Raw bone product and method
View Patent ↗A raw bone product including ground raw bone compressed into a mass, wherein the ground raw bone has been subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of at least 4000 atm for a predetermined amount of time, and wherein the mass is maintained at a temperature of at most 40° F.
1. A method for manufacturing a raw bone product comprising the steps of:
providing a raw bone;
grinding said raw bone into ground raw bone;
compressing said ground raw bone into a rigid mass;
cold pasteurizing said rigid mass at a temperature of at most 40° F. and a pressure of at least about 4000 atm; and
maintaining said rigid mass in a raw state.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said compression step is performed prior to said cold pasteurizing step.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said raw bone comprises at least one of a beef bone, a lamb bone, a venison bone, a pork bone, a rabbit bone, a chicken bone, a turkey bone and a duck bone.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of introducing at least one of a binder, a flavoring agent, a meat and a nutritional fortifier to said ground raw bone.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said grinding step is performed such that said ground raw bone has an average particle size of at most 20 millimeters.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said compression step comprises the step of extruding said ground raw bone.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said compressing step comprises the steps of:
(a) providing a male mold member and a female mold member, said female mold member having a cavity formed therein;
(b) placing a predetermined quantity of said ground raw bone into said cavity; and
(c) approximating said male mold member with said female mold member.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said cold pasteurizing step is performed in a high pressure pasteurization vessel.