US Patent Issued to AJINOMOTO on July 14 for "Method for manufacturing processed meat food, quality modifier for processed meat food, and processed meat food" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,853, issued on July 14, was assigned to AJINOMOTO Co. INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing processed meat food, quality modifier for processed meat food, and processed meat food" was invented by Takuya Ohira (Kawasaki, Japan), Hiroyuki Nakagoshi (Kawasaki, Japan), Fumiyuki Hirose (Kawasaki, Japan) and Hiroshi Takayanagi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adding (a) transglutaminase, and a gluconic acid salt or lipase to a processed meat food product, or (b) transglutaminase, a gluconic acid salt, and lipase to a processed meat food product with a sodium chloride content of 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % or a processed meat food p...