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AssigneeThe Hillshire Brands Company
InventorsJoshua S. Carlson, Yelena Y. Pinkevich, Barbara K. Schmitt, Dejing Fu, Glenn Wille
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Food products and the processes for forming/manufacturing the food products are disclosed. An exemplary food product comprises one or more extruded components (e.g., vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, flavoring, spice, coloring, particulate, or combinations thereof); and one or more extruded collagen layers substantially encasing the extruded component(s). Another exemplary food product is disclosed as comprising an extruded component; and a carrier co-extruded with the first extruded component, the carrier comprising a matrix adhered to the first extruded component and an additive suspended in the matrix.
A food product comprising:
A food product comprising:
A process for making a food product, the process comprising:
A process for making a food product, the process comprising:
A food product comprising:
A process for making a food product, the process comprising:
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The present invention relates generally to the field of forming a food product having a first food component (e.g., meat, soy, other protein, etc.), a second food component or additive (e.g., vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, flavoring, spice, coloring, particulate, aroma, combinations thereof, etc.), and one or more encapsulating layers (e.g., collagen, starch, gums, alginate, cellulose fiber, gelatin, thermo-reversible gel, etc.).
It is known to apply seasoning by hand or with pre-seasoned casings. Another method is to use a dual horn stuffing system that applies the pre-seasoned film at the same time of stuffing.
One embodiment relates to a food product comprising a first extruded component; a second extruded component co-extruded adjacent the first component; and a first extruded collagen layer substantially encasing the first extruded component and the second extruded component. The second extruded component comprises a vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, flavoring, spice, coloring, particulate, or combinations thereof.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block flow diagram of a method for preparing a food product such as sausage links according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic block flow diagram of a method for preparing a meat base for the method of FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic block flow diagram of a prior art method for forming a food product for the method of FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment.
Before proceeding to the detailed description of preferred and exemplary embodiments, several comments can be made about the general applicability and the scope thereof.
As used in this description, “food product” or “prepared foods” includes whole, ground, blended, and/or emulsified protein based products (e.g., meat, non-meat such as soy, etc.) in a variety of forms such as links or rings (e.g., sausage, bratwurst, hot dogs, wieners, meatloaf, loaf, meatballs, etc. with or without a collagen or non-collagen casing), logs, or other divisions. The system and process are directed to co-extruding food components to manufacture a food product.
In one embodiment, a first food component is co-extruded with a second food component and one or more layers of a collagen gel that forms a casing around the first food component and the second food component. The first food component may be a protein based dough such as meat, soy, etc. as can be found in known ground products (e.g., such as sausage, meatloaf, loaf, meat ball, etc.) or emulsified products (e.g., hot dogs, etc.). The second food component may be a different product intended to provide a desired presentation, taste, texture, or consumption experience (e.g., a vegetable, fruit, dairy, another meat, etc.).
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Apparatus or processes for coating with liquid or semi-liquid products: by spray-coating, fluidised-bed coating or coating by casting
Comminuted or emulsified meat products, e.g. sausages; Reformed meat from comminuted meat product: coating with a layer, stuffing or laminating
Comminuted or emulsified meat products, e.g. sausages; Reformed meat from comminuted meat product: reformed meat products other than sausages
Proteins, e.g. gelatin or collagen: gelatin; Collagen