Patent ID: 8293298

Claim:
A method for treating a meat product comprising meat, the method comprising: (a) positioning a meat product on a meat product holder of a conveyor device comprising a plurality of meat product holders movable along a conveyor track; (b) thereafter conveying the meat product holder along the conveyor track and to an additive-adding device positioned alongside the conveyor track, wherein the additive-adding device comprises at least one jet nozzle; (c) impinging an additive onto the meat product with the at least one jet nozzle so that the additive penetrates into the meat of the meat product while the meat product is held by the meat product holder; (d) thereafter further conveying the meat product holder along the conveyor track and to a massaging device positioned alongside the conveyor track; and (e) mechanically massaging the meat product with the massaging device while the meat product is held by the meat product holder, wherein mechanically massaging the meat product promotes distribution of the additive within the meat product.