Patent ID: 7445805
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: A23B,A23G,A23L

Abstract:
1. A method of freezing meat in a marinade, said method comprising placing said meat and said marinade in a bag which can be vacuum sealed, wherein said marinade is acidic, vacuum sealing said meat and said marinade in said bag, preparing a brine solution containing between 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of cruciferous oil, and freezing said meat and said marinade by immersing the vacuum sealed bag in said brine solution at a temperature between about −22 and −43.6° F. within two minutes after said placing step is completed to limit cell damage to said meat by said marinade, wherein said frozen meat is properly marinated upon thawing in the same amount of time as fresh meat placed in said marinade.