Luga-Smoke

PURPOSE

Luga-Smoke – is mono-layer artificial casing, permeable for smoke, intended for manufacturing of all kinds of half-smoked and boiled-smoked sausages, boiled sausages, smoked soft cheeses according technology, that includes the stage of smoking. The distinctive features of this casing are increased shelf life of ready goods and permeability to oxygen and vapor in comparison to collagen and cellulose casing.

Luga-Smoke casing creates effect of a matte surface of the product, matte of the casing creates a fine packing of finished goods.

COMPOSITION

Luga-Smoke casing is produced according to up-to-date technology by co-extrusion method, of high quality polyamide raw materials manufactured by leading polymer producers. All raw materials are certified for contact with foodstuffs.

ASSORTIMENT

Luga-Smoke casing is subdivided into the following types:

Type of casing	Meters in rolls, m	Casing caliber, mm	Casings shirred caliber, mm	Characteristics
Luga-Smoke A	1000	29-60	32-60	Used for smoke melted cheese producing, with matt effect
Luga-Smoke AF	1000	29-60	29-60	Highly permeable sausage casing
Luga-Smoke C	1000	29-60	29-60	Highly permeability casing, easily peeled, with matt effect
Luga-Smoke CF	1000	29-60	29-60	Used for smoke melted cheese producing

Luga-Smoke ring casing variant:

Type of casing	Execution	Casing caliber, mm	Casings shirred caliber, mm	Inner ring diameter, mm
Luga-Smoke A	Kranz150	29-45	32-45	120
Luga-Smoke A	Kranz200	29-60	32-60	160
Luga-Smoke AF	Kranz150	29-45	32-45	120
Luga-Smoke AF	Kranz200	29-60	32-60	160
Luga-Smoke C	Kranz150	29-45	32-45	120
Luga-Smoke C	Kranz200	29-60	32-60	160
Luga-Smoke CF	Kranz150	29-45	32-45	120
Luga-Smoke CF	Kranz200	29-60	32-60	160

Luga-Smoke casing in rolls

Caliber, mm	Casing quantity in a roll, m	Rolls quantity in a shipping box, units	Casing quantity in a shipping box, m	Gross weight max, kg	Shipping box size, mm
29-55	1000	3	3000	16	280х280х340
60	1000	2	2000	12	280х280х340

Luga-Smoke shirred casing

Caliber, mm	Casing quantity in a briquette, m	*Quantity of briquettes in a shipping box , units**	Casing quantity in a shipping box, m	Gross weight max,kg
32	35 (40)	56	1960 (2240)	5 (6)
35		54	1890 (2160)	5 (6)
38		46	1610 (1840)	5 (6)
40		42	1470 (1680)	5 (6)
45		33	1155 (1320)	4 (5)
50		30	1050 (1200)	4 (5)
55		23	805 (920)	4 (5)
60		18	630 (720)	4 (5)

* – dimensions of shipping box while packing the calibers 32-60, mm: 314х314х410

Luga-Smoke casing colors

№	Color	Code
1	Transparent	8.0
2	Milk	8.0.1
3	Salmon	9.3
4	Terracotta	9.5
5	Red	2.0
6	Red-Brown	2.0.1
7	Bronze	7.0
8	Deep Bronze	7.0.1
9	Light Gold	5.1
10	Gold	5.3
11	Deep Gold	5.3.1
12	Gold 2	5.5
13	Bordo	2.9.1
14	Deep Bordo	2.9.2
15	Mahogany	1.5
16	Chestnut	1.6
17	Light Smoke	1.7
18	Deep Nut	1.8

It is possible to make one- or two- side printing. Paints used for printing are permitted to contact with food and they are resistant to mechanic action, fat and boiling.

Quantity of colors for printing is from 1 up to 6. Full-color printing is possible.

PROPERTIES AND ADVANTAGES

1. Permeability to smoke.

Permeability of Luga-Smoke to smoke,allows to include stage of smoking in production process of frankfurters and wieners.

2. High barrier properties.

Permeability of Luga-Smoke casing for oxygen and water vapor is in dozen times less than in collagen and cellulose casing. It brings following advantages:

Minimal losses during thermal treatment and storage of sausages.
Prolonged shelf life of sausage. Shelf life of final products packed in polyamide casing Luga-Smoke is 60 days.
Attractive appearance of final products during whole period of shelf life.

3. Excellent physic-mechanical properties.

Allow to use Luga-Smoke casing on all types of automatic clipping machines.
Provide efficient production of stuffing equipment.
Permit to overstuff the casing for increasing profitability of production.

