METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCTION OF MOULDED MEAT PORTIONS OF WHOLE PIECES OF NATURAL MEAT Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A22C7/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention is intended for usage in food industry for production of moulded meat portions of whole meat pieces. The method involves the following stages: meat pieces supplying onto a processing technological line; exclusion of meat pieces the weight whereof is less than the specified weight from the process; trimming meat pieces the weight whereof exceeds the specified weight, selecting meat pieces the weight whereof corresponds to the specified weight. One freezes the selected meat pieces in the form of meat portions and moulds the meat portions by way of their placement into a mould tray and pressing into the latter (that may optionally be combined with stamping) to produce moulded meat portions. According to this method one produces moulded meat portion and a food product containing at least one moulded meat portion. The device contains technologically connected means for meat sorting and trimming, devices for transportation and freezing, a moulding machine and means for preliminary moulding of selected meat pieces before freezing. In the said invention the weight and shape distributions are made in separate isolated stages of the technological process.

EFFECT: invention allows to reduce quantity of unused offcuts.

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