Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Amy Lynn Nehls

Mark Ervin Malenke

Lynda Cabrales

Edward A Kusmider

Matthew A Hurm

Carrie K Giannettino

Mark E Malenke

Theodore N Janulis

Orestes Rivero

Paul Gerard Morin

Muluken Tilahun

Vernon Donald Karman

Daniel Brent Wilke

Donald E Lucke

Jennifer L Tomey

Randy Glynn

Maurine Anne MacBride

Jeremy Alan Thuerk

Sarah C Humke

Adalys Rivero, Legal Representative

Michele L Reeve

Theodore Nicholas Janulis

Maurine Anne Macbride

Orestes (deceased) Rivero

Paul G Morin

Domini T Malcom

Curtis M Amundson

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing irregular pieces of meat from meat products. Further, a method of mass-producing a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance includes combining whole muscle meat with a mixture having a low-phosphate solution and/or a low-salt solution and cooking the combination to produce whole muscle meat logs. Once the whole muscle meat has been cooked, the meat may be pulled, shredded, or sliced on a variety of pulling, shredding, and slicing equipment to create a home-style meat product with an irregular appearance.

Home-style meat product and method of producing same

A continuous method and system for processing whole muscle meat employs a mixer housing having a pair of parallel rotating shafts located therein. The parallel rotating shafts have a plurality of mixing elements thereon, such as frustoconical elements, blocking elements, or ellipsoid elements. The mixer housing has an input end to receive the meat ingredients, such as meat pieces, salt solution, water, preservatives, and other additives such as spices. The mixer housing has an output, which is separated a distance from the input, such that the output discharges the whole muscle meat product. As the ingredients including the meat move from the input to the output along the shafts, the mixing elements work the meat with the other ingredients thereby increasing ingredient incorporation including diffusion of the salt solution into the whole muscle meat pieces.

Processing elements for mixing meat products

A method and apparatus for treatment of an outer surface of a food product are provided using a fluid having properties selected for treating the surface and bringing the fluid into contact with an outer surface of the food product in a generally continuous manner in a commercial food processing environment.

Apparatus and method for surface treatment of a food product

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Amy Lynn Nehls