58results about "Sausage casings by extrusion" patented technology

The present invention relates to a multilayer seamless tubular film as a food casing with barrier action for oxygen and/or water vapor, which is capable of absorbing and storing a food additive and releasing it to the food. It is used as an envelope of pasty or liquid materials and is particularly suitable as a synthetic sausage casing. The invention further relates to a particular liquid smoke composition which, in combination with such a tubular film, is particularly suitable for transferring the dyes and flavorings present to the food.

A novel shrinkable monolayer film that may be produced as a film or a tube, as in a food casing. This newly disclosed film is a blend of a polyamide base, a novel polyvinyl alcohol and optionally, an antiblocking agent.

A film-forming collagen concentrate is provided containing at least 18% by weight dry matter. At least 50% by weight of the protein of a homogeneous suspension produced from the concentrate in a 0.15 molar aqueous sodium dihydrogenphosphate buffer having a pH of 7 and a calculated dry matter fraction of 0.5% by weight may be separated as sediment by 15 min centrifugation at 1780 RFC and 15° C. A process is also disclosed for producing a collagen-concentrate-containing food casing that includes (a) producing an aqueous collagen mass; (b) concentrating the aqueous collagen mass until it has a solids fraction of 18% by weight or more; (c) admixing the concentrate with dilute acid to obtain a (co)extrudable or castable collagen mass; (d) coextruding or casting the collagen mass to from a casing; (e) solidifying the casing and, optionally, (f) drying the casing.

Films comprising a liquid-absorbant layer and an impermeable layer are provided. Processes for manufacturing these films is also provided. The films are suitable for preparation of tubular casings and shrinkbags, in particular, casings for smoked foodstuffs. Also described are foodstuffs processed in the tubular casings.

An additive delivery laminate is suitable for packaging a food product which is cooked in the package, with an additive transferring from the laminate to the food product. The additive delivery laminate has a substrate and an additive delivery layer. The additive delivery layer contains a water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer, a polymer toughening agent, and additive granules containing a colorant, flavorant, and/or odorant. The polymer toughening agent is present in a blend with the water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer. Polyisobutylene is a preferred water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer, and hydrogenated wood rosin is a preferred polymer toughening agent. The polymer toughening agent decreases the tendency of the water-insoluble thermoplastic polymer to form legs or transfer to the food product upon stripping the laminate from the food product after cooking and transfer to the additive to the food product.

A multilayer film has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises an additive, a binder, and a crosslinking agent. The additive is a flavor, fragrance, colorant, antimicrobial agent, antioxidant, chelating agent, and/or odor absorbent. The binder is a polysaccharide and/or a protein. The crosslinking agent comprises a compound with at least two carbonyl groups. The second layer comprises a non-water-soluble thermoplastic polymer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polyamide, polyester, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrene. Each of the additive, binder, and crosslinking agent are present throughout a thickness of the first layer. Preferably, the first layer is coated onto the second layer, which is preferably a non-water-soluble thermoplastic polymer, e.g., polyolefin, polyamide, and/or polyester. The film is especially useful for cook-in applications, in which a food product (preferably comprising uncooked meat) is packaged in the film with the coated layer against the meat. The meat is then cooked and the additive transfers to the meat, and purge can be very low. The invention also pertains to a process for preparing a cooked food product, process for making a coated film, and articles formed from the film, such as bags and casings.

A polymer-based sausage casing suitable for use with uncooked meats such as chorizo is disclosed. A polymer resin is blended with a silicon-based barrier control agent, preferably a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, to increase the permeability of the sausage casing. The resultant blend can be biaxially stretch-oriented to produce a single-layered polymer-based sausage casing suitable for use with uncooked sausage meats such as chorizo, and specifically suitable for the gas and moisture permeability needed during the curing process for uncooked sausage meats. Such polymer-based casings can also be employed for cooked sausages by choosing a silicon-based barrier control agent that increases gas and moisture barrier, thereby increasing shelf-life for unpeeled sausages. A method for improving the peelability of cooked sausage casings by injecting a thin coating of a releasing agent, without the addition of a surfactant, into the sausage casing during the shirring process is also disclosed. The releasing agent is a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose solution that creates a low viscosity releasing agent that effectively improves peelability from any type of sausage casing, but preferably for use with the polymer-based sausage casing of the present invention.

