Method for preparing collagen encased sausage products
AssigneeTeepak, Inc.
InventorsKenneth A. Boni, James E. Walsh
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Abstract
A collagen-coated food product and a process for its manufacture which comprises a shaped food substance encased in a coagulated collagen fiber dispersion which is acidified with an inorganic acid and set in a bath which is essentially ammonia free. The process according to the invention is a process for the preparation of a collagen-coated food product wherein the collagen is coextruded with the food product wherein the collagen product for the extrusion comprises a collagen fiber dispersion, which is acidified with an inorganic acid and set in a setting bath which is essentially ammonia free.
Claims7
In a process for the preparation of an edible collagen-coated food product, which comprises a cylindrically shaped fresh sausage product, wherein collagen is coextruded with the food product to form a collagen coating on the food product, the improvement which comprises using a collagen product for the coextrusion which comprises a collagen fiber dispersion which was alkali treated and then acidified with a strong inorganic acid as a final acidification step prior to coextrusion, and wherein the coextruded collagen coating is set in a setting bath that contains an insufficient amount of ammonia to create adverse taste, odor, physical properties or toxicological effects.
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