Patent ID: 7494405

Claim:
A method for producing meat products having a final diameter, by stuffing meat mass in a double casing comprising a film and a net, the method comprising the steps of: inserting meat mass into a cylinder formed by the film and surrounded by the net, using a stuffing tube for inserting the meat mass into the cylinder, the stuffing tube ( 4 ) having a diameter that is smaller than the final diameter of a meat product; and shaping the film ( 5 ) into the cylinder for receiving said meat mass through said stuffing tube ( 4 ), said step of shaping the cylinder comprising the step of forming longitudinal folds ( 7 ), wherein the diameter of the cylinder is adapted to the diameter of the stuffing tube ( 4 ) while allowing for radial expansion of the cylinder when said cylinder is fed with meat mass through said stuffing tube ( 4 ), by unfolding the folds ( 7 ).