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ROLLERPRESS: THE ADVANCED CUT&PRESS TENDERIZING TECHNOLOGY

The increasing demand for novel cooked meat products requires new processing strategies to improve texture of the finished products
07.02.2023

METALQUIMIA introduces the ROLLERPRESS tenderizer, the Cut & Press horizontal technology which includes a double set of active rollers which interact with the meat, causing a simultaneous tenderizing/pressing effect on the meat muscle fibers, significantly increasing myofibrillar proteins extraction surface, by first producing a multitude of cuts in the meat muscle (double tenderizer roller with spikes and prongs), to continue with a pressing action (pressure roller against belt) that causes stretching of the meat and a significant increase in the interfibrillar spaces, which allows a very rapid and better fixation of the brine in said spaces during the first phases of the massage. The ROLLERPRESS action results in a significant reduction in the processing time, an increase in the tenderness of the meat, an increase in the cooking yield and a higher binding and slicing yield.

At the same time, the ROLLERPRESS tenderizer offers the possibility of automatically adjusting the cutting depth (from -20 mm to 50 mm) and pressing pressure, thus allowing the tenderizing effect to be adapted to each specific product. The ROLLERPRESS tenderizer has an ergonomic system, unique in its category, for roller extraction, washing and maintenance.