Method for improving, by using power-variable ultrasonic waves, frozen fish fillets treated by means of salt-water immersion process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9497976-B2
Application number	US-201314780861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A method for improving frozen fish fillets treated by way of a salt-water immersion process includes the following steps: pretreating raw fish to obtain fish fillets; precooling the fish fillets; stacking the precooled fish fillets to obtain a fish fillet stack; freezing the fish fillet stack by using a salt-water immersion process, and performing power-variable ultrasonic wave treatment; and feeding the fish fillets into a cold storage, and performing freezing storage at minus 18 degrees centigrade. The power-variable ultrasonic wave treatment includes: firstly treating for 5 to 10 min under the power of 800 to 600 W, and then changing the power to 200 to 600 W for treating for 5 to 15 min. The freezing time of fish flesh is shortened, and formed ice crystals are fine and uniform, thereby preventing the damage of the formed ice crystals to cell walls.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for improving, by using power-variable ultrasonic waves, frozen fish fillets treated by means of a salt-water immersion process comprises the following steps:
(1) pretreating raw fish to obtain fish fillets;
(2) precooling the fish fillets;
(3) stacking the precooled fish fillets to obtain a fish fillet stack;
(4) freezing the fish fillet stack by using a salt-water immersion process, and performing power-variable ultrasonic wave treatment, which is specifically as follows:
immersing the fish fillet stack in a sodium chloride solution at −18° C. to −20° C., and performing power-variable ultrasonic wave treatment; the concentration of the sodium chloride solution is 25 to 30% (m/m); the power-variable ultrasonic wave treatment specifically comprises: under an ultrasonic wave frequency condition of 20 kHz, firstly treating for 5 to 10 min under the power of 800 to 600 W, and then changing the power to 200 to 600 W for treating for 5 to 15 min; and
(5) feeding the fish fillets into freezing storage.

2. The method for improving, by using power-variable ultrasonic waves, frozen fish fillets treated by means of a salt-water immersion process according to claim 1 , wherein: said Step (1), pretreating raw fish to obtain fish fillets, is specifically as follows:
after the frozen raw fish is slaughtered, decapitated and gutted, removing the mucus and impurities on the surface of the fish body and the intraperitoneal staining blood with running water, removing spine and skin, cutting the fish into pieces, and shaping them to obtain fish fillets having a thickness of 1 to 3 cm, a width of 2 to 4 cm, and a length of 3 to 5 cm.

3. The method for improving, by using power-variable ultrasonic waves, frozen fish fillets treated by means of a salt-water immersion process according to claim 1 , wherein: said Step (2), precooling the fish fillets, is specifically as follows: precooling the fish fillets to 0° C. to 1° C.

4. The method for improving, by using power-variable ultrasonic waves, frozen fish fillets treated by means of a salt-water immersion process according to claim 1 , wherein: said Step (3), stacking the precooled fish fillets to obtain a fish fillet stack, is specifically as follows:
stacking the precooled fish fillets regularly into a fish fillet stack having a height of 20 to 30 cm, a width of 10 to 15 cm and a length of 12 to 15 cm, and putting them into a freezing tank at an interval of 5 to 8 cm.

Assignees

• Univ South China Tech

Inventors

• Sun Dawen
• Hu Fen
• Zeng Xin'An
• Wang Qijun
• Gao Wenhong

Classifications

• A23L25/00

  Food consisting mainly of nutmeat or seeds; Preparation or treatment thereof · CPC title

• A22C25/16

  Removing fish-bones; Filleting fish {(combined with beheading, eviscerating A22C25/14; hand tools A22C25/006)} · CPC title

• A23B4/06 Primary

  Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling · CPC title

• A23L17/00

  Food-from-the-sea products; Fish products; Fish meal; Fish-egg substitutes; Preparation or treatment thereof · CPC title

• A23L5/32

  using phonon wave energy, e.g. sound or ultrasonic waves · CPC title