Patent ID: 9131707
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A23B,A23J,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A method for separating lean meat from lean meat-containing material, comprising: providing lean meat-containing material having lean meat and fat; before reducing the lean meat-containing material into particles, chilling the lean meat-containing material while avoiding freezing the surface of the lean meat; while the surface of the lean meat is non-frozen, reducing the lean meat-containing material into particles, wherein the particles include particles that have a majority of lean meat and particles that have a majority of fat; combining the particles with a fluid, wherein the fluid includes water and carbon dioxide; introducing the particles and the fluid into a centrifuge; in the centrifuge, separating a first stream comprising the particles that have a majority of lean meat, a second stream comprising the particles that have a majority of fat, and a third stream comprising the fluid; sanitizing the fluid and recycling the sanitized fluid; and treating the first stream comprising the particles that have a majority of lean meat to reduce pathogens via a method that does not result in raising the temperature above 109° F.