Tubular, biaxially stretched, heat shrinkable multilayer film food casings comprising inner and outer polyamide layers on either side of a core layer of EVOH surrounded by an inner and outer adhesive layer, and a coextrusion process for making the film.

The invention relates to a five-layered, biaxially oriented, shrinkable, sealable tubular film for the packaging and wrapping of paste-like foodstuffs, meat, or meat with bones and to the use thereof. The tubular film of the invention has an inner layer comprised of at least one copolyamide and at least one modified polyolefin, a layer of a modified polyolefin, a middle layer comprised of at least one homopolyamide and/or at lest one copolyamide and/or at least one copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol and/or a modified polyolefin, a layer of at least one ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, and an outer layer comprised of at least one polyolefin and/or at least one modified polyolefin. Such tubular films involve a significant improvement in the seal seam strength, in particular at low sealing temperatures, a high impermeability to oxygen and a comparable to markedly higher resistance to puncturing compared to prior art films.

The present invention provides a functional additive transferring (co)extruded thermoplastic food casing having a water vapor barrier and/or oxygen barrier effect wherein an inside surface of the thermoplastic food casing has a textured surface which forms a three-dimensional pattern of higher and lower retaining capacity for a functional additive, wherein the thermoplastic food casing having a textured surface in case of a monolayer casing or an inner layer comprising the inside surface having a textured surface in case of a multilayer casing comprises as a main component at least one thermoplastic polymer material selected from the group consisting of (co)polyamides, (co)polyolefins, (co)polyester and vinylidenchloride (co)polymers, wherein the (co)extruded thermoplastic food casing does not comprise a net and/or a material forming a net or any other three dimensional structure on its outside surface, wherein the average thickness of the thermoplastic food casing in the areas having a higher retaining capacity is in a range of from 1 to 100 μm, wherein the average thickness of the thermoplastic food casing in the areas having a lower retaining capacity is in a range of from 191 to 2000 μm, provided that the thickness difference between the average thickness in the areas having higher retaining capacity and the average thickness in the areas having a lower retaining capacity is in a range of from 160 to 1950 μm and that a ratio of the average thickness of the thermoplastic food casing in the areas having a higher retaining capacity and the average thickness of the thermoplastic food casing in the areas having a lower retaining capacity is in a range of from 0.002 to 0.25.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a nanocellulose reinforced collagen casing, which comprises the following steps: (1) cleaning and splitting the inner layer of cow leather to obtain split leather; (2) carrying out alkali treatment on split leather, conducting cutting to form blocks, and conducting soaking until the pH is neutral; (3) soaking the neutral cow leather in hydrochloric acid, and conducting swelling; (4) scraping collagen fibers on the swelled cow leather, using the collagen fibers to prepare a collagen suspension, and adjusting the pH value of the collagen suspension; (5) preparing nano cellulose by using a physical method, a chemical method or a biological method; (6) adding the nanocellulose suspension into the collagen suspension to obtain a mixed solution A; (7) adding glycerol into the mixed solution A, uniformly conducting stirring to obtain mucilage, and conducting refrigerating; and (8) extruding and spraying the refrigerated mucilage out of a tube, conducting drying, carrying out immobilization treatment, conducting curing and qualitative treatment, and conducting packaging to obtain the casing. By utilizing the advantages of high length-diameter ratio, larger specific surface area and the like of the nanocellulose, the mechanical property of the casing can be improved when the nanocellulose is applied to preparation of the casing.

