Frozen ground fish particles and process for preparing

• US 5,958,501 A
• Filed: 01/28/1998
• Issued: 09/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Kibun Shokuhin
• Original Assignee: Kabushikikaisha Kibun Shokuhin
• Inventors: Masuda, Koji, Suzuki, Hiromi, Katoh, Noboru, Hoashi, Masahito, Tokushige, Susumu, Tashima, Kikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Corbin, Arthur L.
• Application Number:
  US09/000,367
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 426/643, 426/524, 426/646, 426/518
• US Class Current: 426/643
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/07 Thawing subsequent to freezing
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 13/60 Comminuted or emulsified meat products, e.g. sausages; Reformed meat from comminuted meat product
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 17/70 Comminuted, e.g. emulsified, fish products; Processed products therefrom such as pastes, reformed or compressed products A23L17/65, A23L17/10, A23L17/20, A23L17/40, A23L17/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 3/365 Thawing subsequent to freezing

Abstract

Disclosure is made of a process for producing materials for fish paste products which comprises the step 1 of milling a frozen ground fish meat to thereby give a frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles having a diameter of 1 mm or less, thawing a frozen ground fish meat under milling to thereby give a thawed ground fish meat in the form of fine particles, or thawing a frozen ground fish meat and then cutting it to thereby give a thawed ground fish meat, and the step 2 of mixing under stirring the ground fish meat obtained in the step 1 with the use of a stirring means, provided that a cake mixer is employed as the stirring means, when a frozen ground fish meat is thawed to give thawed ground fish meat in the step 1. Use of this process makes it possible to efficiently provide materials ensuring the production of fish paste products with good qualities, e.g. improved gel strength.

Claims

1. A frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles having an average particle diameter of 1 mm or less.

2. The frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles as claimed in claim 1 having an average particle diameter of 0.5 mm or less.

3. The frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles as claimed in claim 1 having an average particle diameter of 0.1 mm or less.

4. A frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles as claimed in claim 1 containing sodium chloride.

5. A frozen ground fish meat in the form of fine particles as claimed in claim 1 produced by crushing a frozen ground fish meat followed by milling.