Patents Assigned to William Underwood Company
  • Maltol treated canned meat process
    Patent number: 4279936
    Abstract: A method is provided for preserving the pink meat color in canned, cooked "red" meat, in the absence of nitrates or nitrites, by adding to the meat selected quantity of gamma pyrones at one or more of the various stages of the curing, cooking and canning processes, and in some instances, also in connection with the addition of iron salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: William Underwood Company
    Inventors: Dorothy L. Jones, Frank R. Conant