The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is pleased to announce that, Joseph Sebranek, Iowa State University; Kevin Myers, Hormel Foods Corporation; and Jeff Sindelar, University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the featured speakers in theAMSA 68th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) Processed Meats Symposium, on Monday, June 15. The three-part processed meats speaker series will focus on processor's challenges in addressing new market/customer demands.
Overview of Functional Non-Meat Ingredients in Meat Processing: The Current Toolbox:The non-meat ingredients that are traditionally used in processed meats create the unique and distinctive properties that are expected of the many different processed meat products on the market. The non-meat ingredients provide very critical functional contributions to processed meats. However, the increasing consumer demand for shorter, simpler, easier-to-understand ingredient statements is providing motivation for processors to reduce, substitute or even eliminate some of the traditional non-meat ingredients. Dr. Joseph Sebranek, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished at Professor at Iowa State University, will discuss the role of some of the critical non-meat ingredients used for processed meats to provide a reminder of the challenges processors face when considering product changes.