Sausage processing technology
In this part, we will show you the main processing steps which are used to produce sausages. Look at the flow diagram for manufacturing industrial sausages.
The main processes used to produce sausages are as follows:
- Ingredients selection
- Meat selection
- Meat grinding
- Mixing meat and emulsification
- Stuffing sausages
- Smoking sausages
- Curing sausages
- Cooking sausages
- Sausage peeling
Machinery and equipment for sausage production
Emulsified sausages, skinless sausages (Hot dogs, Frankfurters, Vienna’s) are a processed meat product. Meat, fat, water, Ingredients, flavourings, and colorants are chopped and mixed into the industrial bowl cutter. The meat is then stuffed in cellulose casings, cooked, removed from the casing, and put in the final package.
Industrial Cutters
Cutters for the industry can have a bowl capacity of between 200 and 1000 l. The high-speed machines guarantee first-class material chopping and mixing of the emulsion. The fine emulsion has a high protein yield, due to which water absorption is optimized and the quantity of required spices is reduced, as more of the meat’s own substances supplying flavour are released.
Vacuum-Cutters
With Vacuum-Cutters, air is extracted during the cutting process. The avoidance of oxygen entry inhibits the propagation of microorganisms in the emulsion and reduces bacteria content. The product’s shelf life is extended. Fat oxidation is also avoided through the removal of atmospheric oxygen. This way, the colour of the sausage is perfected, so that it appears fresh and appetizing for a longer period.
Sausage Peelers
Sausage peelers are designed to remove cellulose casings from linked sausage products. Read more about sausage peeling.
The operator feeds the strand of links into the machine and the drive and idler rollers then pull each link against the blade. The blade splits the casing along the length of each link. Compressed air blows the casing away from each link and the vacuum roller pulls the casing off the strand of links and carries the casing out of the machine to a collection container. Each peeled link exists horizontally from the end of the machine.
