Patents Assigned to Bernard Matthews, PLC
  • Method and apparatus for making an helical food product
    Patent number: 6379733
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a helical food product. The method includes the step of extruding one or more plastic food substrates through a nozzle into a hollow shaped part. Relative rotation of the nozzle and the shaping part is caused, thereby forming a product of helical configuration. A fluid barrier agent is applied to the outer surface of the product as it is dispensed from the nozle into the shaping part, which barrier agent is adapted to prevent reannealing of adjacent turns of the helical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews, PLC
    Inventors: Bernard Trevor Matthews, David John Joll, Peter Elwyn Roberts, David Norman Wilson, John Harry Barker
  • Co-extruded meat product
    Patent number: 6306446
    Abstract: The invention provides a meat product comprising extruded inner core of meat substrate and one or more co-extruded outer layers wholly or partly around the core, wherein at least one of the outer layers consists of a meat or fat emulsion. The fibers within the meat or fat emulsion layer are distributed substantially uniformly within the emulsion layer and are disoriented, so as to improve the cohesiveness of that layer. The invention also provides an extrusion nozzle for forming the meat product of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Bernard Matthews, PLC
    Inventors: Bernard Trevor Matthews, David John Joll, David Norman Wilson, John Harry Barker