15 Apr 2015
Marel – partnering the meat industry
By Staff Writer
The introduction of the linear press meat harvester in the mid-1970s marked a revolution in meat processing. The relatively low-pressure plunger allowed for a much higher quality residual meat than the then widespread rotational press, which appeared to be more suitable for mass production and smaller, softer bone material, such as poultry. The linear technology was also less input dependent and did not break the bones, thus leaving less occasional bone particles behind in the residual meat product. For the first time in the production process of residual meat, a second path became available: that of quality production. For the consumer, this resulted in mechanically separated meat with properties close to that of deboned meat.
