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Saturday, May 17, 2008

David Eaheart, APR
david_eaheart@seaboardfoods.com
913-261-2621

Tender ribs ready in one hour!

Adding pork backribs to the menu made easy with PrairieFresh Prime™ Cook-In Bag Pork Loin Backribs

CHICAGO (May 17, 2008) — Adding freshly cooked pork loin backribs to the menu just became easier with PrairieFresh Prime™ Cook-In Bag Pork Loin Backribs that will cook from fresh or frozen in one hour. Seaboard Foods introduced the patent-pending product at the NRA Show.

These pork backribs are a result of new technologically advanced cook-in bags combined with the PrairieFresh Prime™ patent-pending infusion process. Each hand-selected pork loin backrib slab is infused with a precise amount of intramuscular fat and lean pork protein just like that found in the best cuts of beef. The rib slab is then sealed in a unique patent-pending cook-in bag. After cutting a small vent hole on the top, the bag of pork backribs—fresh or frozen—is simply placed on the center rack of a 400 F preheated oven and cooked for one hour. Perfectly juicy and tender pork loin backribs are guaranteed each time.

For retail delis and food service establishments without smokehouse equipment or smoking expertise, these ribs make putting pork loin backribs on the menu easy.

Kitchen staff can prepare these ribs with no special culinary training.
Cooks in existing conventional or convection oven and allows maximization of existing equipment.
o need to project quantities and thaw frozen ribs in advance. These ribs cook in the same amount of time fresh or frozen.
Improves food safety because it lowers risk of cross contamination between raw and prepared food since the raw product is kept in the bag until finished cooking.
Freshly cooked flavor when rethermed, without warmed-over notes, providing less product waste.

“These unique patent-pending cook-in bag loin backribs provide new opportunities for food service that have never existed before,” says Tom Blumhardt, Seaboard Foods vice president of marketing. “Consumers love pork backribs and these ribs make an easy, quick addition to the menu that’s sure to keep guests coming back for more because of the tender, delicious flavor.”

To validate the cook-in bag cooking process and the product flavor and tenderness, Seaboard Foods commissioned Oklahoma State University (OSU).

OSU validated one hour cook time for PrairieFresh Prime™ Cook-In Bag Backribs, from fresh or frozen, vs. 3 hours for conventional natural ribs.
OSU documented superior juiciness, tenderness, flavor intensity and desirability vs. conventional prepared ribs using trained taste panels and the guidelines described by the Kansas City Barbecue Society.

PrairieFresh Prime™ Cook-In Bag Pork Loin Backribs are available seasoned with smokey BBQ seasonings or unseasoned. With the unseasoned ribs, operators can add their own culinary flair by adding seasoning or a favorite barbecue sauce after cooking.

PrairieFresh Prime™ Cook-In Bag Pork Loin Backribs are the latest addition to the patent-pending PrairieFresh Prime™ Pork product family. At the NRA Show, the company featured the entire PrairieFresh Prime™ product line, including pork chops, loin roasts and steamship leg of pork.

For even the most experienced cooks, when it comes to pork, mere seconds are the difference between mouth-watering tender or tough and dry. Seaboard Foods has solved this cooking conundrum with PrairieFresh Prime™ Pork — tender, juicy, grain-fed, hand-selected pork.

Seaboard Foods hand selects its finest grain-fed, farm-raised pork and then uses a patent-pending process to infuse the pork with a precise amount of intramuscular fat and lean pork protein. This allows the pork to baste in its internal and external juices while cooking. With all the nutritional traits of lean pork, the result is delicious old-fashioned roasted pork flavor – tender, juicy and flavorful just like eating the best cuts of beef.

Consumer panelists consistently rated PrairieFresh Prime™ well above moderately juicy, whereas conventional pork rates a “slightly dry” juiciness rating. Overall, PrairieFresh Prime™ rated superior to conventional pork with 94 percent of the consumer panelists preferring the PrairieFresh Prime™ products.

PrairieFresh Prime™ provides the chef unparalleled cooking tolerance, holding characteristics, flavor and texture.

For more information about PrairieFresh Prime™ products, including Cook-In Bag Pork Loin Backribs, visit www.PrairieFresh.com.

Seaboard Foods, with headquarters in Shawnee Mission, Kan., is a leading integrated food company and a top exporter of pork to Japan and Mexico. Pork products sold internationally bear the Seaboard Farms® brand. In the United States, Seaboard Foods markets fresh products under the PrairieFresh® Premium Pork brand and processed meats under the Daily’s® Premium Meats brand. As part of the company’s sustainability commitment, Seaboard Foods formed High Plains Bioenergy, a subsidiary committed to creating sustainable energy solutions from the Seaboard Foods integrated system. Seaboard Foods has been recognized for its aggressive research and development, and proactive environmental standards, including receiving the 2007 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award. For more information, visit www.SeaboardFoods.com.
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