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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Daniel L Franklin, Austin, MN (US);
Richard M Herreid, Austin, MN (US);
Kenneth C Stephan, Austin, MN (US);
Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, MN (US);
Abstract
A process for making a low fat meat product includes grinding meat having less than 50% fat to reduce the meat to a small particle size. The meat is then heated to a target temperature less than 100.degree. F., which is hot enough to melt the fat and low enough not to denature the meat. The meat is then placed in a centrifuge and subject to centrifugal separation, thereby making a low fat meat product and an oil product. The low fat meat is removed from the centrifuge and chilled and the oil product is removed and may later be subject to a polishing operation. In addition, the process may include mixing the meat after it has been heated and before being placed into the centrifuge.
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