Optimization of Processing Technology for Beef jerky and Summary and Analysis of Processing Costs

2025,08,11

1. Experimental methods
1.1 Production process of beef jerky
Raw materials → selection → pretreatment → stirring → pickling → slicing → drying → baking → cooling → slicing → finished product.
1.2 Operation points
Raw material processing: Clean beef fat, cartilage, and debris thoroughly.
Mixing and marinating: Mix the beef according to the recipe, mix the processed beef, salt, and starch evenly, stir, and marinate the evenly mixed beef at 0-4 ℃ for 2 hours.
Production and drying: Place the marinated meat jerky evenly in a constant temperature oven to dry it into semi-finished products.
Baking: Place the dried meat in an oven and bake it until it turns brownish red and has a moisture content of less than 20%, which is the finished product.
2. Optimal process conditions
The processing technology of beef jerky was studied and optimized using single factor and orthogonal experiments. The results showed that the optimal processing technology for beef jerky was 1% salt addition, 6% sugar addition, 0.4% phosphate addition, 3% soy protein addition, 7% starch addition, and 0.4% carrageenan addition.
3. Cost analysis and suggestions for processing beef jerky
The cost analysis of beef jerky processing involves multiple aspects, including production costs, market demand, sales prices, product quality, and potential market competition.
Production costs are important factors that affect efficiency, including raw material procurement, processing equipment investment, labor costs, energy consumption, additives, and packaging materials. The quality of a product is a key factor affecting market competitiveness and sales. By controlling the processing technology, improving the taste, flavor, and appearance of the product can increase its market share and user satisfaction. Accurately grasping market demand is an important part of benefit analysis.
The determination of sales prices requires consideration of factors such as market positioning, product quality, and brand influence. Reasonable pricing can help increase sales revenue and profits. Effective marketing, including advertising, promotional activities, social media promotion, etc., can increase brand awareness and expand market share. Beef jerky processing enterprises need to strictly comply with relevant food safety regulations and quality standards to ensure that their products are legal and compliant. Fully utilizing production equipment and resources to improve capacity utilization can help reduce production costs and increase efficiency. Continuously innovating and researching, launching new products that meet market demand, helps maintain the competitiveness of the enterprise.

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Mr. Peter Han

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