Patent ID: 6224923
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A22C,A23C,C08L

Abstract:
A method for coating foods with a durable and uniform coating, said foods selected from the group consisting of meat products stuffed into a casing and hard cheese said method consisting of treating the food with a water/ethanol solution containing a shellac and a polyamide in the following proportions:a. from 1.0% to 99% by weight of shellac; andb. from 99% to 1.0% by weight of polyamide based on the total amount of shellac and polyamide, such that said meat product stuffed casing or hard cheese is coated with a composition containing from 1.0% to 99% by weight of shellac and from 99% to 1.0% by weight of polyamide based on the total amount of shellac and polyamide.