The developed technology can ensure nutritious, palatable, convenient and ready-to-reconstitute meat products to the consumers

The ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh has received a patent (No. – 370161) for utilisation of spent hen meat for preparation of instant soup mix. The team of inventors include – Dr Palanisamy Gokulakrishnan and Dr Sanjod Kumar Mendiratta of the Livestock Products Technology Division of the Institute.

In the invention, an improved process was standardised for the preparation of instant soup mix using the spent hen meat, starch, spices and condiments. The developed technology can ensure nutritious, palatable, convenient and ready-to-reconstitute meat products to the consumers. The prepared instant soup mix when packaged in Aluminium foil-LDPE laminate pouches (Al foil 15µ – LDPE 40µ), had a shelf life of > 3 months at room temperature.

However, when reconstituted in cold water (Soup Mix: water; 1:13), stirred and brought to boil has good sensory qualities in terms of appearance and colour, consistency, flavour, meat flavour intensity and overall palatability. It is high in protein content (>26 per cent) and low in fat (<2 per cent).