Brine without phosphates and either salt free or low salt
AssigneeJohn Bean Technologies Corporation
InventorDale R. Hunt
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Abstract
A first brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product. The brine is formed from an emulsion consisting of water, saltless flavoring and protein. The protein is from the same type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine. A second brine especially for ham with the bine being similar to the first brine, but with a low sodium content of a maximum of 0.5% to 1.0% of the weight of the food product. A third brine for pork bellies without phosphate.
Claims21
A brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product, the brine comprising:
- water;
- saltless flavoring;
- and
- protein from the corresponding type of food product being injected with brine.
A brine free of phosphates for treating deli meat by injection of the brine into the deli meat, the brine comprising:
- water;
- flavoring;
- sodium limited to 0.5 to 1.0%;
- muscle protein from the corresponding type of deli meat being injected with the brine.
A brine free of phosphates for treating pork bellies by injection of the brine into the pork bellies, the brine comprising:
- water;
- flavoring;
- sodium;
- and
- muscle protein from the pork belly.
An array of injection needles for use with injection devices for injecting a brine into meat food products, the devices having a needle carrier for supporting the needle during use and a brine feed chamber for supplying the brine to the needle, the needles comprising;
- a hollow needle body;
- a tip at the distal end of the needle body for delivering the brine into food products;
- at least one inlet port spaced from the tip and extending through the needle body and registrable with the feed chamber, the inlet port elongated in the direction of the length of the needle;
- wherein, in at least some of the injection needles of the array, an opening is formed in the distal end of the tip for delivering the brine into the food product;
- and
- wherein, in at least some of the injection needles of the array, one or more outlet openings are formed in the side wall of the tip at a location space from the distal end of the tip for delivering the brine into the food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.