| CPC A23L 13/60 (2016.08) [A23L 5/10 (2016.08); A23L 13/424 (2016.08); A23L 13/426 (2016.08); A23L 13/52 (2016.08)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A method for producing a meat product, said method comprising:
(a) providing a bovine meat source and coarsely or finely grinding the bovine meat source to produce a ground bovine meat;
(b) providing a poultry meat source and coarsely or finely grinding the poultry meat source to produce a ground poultry meat;
(c) providing a recombinant heme iron;
(d) mixing the ground bovine meat, the ground poultry meat, and the recombinant heme iron; wherein:
a protein from said bovine meat source is 30% or less of the total weight of the meat product;
a fat from said bovine meat source is in the range of 10-30% of the total weight of the meat product;
a fat from said poultry meat source is 5% or less of the total weight of the meat product; and
said recombinant heme iron is from 3 micrograms per gram of the meat product to 20 micrograms per gram of the meat product.
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