PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MEAT PRODUCT USING A FORCED CONVECTION TREATMENT UNIT

摘要

The process for preparing a meat product comprises arranging slices of a raw stuffed meat product in a single layer on a permeable support surface, conveying the slices thus arranged along a path inside an enclosure of a forced convection treatment unit, creating a first thermal gradient across a first region of the enclosure along a first portion of the path by making a first conditioned air current flow parallel to the permeable support surface and transverse to the path from a first side to an opposite second side of the enclosure, and creating a second opposite thermal gradient across a second region of the enclosure along a second portion of the path by making a second conditioned air current flow parallel to the permeable support surface and transverse to the path from the second side to the first side of the enclosure.

主权项

1. A process for preparing a meat product using a forced convection treatment unit, the process comprising the steps of:
preparing a mass with one or more comminuted meat products, and stuffing said mass in a casing to form sausage products; allowing the mass to ferment in the sausage products; cooling the sausage products to a sufficiently low temperature to facilitate the cutting into slices; cutting the sausage products into slices; and drying the slices until achieving a predetermined weight reduction with respect to the weight of the recently cut slices, wherein the step of drying the slices comprises: arranging the slices in a single layer on a permeable support surface; conveying the slices thus arranged along a path inside an enclosure of said forced convection treatment unit; creating a first thermal gradient across a first region of said enclosure along a first portion of said path by making a first conditioned air current flow parallel to said permeable support surface and transverse to the path from a first side to an opposite second side of the enclosure; and creating a second thermal gradient across a second region of the enclosure along a second portion of the path by making a second conditioned air current flow parallel to said permeable support surface and transverse to the path from said second side to said first side of the enclosure.