CONTINUOUS SHOCK WAVE FOOD PROCESSING WITH SHOCK WAVE REFLECTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

摘要

A method for treating a food product, especially meat, using an explosive discharge to tenderize and/or at least partly sterilize the meat, characterized in that a first liquid having a first liquid acoustic impedance is provided; that a conduit or a container immersed in the first liquid is adapted to have the meat passed through in a continuous fashion or is adapted to hold the meat as a container, the conduit or container having an acoustic impedance similar to the first liquid acoustic impedance and to the second liquid acoustic impedance, and wherein meat is contained in said container or passed through the conduit; and that acoustic waves are impinged from more than one direction from a multi-directional acoustic wave generator disposed outside the conduit or container onto and through the conduit or container whereby the food product immersed in the second liquid (e.g. deboned chicken parts, hamburger, packaged pieces of beef) is treated by the acoustic waves passing therethrough. 3744 כ" ז בשבט התשס" ד - February 19, 2004