Patent ID: 8178143
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A23K,A23V,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a food product simulating natural meat pieces, wherein said method is carried out by: grinding a meat and/or meat byproducts to produce a meat emulsion; forming the meat emulsion to produce a layer of the meat emulsion; coating the layer of the meat emulsion with a gel comprising water and an edible hydrocolloid to produce the gel-coated layer of the meat emulsion; scraping off the gel and the layer of the meat emulsion adjacent to the gel to produce the semifinished meat product having a distinctly defined structure similar to the striated muscle fiber structure of natural meat; and fixing the structure of the semifinished meat product and cutting the resulting product into individual pieces to produce the food product simulating natural meat pieces.