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining artificial casing for filling foodstuffs and artificial casing obtained by means of said method, which comprises extruding gel through an output slot having a closed, polygonal and non-circular geometric configuration, obtaining a tubular film with a circular cross-section due to the effect of pressure exerted by a fluid that is injected into said hollow tubular film, such that the artificial casing obtained has a high dilation capacity in its cross-section, while at the same time maintaining the same longitudinal traction values as a casing obtained using a circular slot of the same caliber.

The invention relates to a biaxially drawn multilayer tubular film consisting of at least five layers, in which the external and two other layers contain aliphatic (co)-polyamide in a quantity equal to or greater than 50% by weight and are differently assembled. The inventive tubular film is produced by coextrusion and, thereby is seamless. Said tubular film can be used in the form of food product packagings, in particular as synthetic sausage casing.

The invention relates to a casing for air-dried sausages. The casing is characterized by comprising the following components in percentage by weight: 30-40 parts of animal endothelium with a fine grinding mesh number of 200-400 meshes, 10-15 parts of fleece-flower roots, 15-20 parts of swimming bladders, 4-8 parts of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, 5-10 parts of sweet potato powder, 2-3 parts of D-sodium isoascorbiate, 1-1.5 parts of alliin, 1-2 parts of lycium barbarum polysaccharide, 3-6 parts of polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, 0.5-1.5 parts of nerolyl acetate, 0.5-1 part of citral, 1-3 parts of alpha-tocopherol, 1-2 parts of sodium erythorbate, 1-1.5 parts of ester of adipic acid and 2,3-butanediol, 3-5 parts of fish oil, and 1-1.5 parts of 1,4-dibutyl-6-(1-ethyl pentadecyl)phenol.

Novel film compositions are described for use in the processing of meat products, particularly as sausage casings and wrappers for hams and other cured meat products. By combining gelatin and other hydrocolloid film forming polymer materials, edible film compositions are achieved by solution casting which exhibit superior and desirable properties for adhering to the meat product and presenting a shining, appealing surface.

The present invention provides a multi-layered coextruded thermoplastic food casing comprising: at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer; and at least one layer having a barrier effect for water vapor and/or oxygen, wherein the at least one layer having a barrier effect for water vapor and/or oxygen has an average layer thickness in a range of from 5 to 60 μm over the entire surface area, wherein the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer comprises as a main component at least one thermoplastic polymer material selected from the group consisting of (co)polyamides and (co)polyolefins, wherein the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer comprises areas having a reduced average layer thickness and areas having a non-reduced average layer thickness, wherein the average layer thickness of the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer in areas having a non-reduced average layer thickness is in a range of from 10 to 200 μm, wherein the average layer thickness in areas having a reduced average layer thickness is lower by 7 to 140 μm and is reduced by a range of from 30 to 85% compared to the areas having a non-reduced average layer thickness of the at least one thermoplastic porous absorbing layer, and wherein both areas having a reduced average layer thickness and a non-reduced average layer thickness comprise pores which are able to absorb a functional additive.

The invention provides a method for preparing a collagen casing by a wet method through a food synthesis bioengineering technology. The method for preparing the collagen casing by the wet method through the food synthesis bioengineering technology comprises the steps that secondary pretreatment is carried out on skin blocks subjected to enzyme A pretreatment by using an ionic liquid/acid double-solvent solution system, homogenizing is carried out by using a high-shear homogenizer, treating is carried out by using a polyhydroxy alcohol food plasticizer, then extrusion molding is carried out, the blocks are immersed in a water bath for shaping, crosslinking and fixing, and finally, a collagen casing product with the thickness of only 0.02mm-0.04mm is obtained through drying The collagen casing prepared by the method is light, thin and uniform in thickness, has good flexibility, has an edible taste similar to that of a natural casing and good mechanical properties, and can be widely applied to various packages of foods as an edible film.

The invention relates to an artificial food casing; method for removing said artificial food casing; and methods for manufacturing said artificial food casing.