Tubular food casing with a solid coating comprising liquid smoke

US6660315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kalle GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Fred N. Miller · Naperville, US
• Martina König · Hamburg, DE
• Christian Auf Der Heide · Osnabrück, DE
• Dirk Auf Der Heide · Alfhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C2013/0046
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a tubular food casing, one surface of which has a continuous layer which is solid under standard conditions of temperature and pressure, prepared from a mixture made from a wax solid under these conditions and/or from a wax-like component, from a liquid smoke, and from an emulsifier with the aid of which a stable water-in-oil emulsion can be formed. The layer adheres firmly to the casing and is also flexible, so that the outer side of the casing can be turned inside out without difficulty. When the sausages produced therewith are cooked or scalded, the wax or the wax-like component melts so that the liquid smoke can migrate onto the surface of the meat emulsion and there produce the desired characteristics of smoking.