Abstract: Described is a process for creating almond pâté, a vegan spread. The ingredients include almonds, olives, one or more vinegars, water, oil, garlic, white pepper and black pepper. The almonds are initially soaked for approximately 24 hours at room temperature in low pH salt solution. The almonds are then combined and processed with other ingredients. The result is a healthy and appealing alternative substantially similar in consistency and satiety as a traditional liver pate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the product features during the production of foodstuffs attributable to the product groups raw sausage and cooked sausage, pies, cooked meat products or similar products, in particular to obtain spreading properties or cutting properties. According to the invention, for the production of raw sausage the usual starting materials are salted, mixed and coarsely pre-chopped, not in a deep-frozen state, however. This mixture is subjected to fermentation and acidification, followed by a high-pressure treatment for the coagulation of protein, which simultaneously leads to an inactivation of microorganisms, with the mechanically separated raw meat materials remaining separated. This is followed by a fine comminution and filling. Similarly, for the production of cooked sausage usual starting materials are used, but are processed in the non-heated state, i.e. initially salted, mixed and coarsely pre-chopped.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparation of frozen microwave instant food, wherein the main process is that before being cooked the ingredients are shaped (to ordinary shape or crushing, fine crushing, mashing shape) and impregnated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the product characteristics during the production of foodstuffs, which are attributable to the product groups raw and cooked sausages, pies, cooked meat products or the like, especially to obtain a spreadable or cuttable product. According to the invention, during the production of raw sausage usual starting materials are salted, mixed and coarsely pre-minced, however, not in a deep-frozen state. Then this mixture is subjected to a fermentation and acidification. According to the invention, a high-pressure treatment is performed subsequently so as to allow a protein coagulation and simultaneously inactivate microorganisms, while the mechanically separated raw meat materials remain separated. Then a fine mincing and a filling are performed. During the production of cooked sausage usual starting materials are used, however, are processed in a non-heated state, that is, salted, mixed and coarsely pre-minced.

Abstract: The present invention can efficiently and readily produce in a short time a matured food which is softened while retaining the original shape of the food material and in which a person who has difficulty in chewing and swallowing can also recognize what food is taken and take the food with a sense of satisfaction. In particular, the present invention can produce a matured food, in which mainly the connective tissue protein in an animal food material is degraded, the degree of the degradation is adjusted and the elasticity is reduced, so that the taste can be improved.

Abstract: Enzymes of a particular class, characterized by the ability to cleave a linkage that effects release of a cell-surface protein or carbohydrate, which does not contain an anti-infection agent, display significant anti-infectious activity. Upon oral administration, these enzymes are effective, for example, in the treatment of digestive tract infections in humans and in animals. In the latter, there are benefits of significantly improved growth rate, feed efficiency, and overall health.

Abstract: A method of tenderizing meat comprising providing an amount of meat and treating the meat with a composition comprising an enzyme mixture consisting of bromelin, ficin, papain and/or actinidin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for tenderizing meat comprising contacting meat with a tenderizing-effective amount of a thermolabile protease having limited substrate specificity, wherein the limited substrate specificity is the digestion of only one of the two major protein components of meat.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products involves the structure and use of a machine which has a longitudinal movable conveyor surface on the machine; a fluid injection station on the machine for injecting fluid into a meat product on the conveyor surface; a second station on the machine downstream of the fluid injection station; the second station comprising an assembly for applying compressive pressure to the injected meat and penetrating the meat with a plurality of projecting elements to create a plurality of fluid conduits in the injected meat wherein the compressive pressure will force fluid out of the injected meat through the fluid conduits when the projecting elements penetrate the pockets of fluid.

Abstract: A machine for injecting liquids. An air booster pump is adapted to receive injectate. The air booster pump is in fluid communication with one or more heads having apertures for nozzles. A hollow tube is preferably, but not necessarily, located within each head and is in fluid communication with the air booster pump. Injectate flows from the air booster pump into the head, preferably through the apertures in the wall of the hollow tube. Preferably, but not necessarily, the head is designed so that upon installation one point of the inside of the head will be at the highest elevation. Near such point the head has an escape aperture so that any gas within the injectate that enters the head will tend to flow to and through such escape aperture. Furthermore, a return line preferably, but not necessarily, takes injectate that flows through the escape aperture to the low-pressure side of the air booster pump.

Abstract: A method of tenderizing pork comprising providing an amount of pork and treating the pork with a composition comprising an enzyme mixture consisting of bromelin, ficin and papain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having protein, transglutaminase and a transglutaminase suppressing compound such as an ammonium salt, which is useful in the preparation of pickle solutions and in methods of making processed meat products with the pickle solution.

Abstract: Meat products are produced at high yield without phosphate supplements by using define starter cultures.

Abstract: An enzyme mixture for tenderizing raw beef comprising bromelin, ficin and papain. A method of tenderizing raw beef to produce a product that can be cooked by the consumer using the same methods as preparing naturally tender beef, and that results in a post-consumer preparation product that is consistently tender. The method comprises providing a suitable cut of raw beef and treating the raw beef with an enzyme mixture comprising bromelin, ficin and papain.

Abstract: An enzyme mixture for tenderizing raw beef comprising between about 98.7% and about 99.7% bromelin, between about 0.02% and about 0.08% ficin and between about 0.01% and about 0.05% papain. A method of tenderizing raw beef to produce a product that can be cooked by the consumer using the same methods as preparing naturally tender beef, and that results in a post-consumer preparation product that is consistently tender. The method comprises providing a suitable cut of raw beef and treating the raw beef with an enzyme mixture comprising between about 98.7% and about 99.7% bromelin, between about 0.02% and about 0.08% ficin and between about 0.01% and about 0.05% papain.

