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Low-fat ground meat products

US5773057A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1996
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S426/802
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are low-fat, ground meat food products formed from an admixture containing from about 40 to about 95 wt. % ground meat particles and from about 60 to about 5 wt. % therma-irreversible, hydrolyzed milk protein gel particles, the gel particles having a particle size of from about 1/32" to about 1"in their longest dimension and, preferably, a gel strength of between about 2500 gms and about 30,000 gms. Also disclosed are cooked and fermented, low-fat sausage products made from such admixtures, the average particle size of the gel particles in the sausage products being from about 0.5 to about 1.5 times the average particle size of the ground meat particles.

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