US 4,305,965 A · Bacon and meat analogues

Abstract

A bacon analogue and similar multi-phased meat products which can duplicate the texture, appearance and content of natural bacon and other multi-phased meat products is obtained by preparing a comminuted fat component which is treated with a curing pickle and preparing a separate comminuted lean component which may be mixed with optional additives such as flavoring, seasoning and preservatives and thereafter utilized to form a layered product by such processes as extruding the comminuted fat and lean components through a predetermined forming die to unite the fat and lean components to form a bacon analogue or other such multi-phased meat products. This multi-phased meat analogue may then be placed in pans and heated, smoked and cured and then be cooled, sliced and packaged and thereafter be ultimately used and cooked like natural multi-phased meat products.

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Dependent claims

A meat analogue containing bound discrete fat and lean components comprising:

(a) at least one fat component prepared from a plurality of particles having a particle size of about 1 to 10 mm from a protein source selected from the group consisting of fat appearing cuts of pork, beef, lamb, poultry, fish, and vegetable protein, or mixtures thereof,
(b) at least one lean component prepared from a plurality of particles having a particle size of about 1 to 10 mm from a protein source selected from the group consisting of lean appearing cuts of pork, beef, lamb, poultry, fish, and vegetable protein or mixtures thereof;
and
(c) a binding amount of a salt solution comprising soluble protein extracted from said fat component binding said fat and lean components into discrete fat and lean areas having sizes greater than the size of the particles when said fat and lean components are bound to each other to form said meat analogue,
wherein said fat and lean areas are essentially uniform in shape laterally throughout said meat analogue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bacon and meat analogues

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