Food component transfer sheet and method of processing food therewith

A food component transfer for making at least several food casings for transfer of a food component to food enclosed in said casing, said transfer sheet comprising a water and heat resistance base sheet in the form of a continuous ribbon extending in one direction wherein the sheet is of sufficient length to form at least several food casings after ligaturing the sheet into the length of said casings,

• a layer of said food component to be transferred to said food, said food component being selected from the group consisting of edible granules, powders, chips or mixtures thereof, said layer of food component being coated onto said base sheet repeatedly along the length of said base sheet to form at least several intermittent, spaced food component segments on said base sheet, the space between said intermittent, spaced food component portions being of a length sufficient such that when said food component transfer sheet is segmented to make said casings, enough of said base sheet not coated with said food component exists on said transfer sheet on either side of said food coated portion of said base sheet such that the non-coated opposite ends of said segmented transfer sheet can be both easily closed around a food to form said casing and easily ligatured to secure the closed casing and a glue layer made of an edible, water-soluble macromolecular substance disposed between said base sheet and said food component layer and releasably adhering said food component layer to said base sheet.