Patent ID: 9095151
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A22C,A23B,A23L,B65B

Abstract:
1. A method of making tuna salad comprising: providing lightmeat tuna prepared from frozen raw tuna that has been thawed, eviscerated, and precooked to produce a backbone temperature of at least 57° C., cooled and cleaned; storing the lightmeat tuna in cans or pouches with or without oil and/or a vegetable broth; retorting the lightmeat tuna at a temperature of about 120° C. for about 77 minutes to produce an internal tuna temperature of at least 100° C. for at least one minute; cooling the retorted tuna in cans or pouches to 4.4° C. or less; and combining the cooled retorted tuna with other appropriate ingredients for making tuna salad while maintaining the retorted tuna and other ingredients at a temperature of −1° C. to 4.4° C. until served.