Patent ID: 7569245

Claim:
A process for enhancing protein yield content of washed deboned meat, comprising: mixing deboned meat with water so as to prepare a meat slurry; passing said meat slurry through openings of a separation interface having a first porosity between about 1000 and about 1400 microns thereby separating said meat slurry into a washed first meat retentate and a first filtrate; passing said first filtrate through openings of a separation interface having a second porosity between about 200 and about 1000 microns thereby separating said first filtrate into a washed second meat retentate and a second filtrate, said second porosity being less than said first porosity; passing said second filtrate through openings of a separation interface having a third porosity thereby separating said second filtrate into a third meat retentate and a third filtrate, said third porosity being less than said second porosity; and transporting each of said first, second and third meat retentates through a presser whereupon said meat retentates are pressed to provide a washed and dewatered deboned meat that is suitable for human consumption and has a protein content of at least about 50 weight percent of the deboned meat protein content.