ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,229, issued on May 5, was assigned to Olli Salumeria Americana LLC (Oceanside, Calif.).
"Preservative free salami" was invented by Oliviero Colmignoli (Encinitas, Calif.), Garrett Walsh (San Diego) and Enrico Porrino (Solana Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing salami includes preparing a meat batter by mixing at least one meat and at least one additional ingredient, wherein the at least one additional ingredient excludes nitrates and excludes nitrites. The method also includes forming a plurality of salamis by placing a portion of the meat batter into each of a plurality of casings. The method also inclu...