Process and device for treating animal flesh, particularly fish, for the purpose of removing color and odor
AssigneeCompagnie des Eaux et de L'Ozone
InventorsLouis Coudrains, Emmanuel Starck
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Abstract
A process for treating animal flesh to remove color and odor. The flesh is mixed with water, then the mixture of flesh and water is placed in contact with ozone for a length of time to remove color and odor from the flesh.
Claims17
A device for treating animal flesh, comprising an envelope in which a hollow tube turns, provided with a helical wall having a pitch, the device assembly further comprising a transfer screw, the free space existing between the inner wall of said envelope and of the tube constituting a bubbling chamber in which a mixture of flesh and water is brought into contact with ozone.
A process for treating animal flesh comprising immersing said flesh in water, injecting air containing ozone through a diffuser having pores of calibrated diameter to form ozone bubbles having a calibrated diameter, and contacting said immersed flesh with said ozone bubbles for a sufficient length of time to remove substantially all color and odor from said immersed flesh.
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