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US 4,789,497 AGranted
Process of using a dehydration reagent for washed fish heat
Assignee501 Ueno Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyuzo Ueno, Tatsuo Kanayama, Toshitaka Nakashima, Itami, Kunihiko Tomiyasu, Toshio Matsuda
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dehydrating reagent which, in the production of frozen ground fish meat, enables the dehydration of fish meat after washing with water and improves the quality of frozen ground fish meat obtained. Such effects are achieved by the combination of magnesium and/or calcium ions and sodium ions.
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A method for dehydrating fish comprising:
- washing the fish one or more times in an aqueous solution, said solution containing from about 0.05 to 1.0% by weight of a dehydrating reagent, said dehydrating reagent comprising:
- (A) an alkaline earth metal salt selected from the group consisting of magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate and calcium sulfate;
- and
- (B) sodium chloride in the proportion of 1 part by weight to 0.5 to 40 parts by weight of (A) to (B).
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