4. Caliber stability.

Caliber stability of Luga-Smoke casing provides reliable performance functioning automatic and semi-automatic equipment and allows to plan casing consumption.

5. High level of thermo shrinkage.

Thermo-shrinkage properties ofLuga-Smoke casingis the best preventer against forming of fat and gel pockets as well as wrinkles, and they give organoleptic properties to final products.

6. High thermo-resistance.

Casing is resistant not only to high temperature, but also to its lasting effect. That is why the range of thermal treatment of sausages in Luga-Smoke casing is wider, in comparison with natural, cellulose and collagen casing.

7. Biological inactivity.

Polymeric materials used for production of Luga-Smoke casing are inert to bacteria and moulds. This property improves hygienic characteristics of casing and sausage production as well.

PREPARATION OF THE CASING

Soaking is executed in water at temperature 20-25°С. The time of soaking should be not more than 3 minutes. It’s forbidden to soak casing in warm or hot water and to soak repeatedly once soaked, but unused casing.

MEAT STUFF COMPOSITION

When preparing the stuff, quantity of water should be the same as for natural and cellulose casing. More precise needed quantity of water can be determined by accounting of kind and characteristic of meat (ratio of flash to fat), rate of overstuffing, type and amount of stabilizing, binding, emulsifying and preserving ingredients, adjusting of stuffing equipment, etc.

It is necessary to take into account, that the maintenance in meat-stuff of collagen and binding substances, such as a flour, starch, vegetative fiber is higher, but the superficial crust on sausage products after heat treatment will be less expressed.

STUFFING

It is recommended to overstuff Luga-Smoke casing for 8-12% bigger than nominal diameter (nominal diameter means before soaking) in order casing shows its best properties.

For example, recommended stuffing diameter for casing of caliber 40 mm is 44-45 mm.

Overstuffing more than recommended diameter may cause to casing rapture while boiling or cutting of final product.

Puncture either of casing itself or onto product is forbidden.

Luga-Smoke casing is stuffed on automatic equipment, observing recommendations for using.

As a rule when working with polyamide casing it is necessary to rise stuffing pressure, therefore if clipping equipment were adjusted for collagen casings, it would be needed to increase braking and to select optimal density of the stick in order to reach recommended stuffing diameter.

While casing clipping it is necessary to keep instructions for used equipment and to hold test in order to determine fitting size of clip. Luga-Smoke casingcan be sealed either by metal or plastic clip. The clips should be fastened very tightly in order to prevent their slipping. During binding or clipping stuff pressing is not allowable.

RECOMMENDED TECHNOLOGY OF THERMAL TREATMENT

method 1

Stages of thermal treatment	Temperature Т, °С	Humadity RF,%	Time τ, min
Heating	55	60	10
Drying (frying)	65	60	20-25
Curing by smoking	67	70-80	20
Curing by smoking	75	70-80	20
Boiling till readiness	76-78	100	Till 72°Сinside the stick

method 2

Stages of thermal treatment	Temperature Т, °С	Humadity RF,%	Time τ, min
Curing	60	70-80	15
Curing	65	70-80	15
Curing	70	70-80	30
Boiling till readiness	76-78	100	Till 72°Сinside the stick

Taste differentiation could be made by increasing or reducing time of smoking. Thus the temperature of smoke forming should be constant.

This regime of thermal treatment provides pronounced crust forming, succulence of frankfurters and wieners, easy pilling properties. Weigh losses are 3-4%.

Attention! Before the beginning of work with the Luga-Smoke casing it is recommended to service of Controlling of measuring instrument to check up serviceability of the guage of the control of humidity and presence of submission of a moisture during smoking in the chamber or in smoke tender unit.

In a case if humidity during smoking production will be below specified values permeability of the casing is sharply reduced, that can lead to undesirable result.

Cooling Frankfurters and wieners should be cooled immediately after cooking. Cooling could be made under running water, shower or spray unit with timer, up to 25-30°Сin the center of the product.

Air-cooling should be excluded. Draft influence is inadvisable – it can lead wrinkle forming.

STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION

Casing is supplied in cardboard packages wrapped into thermo-shrinkable polyethylene film. This way of packing provides safety of casing during storage and transportation.

Casing should be stored in dry warehouse, without direct sunlight, no closer one meter to heating devices, at temperature below +30°Сand relative humidity below 70-80%.

Providing observing conditions of storage and transportation, casing can be stored and used during 12 months.

If casing happened frozen at temperature below 0°Сthen before using it should be readapted during 24 hours at temperature higher +5°С.

Unpacking of package with casing should be done right before using but not in advance.

Packages with casing and casing itself de handled avoiding shocks.