Die Fleischerei

Cover od Issue 3/2010 of Die Fleischerei

Roundtable: Specialization as a concept of success
The Belgian meat industry is traditionally structured into small units. Family-owned and operated companies are more like the norm, while corporations are the exception. Animal breeders, feeders, slaughterers and those involved in carcass cut-up used to serve as specialists whose strongpoints are fast reaction to customers’ specific desires. As part of a Brussels roundtable conversation with journalists in this specific field, six meat exporters pointed out where they see the strongpoints and perspectives of their companies.

Cutters: Safely ground fine emulsions
When selecting a new cutter, the machine’s revolutions per minute and the quality of the mixture it makes are decisive. But butchers should also pay attention to such factors as low noise emissions, easy use and simple cleaning. This article discusses further features of professional cutting machines.

Clipping: The perfect end of the sausage
Clipping is a central work-step in industrial sausage production. In small and medium-sized businesses, clipping machines are also among the important aids that ease sausage manufacture and replace the time-consuming and labor-intensive tying process.

Liquid smoke: Clean smoke without wood chips
The use of aromatic smoke flavorings obtained from cleaned smoke condensates has gained increasing importance as a result of the new EU regulation governing aromatic smoke flavors. As such, smoke processing flavors are offered for a multitude of application processes as well as in different trends of taste. For the meat products industry, this development includes a high potential for developing novel meat products.

IT infrastructure: Dynamic growth
For more than 100 years, the German company Schulte + Sohn ­Fleischwaren KG has been producing top-quality meat and sausage products. Today, the company generates a yearly turnover of ca. 30 million euros and is expanding constantly. It currently has over 120 employees. Schulte + Sohn control their business processes with the CSB-System solution.

Briefly noted: Ishida’s new manager / Clear design / Record poultry levels / VanDrie takes over Alpuro / Fast, long-lasting labeling / Slice by slice at rapid speed