Process for producing a lumpy meat product

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Process for producing a meat product, such as an animal food particularly for domestic pets, comprising lumpy meat material and a liquid sauce, or gravy which is filled into a container such as a shell pack, tin can, etc. and a meat product produced by this process. The meat raw material is cut up in frozen form into meat lumps, and together with the sauce or gravy is filled into, a base of the container. Finally a container top is connected to the base in a, liquid- and gas-tight manner and a sterilization process takes place. The process, is characterized in that both the meat material comprising the meat lumps, optionally accompanied by the addition of prefabricated molded pieces …