2.3. Cooked ham
The cured-cooked meat product was produced at the IRTA facility.
The ingredients and additives for the cooked ham product
were leg muscles (12 kg), and water (18% w/w) containing sodium
chloride (18 g/kg), sodium tripolyphosphate (3 g/kg), carrageenan
(1 g/kg), sodium ascorbate (0.5 g/kg) and sodium nitrite (0.1 g/kg).
The meat was grinded through a 3-hole kidney plate, the brine
was added and the mixture was tumbled for 2 h to achieve a good
brine distribution before stuffing into high barrier cook-in bags
HT3050 (Cryovac Sealed air Packaging SL, Milano, Italy). The hams
were heated at 70 C during approximately 6 h to a core temperature
of 68 C and cooled to 3 C for 24 h before slicing and
packaging.