Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a food product in a flat stock fibrous casing which comprises the steps of:
- a. providing a flat stock fibrous casing having a total plasticizer content of between about 10 wt. % and about 17 wt. %. including at least about 9 wt. % polyol, and at least about 8 wt. % water, all based upon the weight of bone dry cellulose in the casing.
- b. mounting one end of said casing on a stuffing machine and filling said casing with edible material, and
- c. processing the edible materialfilled casing to convert said edible material to a finished food product.
- 2. A method of manufacturing a food product in a cut flat stock fibrous casing which comprises the steps of:
- a. providing a cut flat stock fibrous casing with one closed end and one open end, said casing having a total plasticizer content of between about 10 wt. % and about 17 wt. %, including at least about 9 wt. % polyol, and between about 35 wt. % and about 72 wt. % water, all based upon the weight of bone dry cellulose in the casing.
- b. mounting the open end of said casing on a stuffing machine and filling said casing with edible material,
- c. closing the open end of the edible material-filled casing, and
- d. processing the edible material-filled casing to convert said edible material to a finished food product.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein said casing has between about 35 wt. % and about 53 wt. % water, based upon the weight of bone dry cellulose in the casing, and said finished food product is bologna.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein said casing has between about 43 wt. % and about 72 wt. % water, based upon the weight of bone dry cellulose in the casing, and said finished food product is ham.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 822,864, filing date Jan. 27, 1986.
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Divisions (1)
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822864 |
Jan 1986 |
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