Process and ripening chamber for ripening foods

摘要

Process for ripening foods, in particular meat products and sausage products, by means of a heating phase, in which the foods are exposed to heated air of high relative humidity until a certain predeterminable degree of ripening (pH) is achieved, an acidification phase and a subsequent drying phase in which the foods are cooled and the moisture is continuously removed. In a ripening chamber (1) for carrying out the process, at least one interior wall (23, 24, 25) is designed as a cooling surface, while in the region of the chamber roof (16) a fan (2) is arranged and the tub (3) and/or the chamber bottom (15) is designed to be heatable. IMAGE