Liha töötlemine
surface enables control of molding at the first in the town of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. It is
stages, making the starter presence predomi- produced entirely from beef and is a moist,
nant. In central and northern European coun- heavily smoked, fermented, ready-to-eat
tries, smoking is a common technology. sausage with an M : P of 3.5 : 1 that is often
Smoke contributes to the antimicrobial and not processed above 48.9°C (Chikthimmah
antioxidant effect, besides generating spe- et al. 2001). The starter culture involving L.
cific flavor and color components. Smoking plantarum, P. acidilactici, and micrococci
technology has experienced an important was specifically developed to obtain a very
evolution in the last few years; smoking low pH (4.4–4.7), and it ferments the meat
chambers in which a controlled combustion batter at 35–38°C (Smith and Palumbo 1973).