Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation

Oscar Mayer

Donna J Rentschler

Gerald R Popenhagen

Alayne S Gardner-Carimi

Arthur W Brooks

Teresa A Raap

A cooked meat product suitable for shredding and a method for preparing such. Meat is denuded of external fat and connective tissue and injected with a water and salt solution. The meat is then diced and added to a cooking pouch containing pre-mixed liquid-state fat, spices/seasonings and starch. The product is cooked in a water tank via a step process reaching a final product temperature of approximately 200.degree. F. at which point the product may be shredded prior to chilling and storage at 40.degree. F.

Method of producing cooked meat product suitable for shreading

An enrobed food product having improved freezer shelf-life wherein the inner filling material is pre-frozen and shaped as to be substantially smooth surfaced and devoid of edges. The dough is a composite dough having fats or margarine interposed between a plurality of dough layers.

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Madison, WI, United States of America

Donna J Rentschler