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Title:
MULTI-TIER AND SPIRAL MICROWAVE OVEN DRYERS FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF DRY SAUSAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/071159
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing dry sausage including preparing a dry sausage meat mixture, stuffing the mixture into a casing or mould, or extruding into a mould, fermenting the mixture, heat treating the sausage log, optionally removing the outer casing from the sausage log, cooling tire sausage log to a temperature sufficiently low to permit cutting, cutting the sausage, placing the sausage pieces onto a conveyor, optionally a multi-tier or spiral conveyor assembly, and passing the conveyor and sausage pieces through a chamber. The process also includes introducing a supply of conditioned, air into the chamber, the air having a relative humidity below about 60% and a temperature in the range, of at least about 40°F to 130°F, and introducing a supply of microwaves into the chamber. The air supply and microwaves are selected to reduce the moisture content of the sausage pieces to a predetermined moisture to protein ratio.

Inventors:
KAFER PAUL (US)
TAYLOR DAVE (US)
ROBERDS JAMES (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/068010
Publication Date:
June 26, 2014
Filing Date:
November 01, 2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SMITHFIELD FOODS INC (US)
International Classes:
A23G1/00; A23B4/12; A23L5/30; A23L13/60; A23L13/40
Foreign References:
US5942265A1999-08-24
US20080248167A12008-10-09
US6244170B12001-06-12
US20100115785A12010-05-13
US5736186A1998-04-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NICHOLS, Christopher, J. et al. (2200 Pennsylvania Avenue N, Washington DC, US)
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