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US 4,426,398 AGranted
Food product having a main component comprising powder made from soft shell turtles and the method of manufacture therefor
AssigneeIwatani Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsunehiko Kokura, Mitsuyori Inoue
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Abstract
Whole clean, living soft-shelled turtles are frozen in liquid nitrogen. The frozen turtles are crushed and then ground in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas to form a powder. The powder may be mixed with other components, encapsulated or formed into tablets.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing powder from soft shell turtles, comprising:
- freezing clean, living soft shell turtles by immersing said soft shell turtles in liquid nitrogen;
- coarsely crushing the frozen soft shell turtles;
- and
- grinding the crushed soft shell turtles into a powder in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas at a temperature at least as low as -50 degrees centigrade.
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A food product comprising powder of soft shell turtles made by:
- cleaning living soft shell turtles;
- freezing the living cleaned soft shell turtles by immersing the living cleaned soft shell turtles in liquid nitrogen;
- coarsely crushing the frozen soft shell turtles;
- grinding the coarsely crushed soft shell turtles into a powder in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas at a temperature at least as low as -50 degrees centigrade;
- pasteurizing the ground soft shell turtles;
- and
- drying the ground pasteurized soft shell turtles to remove moisture.
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A food product comprising powder of soft shell turtles made by:
- cleaning living soft shell turtles;
- freezing the cleaned, living soft shell turtles by immersing the cleaned, living soft shell turtles in liquid nitrogen;
- coarsely crushing the frozen soft shell turtles;
- pasteurizing the crushed soft shell turtles;
- drying the pasteurized, crushed soft shell turtles to remove moisture;
- and
- grinding the coarsely crushed soft shell turtles into powder in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas at a temperature below at least -50 degrees centigrade.
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