US 12,245,618 B2
Brine without phosphates and either salt free or low salt
Dale R. Hunt, Sandusky, OH (US); William R. Fielding, Hilton Head, SC (US); and Michael Cropp, Austin, MN (US)
Assigned to KEMIN PROTEINS, LLC, Des Moines, IA (US)
Filed by KEMIN PROTEINS, LLC, Des Moines, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,148.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,337, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180801 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A23L 13/40 (2023.01); A23L 27/40 (2016.01); A23L 29/281 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 13/428 (2016.08) [A23L 27/45 (2016.08); A23L 29/281 (2016.08)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A phosphate-free brine for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product, the brine comprising:
water;
flavoring;
protein from a corresponding type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine;
wherein the brine includes no added salt and no phosphate; and
wherein the protein is present in the brine in an amount of about 2 to 30 percent by weight.