a) and closing with a top seal and a bottom seal;
• d) Thermally processing the product of step (c),
• wherein the raw meat preparation of step (a) characterized by an amplitude sweep test (strain), at a temperature of 15° C. and at a frequency of 1 Hz, has a stress value at flow point lower than 2000 Pa.