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PROCESSING & PACKAGING
GEA innovates high-yielding brine filtration system
Marinating meat is one of the oldest food preparation techniques. Marinated injected poultry, meat or fish offer more than just increased shelf life. This also enhances flavour, colour, juiciness and bite – and moreover, is essential for maintaining food processor yield. The key to achieving these benefits centers almost entirely around two princi- ple facets: accurate brine distribution and the subsequent retention of that brine. As the pioneers of industrial meat injection, the GEA experts at Bakel, with its nearly 50 years of experience, they have invented a new brine filtration system, the GEA ScreenFilter, which optimizes the food injection process.
The new GEA ScreenFilter passively filters brine using gra- vitation force and avoids protein activation which can clog injection needles. It is ideal for lighter brines which enhance flavor and extend the shelf life of high-quality food products such as ham, poultry and bacon. The filter promotes high process uptime, efficient brine use and a stable injection process which contributes to optimal food quality and food safety. Its design complements that of the GEA MultiJector and comes with either 2mm or 3-4mm needles. With this technology process, control and repeatability for high quality marinated products is ensured.
Recycling brine reduces wastage
Brine is typically a highly concentrated water solution of salt and other functional or taste-enhancing substances. Du- ring industrial marination, the brine solution is introduced into meat, poultry or seafood pieces during the injection cy-
GEA ScreenFilter cleaning position (Source: GEA)
cle. The overflow of the brine is picked up, filtrated and re- circulated for re-use. During this process it is essential that the brine is correctly filtrated without activating the prote- ins that come out of the meat. This requires filtering out fat and gel-like particles which otherwise would clog the needles during the injection process.
As the pioneers of industrial meat injection, the GEA experts at Bakel, with its nearly 50 years of experience have invented a new
brine filtration system, the GEA ScreenFilter, which optimizes the food injection process.
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GEA ScreenFilter (Source: GEA)