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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Eldon Roth, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Eldon Roth, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Freezing Machines, Inc., Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Abstract
A method for injecting or forcing an ammonia-based pH modifying material into the interior of a meat product to raise the pH at one or more points within the interior of the meat product preferably to a pH above approximately 6.0. The ammonia-based pH modifying material may comprise aqueous ammonia (ammonium hydroxide solution) or a gas including some ammonia gas fraction. The temperature of the meat product may be controlled to a temperature near or just below the initial freezing temperature of the meat product during the time that the pH modifying material is injected. pH decreasing materials may be injected into the interior of the meat product either before or after injection the ammonia-based pH modifying material.