METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMI-FINISHED FOOD PRODUCT Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves preliminary preparing and cutting of product components in accordance with culinary receipt of set of selected foods of one national cuisine having single family name, similar basic animal and/or plant product components and similar cutting manner; weighing product components; packing to obtain product modules, each making package of product component put in an amount required for preparing of even number of doses of ready dish; composing semi-finished product from product modules; packing each obtained semi-finished food dish in individual package; cooling to temperature in the range of from -18 C to 5 C and storing at said temperature or transporting for further realization. Product modules are composed of product micromodules in the form of packages, each comprising product component in minimal amount required for preparing one portion of ready food dish of selected food dishes of one national cuisine having single family name, similar basic animal and/or plant components and similar cutting manner. Product components are weighed into portions having weight equal to that of respective product micromodules and portions are packed and sealed. Weight of each micromodule is defined as minimal weight value of each product component per one ready portion, said value being selected from weight values (p_i,j), calculated for each of selected dishes by formula (p_i,j)₁ = p_i,j/n_j, where p_i,j is weight of i product component of j dish, n_j is number of portions in each ready j dish from number and weight of products indicated in selected culinary receipts, said number being determined from formula n_j = P_j/p, where p is predetermined weight of one ready portion of any of selected dishes, P_j is weight of selected ready dish determined by formula where M_j is number of product components of j dish without regard for salt and spices, V_j is weight of water required for preparing of semi-finished product for ready j dish. Number of product micromodules contained in product modules inside food dish semi-finished product package for each product component corresponds to product with required number of portions in semi-finished product and multiplicity coefficient K_ij rounded to whole number and determined from formula K_ij = (p_ij)₁/p_i,min. Product micromodules may be vacuumized before package sealing operation. EFFECT: increased efficiency by mechanized and automated food dish semi-finished product manufacture process. 2 cl, 10 ex