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Meat Strip Alignment Technology

Description
Meat Strip Alignment Technology (MSAT) is a product and process to improve the texture of restructured meat products by aligning the meat fibres to create a product similar in texture to whole tissue meat.  The equipment is designed to fit the end of a meat pump, allowing for a filling operation.

Benefits
The benefits of MSAT include:

  • Meal preparation - quick, nutritional and economical
  • Good aroma, flavour, appearance, and mouth feel
  • Low fat
  • Product consistency
  • Increased value add

Availability
MLA and Food Science Australia collaborated in the development of MSAT by providing technical input into the scale-up of the equipment, sourcing raw material for the process and producing beef logs for market analysis of the finished product.

MSAT was extensively trialled via sensory testing but never commercially taken up by processors or value adders. Licenses are still available to interested parties.

More Information
Further information via a product brochure and

consumer research findings is available.

Key target consumer segments were:

  • Frequent consumers of fast food burgers
  • Elderly consumers aged 60-70 years
  • Primary school children