Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Addition of dye or pigment – including optical brightener
Patent
1987-07-20
1988-06-28
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Addition of dye or pigment, including optical brightener
426305, 426513, 426643, A23L 127, A23L 1325, A23P 100
Patent
active
047538112
ABSTRACT:
A method for coloring minced fish meat products wherein a paste-like dye is applied to the edge of an injection opening of a split mold, the mold having a cavity in the form of a cooked-and-peeled meat of a crustacean such as shrimp or crab. Minced meat of fish or the like is later injected into the cavity through the opening, the dye being moved along the inner surface of the cavity along with and due to the movement of the injected material, and the dye is applied to the inner surface of the cavity and to the surface of the injected minced meat material. The apparatus for coloring the minced fish meat products is comprised of a mold having a cavity for shaping a food product and an injection opening for injecting minced fish meat material into the cavity. A food color injection device is provided comprising a pair of nozzles located close to the opening of the mold, the nozzles being capable of free insertion into and retraction from the opening. A mechanism is also provided for injecting minced fish meat material into the cavity. The pair of nozzles of the color injection device are made of a flexible material and are flat in section and have, on the end of each, an outward port lacking the outward side. A head-shaped object is placed between the two nozzles, the object being movable in the direction of the insertion and withdrawal of the nozzles. A paste-like dye is supplied by the nozzles and is applied to the edge of the injection opening by movement of the object, so that the dye will be applied to the surface of the minced meat material when the minced meat material is injected into the opening.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4497844 (1985-02-01), Hice et al.
patent: 4503081 (1985-03-01), Ikoma et al.
Ikeuchi Hiroji
Ikeuchi Kiyoaki
Kabushiki Kaisha Ikeuchi Tekkosho
Yeung George
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