Edible plant casing composition

Abstract

The invention discloses a water soluble composition for wrapping foodstuff. The main component of the composition is water. The content of wet weight of alginate in the casing is 4 to 5%; and the content of wet weight of guar gum in the casing is 1.4 to 1.8%.

Description

technical field

[0001] The scope of the invention is in the field of food processing, in particular to the field of meat and fish sausage processing.

[0002] More specifically, the present invention relates to a coating composition capable of forming, inter alia, an edible vegetable casing during food manufacturing.

[0003] The invention is particularly applicable in the field of sausage production from pork, lamb, sheep, beef, veal, poultry and / or fish. The invention can also be used to make sausage products with vegetables, fruits and / or cheese as raw materials. Background technique

[0004] Casings or skins are mainly made of plants, and are usually called edible plant casings when they are made into tubes, and are currently widely used in the food processing industry.

[0005] Therefore, edible casings made from plants are widely used to wrap inner ingredients or raw materials, sausages, mainly because vegetable casings can be produced industrially at a more cost-eff...