A system for cooking pieces of protein may include a flour applicator that receives the pieces of protein in an uncooked state and applies a coating of flour to outer surfaces thereof; a batter applicator that receives the pieces of uncooked protein coated with the flour from the flour applicator and applies a batter made from high-gluten flour to the coated outer surfaces thereof; a packaging machine that receives the pieces of uncooked protein coated with the batter made from the high-gluten flour from the batter applicator and seals the pieces of protein in plastic pouches; and a heating unit that receives the sealed plastic pouches containing the uncooked protein coated with the batter from the packaging machine and cooks the battered protein pieces in the plastic pouches.

A reconstructed bacon product includes meat sourced exclusively from pork bellies. The product includes a cohesive mass of compressed layers of pork belly fat trimmings and pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments. A method of forming a reconstructed bacon product includes obtaining pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments and pork belly fat trimmings, macerating the pork belly lean trimmings, layering the pork belly lean trimmings and pork belly fat trimmings, compressing the layers, heat processing the layers in a mold to form a cohesive mass, and demolding the cohesive mass.

A ham being formed of a single unitary muscle piece from a whole ham leg. The unitary muscle piece is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with a fat cap extending along an outer surface the unitary muscle, when formed in the cylindrical shape.

Flambing pastes for grilling products, containing at least one gelling agent and/or thickening agent which is soaked and/or gelled by pure alcohol, as well as pure alcohol in a concentration that it maintains the combustion until it is entirely consumed; method for flambing grilling products, in which a grilling sauce is simultaneously applied with a flambing paste layer by layer on the product to be grilled and ignites the flambing paste; a dispenser for the simultaneous, layered application of paste-like grilling sauces and flambing pastes on the product to be grilled, having a two- or multi-chamber system; and a grilling product that is to be flambed and has on its surface at least one layer of at least one grilling sauce and, lying thereon, at least one layer of at least one flambing paste.

A food process and resulting product which includes (1) an initial dehydration of, and/or provision of dehydrated ingredients; (2) blending of the dehydrated ingredients sufficiently to form a dry aggregation; (3) oil enhancement of the dry aggregation; (4) rehydration of the ingredients; (5) agglomeration; and (6) final dehydration. The process results in a product that is a more attractive dehydrated product, more attractive and more pleasurable to eat when rehydrated, rehydrates faster, and remains fresh longer.

A coated food substrate including a food substrate with a vegetable coating comprising vegetables which must not be either potato or corn, where the vegetables are in comminuted form and preferably have a particle size in the range of about 50 to 500 ?m and where the comminuted vegetables may be applied as a coating which optionally may also include vegetable pieces in the range of about 0.5 to 2 mm in the largest cross-section.

The invention relates to a seasoning product and to the use of the seasoning product for cooking food. The seasoning product is an assembly of a sheet of flexible burn resistant material such as a baking paper, and a composition of three layers comprising a first layer of fat, a second layer of flavorings and a third layer of an oil coating of the flavorings.

The present invention includes a method and meat product made by contacting an emulsion with a meat product for a time sufficient to, wherein the emulsion comprises by weight: 10% to 50% water, 0.1 to 4.0% Quillaja, 0.1% to 8% meat flavoring, 60% to 85% high oleic sunflower oil, meat seasoning, 0-2.0% salt, and optionally one or more stabilizers.

Disclosed here are enhanced compositions of meat snacks, jerky, jerky sausage or similar products with dehydrated meat powders or broth powder.

Food product comprising a meat-based layer, an impermeable covering layer disposed on the whole surface of a meat-based layer with a first side, a second side and one or more connection edges defined between the first and second sides, a layer of batter that covers only the first side and at least part of connection edges of the meat-based layer, a breaded layer distributed on at least part of the layer of batter, and, in case, a garnish distributed on at least part of the surface of the meat-based layer covered with the impermeable covering layer and left uncovered by the layer of batter and the breaded layer. The invention concerns also the apparatus to make said food product and the corresponding method.