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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent J. Afman, Hammond, IN (US);
Kent Thrasher, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Assignee:
OSI Industries, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/318 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/318 ;
Abstract
Methods of curing and processing pork bellies into par-cooked bacon have been developed that eliminates smokehouse treatment. The method of the present invention employs a single heating step that both par-cooks a pork belly injected with pickle solution and achieves the necessary weight reduction to meet the regulatory product definition for par-cooked bacon.