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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Richard Schlomer Meyer, Harrison, ID (US);
Assignee:
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 4/044 (2006.01); A23B 2/30 (2025.01); A23B 2/40 (2025.01); A23B 2/708 (2025.01); A23B 2/90 (2025.01); A23B 4/005 (2006.01); A23B 7/005 (2006.01); A23B 7/02 (2006.01); A23B 9/02 (2006.01); A23B 9/08 (2006.01); A23B 9/20 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/04 (2006.01); B65B 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 2/90 (2025.01); A23B 2/30 (2025.01); A23B 2/405 (2025.01); A23B 2/708 (2025.01); A23B 4/0056 (2013.01); A23B 4/044 (2013.01); A23B 7/0056 (2013.01); A23B 7/02 (2013.01); A23B 9/02 (2013.01); A23B 9/08 (2013.01); A23B 9/20 (2013.01); B65B 25/001 (2013.01); B65B 25/041 (2013.01); B65B 25/062 (2013.01); B65B 25/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for preparing a shelf-stable, high-moisture food product is disclosed, including drying the pre-pasteurized food item to a water activity between 0.86 and 0.94; and vacuum packing the dried food item in an oxygen impermeable and water-impermeable membrane.