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Sustainable production of traditional and novel cured dried meat products - DryMeat

In 2011 the value of the retail sale of dry-cured pork meat (9478 tonnes) and dry-cured lamb meat (1590 tonnes) in Norway was 2800 MNOK, with domestic production accounting for 85-90%. Norwegian producers experience an increased competition from imported products. The need to maintain and increase their market share is the Norwegian producer's prime mover. Optimization of the production process may lead to higher production capacity, reduced drying time and hence, potential for energy and cost savings. Im proved process control is required to reduce the variation in product quality, and enable more rational and efficient development of new products to strengthen the competitiveness of the industry. The project DryMeat aims to reduce energy consumption, im prove quality and minimize quality variation during dry-cured meat production. The critical R&D challenges to be faced will be fundamental studies of (1) mass transfer processes within products during drying and curing, formation of dry layer, and effect of drying conditions on ripening, (2) enzymatic and chemical reactions occurring in meat at reduced water activities, and (3) optimization of existing and new drying systems for dry-cured ham and lamb. 1 PhD candidate and five master students will be edu cated. The main achievements of the project will be a better understanding of how the drying rates should be controlled to obtain desired and reproducible product properties reduced energy costs and increased capacity of production plants. This knowledge , analytical methods and modeling tools will enable the industry to develop robust processes for existing products and design new or improved production lines or products. Norway has strong research groups in meat and meat technology, as well as in engin eering and process technology, and industrial biotechnology. Together with the Spanish group CSCI, which has extensive experience with dry-cured meat processing and industry vendors a strong team will be formed

Prosjektleder:
Ingrid Camilla Claussen
Institusjon:
 
Aktivitetsnavn:
FFL JA-finansiert prosjekt
Prosjektstatus:
Bevilgning
Prosjektperiode:
01.01.2013 - 30.06.2016
Geografi:
Norge/SØR-TRØNDELAG/TRONDHEIM
Fagområder:
Landbruks- og fiskerifag/Tverr flerf. landbruk,fisk.fag
Prosjektnummer:
225262