Abstract: A multi-functional marinade for fish and meat products that adds flavor to the fish or meat product and improves the texture and color of the fish or meat product during cooking. The marinade does not require the addition of other ingredients and can be applied immediately before cooking. The marinade can be a solid powder that is coated on the food or a liquid that is brushed or sprayed on the food.

Abstract: The present invention includes the characterization of the major salivary protein or enzyme of the corn earworm Helicoverpa zea for triggering resistance to bacterial blight and frogeye leafspot in soybeans and for triggering resistance to insects in tomatoes. The invention includes an enzyme or a novel protein secreted from the salivary glands of certain insects including the saliva of species belonging to the order Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. The regurgitant of Helocoverpa zea obtained from the functional salivary glands contains a protein that possesses glucose oxidase activity. The amino acid sequence of the protein is unique and when the protein is applied to plants, it triggers disease and insect resistance systematically. The physical and kinetic attributes of the enzyme are a pH of 7.0, a pI of 4.4 and a molecular weight of 88 kd. The km and Vmax of the enzyme for glucose is 26.9 mmol and 26.7 &mgr;mol min−1 mg−1, respectively.

Abstract: Water and meat pieces (P) are pumped through a conduit (100), the walls of which are made of plastic having an acoustic impedance close to that of water. The conduit is immersed in a tank (400) full of water. A shock wave generator 200 (capacitor discharge through electrodes) creates a shock wave in the water. A preferably tubular wave guide directs the shock pulse onto the conduit. The shock wave passes through the conduit without substantial reflection because the impedance of the conduit wall matches the impedance of the water. The shock wave tenderizes and sterilizes the meat. Continual plasma discharges are repeated rapidly enough that all of the meat passing through is treated.

Abstract: The method of bonding and tenderizing separate portions of meat to enhance its value. The method is to applying a suitable bonding compound to separate portions of meat and bonding the portions together in a mold at refrigerated temperatures. Tenderization is controlled through the manipulation of the meat's internal temperature and the time during which it is exposed to the cooking process.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of fixing pH values in smoked sausages, strongly smoked sausages, smoked ham and similar products and allows permanent stabilization of these values by subjecting the goods to be treated to a high-pressure treatment when the goods have reached a predetermined pH. To this end the sausage and meat products have to be enclosed in an impermeable outer packing which conforms well to the product shape. Subsequently, the goods to be treated are subjected to high pressure (c.400 to 600 MPa) for several minutes in a special pressure vessel.

Abstract: A fermented food product is prepared by preparing an aqueous emulsion of milk solids, particulate protein material, particulate collagenic material and water, simultaneously homogenizing and pasteurizing the aqueous emulsion so that collagen is extracted from the collagenic material for thickening the aqueous emulsion, inoculating the thickened pasteurized emulsion obtained with lactic acid bacteria and then incubating the inoculated composition to obtain the fermented product.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a meat pate having a low fat content, in which a meat emulsion is prepared by combining at least meat, water, salts and a fat substitute, the emulsion is subjected to proteolytic digestion, cooked at a temperature of between 65.degree. and 75.degree. C. and the subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than 400,000 kPa at a temperature of between -10.degree. and 75.degree. C. for a time sufficient to obtain less than 4.5 protease units per g of pate, thus forming a low fat content pate.

Abstract: A novel strain, Lactobacillus sp. AS-1 (ATCC No. 55326) for use in inhibiting bacteria in foods, particularly at refrigeration temperatures. Lactobacillus sp. AS-1 (ATCC No. 55326) is particularly effective in inhibiting bacteria present in raw milk and pasteurized milk.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a fermented food product for animals, in which a finely divided and emulsified mixture comprising a collagenic material, a protein material and milk is pasteurized while homogenizing constantly, and then it is fermented by lactic acid bacteria. The invention also relates to the product derived from the process.

Abstract: Tenderized meat of good quality and uniformity is obtained by supporting meat in a tank along a hemispherical wall equidistant from an explosive charge, and detonating the explosive. The shock wave produced is propagated through the water within the tank, couples with the meat to compress the meat as the shock wave strikes the meat, and then is reflected by the tank wall to effect a substantial doubling of the shock wave effect.

Abstract: Feeds comprising unicellular algaes whose cell wall are disrupted are provided as the feeds for larvae of crustaceans and shellfishes to be cultivated. With such feeds, it is possible to achieve the rates of survival and growth equivalent to, or higher than, those achieved with untreated diatom.

Abstract: A process for treating a meat by bringing the meat into contact wiht a raw soy sauce.

Abstract: Method for accelerating the tenderization of meat by natural enzymes by antemortem injection of selected activators of specific natural enzymes and/or binding agents for enzyme inhibitors naturally present in meat, promptly slaughtering the animal or fowl after injection and holding the meat within the optimum temperature range of the natural enzyme for about 2 days.

Abstract: There is provided a method for tenderizing cut portions of meat, wherein the portions are slit by passing the portions into a plurality of rotating slitting blades having a plurality of discrete cutting surfaces on each slitting blade along the periphery thereof. A series of closely spaced first cut slits are produced from at least one surface into the said portions. The portions are then sprayed with a tenderizer solution containing a tenderizing phosphate, and the solution penetrates into and is retained in the said first slits. Further slitting of the portions is achieved by passing the portions into a further assembly of the rotating slitting blades and a series of closely spaced further cut slits are placed on the portions. The further slits are close to or in part overlap the first slits and the solution penetrates from or flows from the first slits into the said further slits during the further slitting and subsequent thereto. Immediately thereafter the portions are packaged and fast frozen.