Process and apparatus for the forming of bacon product analogues and the like

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Comminuted fat and comminuted lean meats with appropriate additives, are pumped through separate manifolds to a die. The die has various partitions or dividers and the fat enters the rear of the die and is shaped thereby. The lean meat is extruded into the fat as it passes through the die and is shaped by the partitions. The resultant slab is processed and then sliced to provide bacon analogue product with the various layers of lean meat being situated within the fat forming the remainder of the slab. In another embodiment, the lean meat is pumped through a die at the rear of the machine and through shaped elements. The fat is pumped around the elements whereupon the mass is extruded from …