This document discusses pork meat processing. It begins by explaining that pork has high nutritional value and can be processed into many products like sausage, ham, and meatballs due to advances in meat processing equipment. It then describes the main areas of pork processing as slaughtering, cutting, and further processing. Further processing is done primarily for preservation and to create tasty foods. The document outlines various pork processing techniques and the main equipment used, including machines for grinding, mixing, stuffing, smoking and emulsifying meat. It concludes by providing examples of common processed pork products.

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Pork Processing Insight
Abstract: Pork has high nutrition value and due to the development of the meat processing
equipment it can be processed into many things nowadays such as sausage, ham, meatball,
smoked bacon.
Pork is the culinary name for meat that comes from the pig. Pork is eaten in many
parts of the world. It is one of the most consumed meats worldwide. Pigs have been
raised and slaughtered since 5000BC for food consumption. Pork has high nutrition
value and due to the development of the meat processing equipment it can be
processed into many things nowadays. The main purpose of pork meat processing
is to preserve meat and make the meat tasty.
The Main Areas of Pork Meat Processing
Pork meat processing can be divided into three areas, slaughtering, meat cutting
and further processing.
Cutting is a size reduction of large to medium sized parts of food materials. After

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cutting the meat, the fresh meat may be stored and dispensed under refrigeration.
It can be sold in portions, or it may be combined with other food.
The further processing of meat into ham, sausage, bacon, etc. is primarily done for
preservation purposes but it is also important to produce tasty food.
● For coarse-ground products, the meat particles are substantially reduced and
then restructured back into a different physical form and they are used to make dry
sausage and smoked sausage.
● The goal of muscle product processing is to keep an original intact tissue
appearance in the finished product, such as ham, roast, bacon.
● The emulsifying process forms a matrix in which the fat particle is encapsulated
with the protein membrane. The emulsifying process is required for products like
ham.
● Grinding reduces the meat particle size, and the mixing assures uniformity of
chemical composition and protein extraction.
● The chopping process also reduces particle size an obtains salt-soluble protein.
● Preservation involving heat and dehydration produces foods that can be kept
for a long time. Preservation techniques such as smoking, salting of meat, sausage,
etc. are also used for diversification of the market selection.
The Main Equipment Involved in the Pork Meat Processing

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The main processing equipment includes brine injector machine, meat tumbling
machine, meat smoking machine for muscle products; meat grinding machine,
meat mixing machine, sausage filling machine and meatball forming machine for
coarse-ground products; and the meat chopping machine and emulsifier for
emulsified products. Besides these machines, there are automatic meatball
production line which can produce meatball automatically and meatballs produced
by the meat production line are with good taste, smooth surface and high flexibility;
meat patty production line for making tasty pork meat patty.
Processed Products Made of Pork Meat
The pig provides a wide range of quality food products and nowadays many of
these products are in the form of processed products that come prepackaged with
other ingredients for convenience.

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Black pudding is an early processed food with formal
recipes for its use dating back to 1600. Typically made with
pigs blood and liver and mixed with cereal filling, black
pudding provides a nutritious food.
A large leg of boned pork provides an
excellent value sundry roast that will often
provide other meals in the form of curries and
simple fry ups. Choice cuts of pork meat like
this are much cheaper kg for kg than
comparable lamb and beef joints.
Ham. Ham is one of the principle products
made of pork meat. Ham is cooked and prepared under a number of traditional
recipes and today they are often supplied vacuum packed. Many Italian dishes use
ham in the preparation of pasta and pizza dishes.
Smoked bacon, a traditional feature of the cooked English
breakfast and now the “ all day” breakfast. Nowadays
smoked bacon can be made by the meat smoking
machine.
Pork sausages are now produced under a large
number of recipes. And the product of sausage
realizes the fully-automatic production with the

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development of meat processing machine, the automatic sausage filling machine
and the automatic sausage tying machine.
Pork meatballs. Classic meatballs are delicious and
easy to make, providing the perfect accompaniment
to pasta, potatoes and grains. A basic pork meatball
recipe combines fresh minced pork meat, finely
chopped onion, beaten egg, herbs and seasoning.
Besides the above mentioned processed pork meat products, there are others such
as pork pate, pork pies, pork meat pizza, hot dogs and spam, etc. Thanks to the
meat processing technology and equipment, all the processed products made of
pork meat can supply you the same outstanding nutritive values and delicacy.