1.Tougue 2.Gullet 3.1st Stomach 4.2nd Stomach 5.Rennet Bag 6.Sheep Casing 7.Bug 8.Capend 9.Sheep Middle 10.Fatend 11.Bladder

 

Sheep Casings - unstuffed, shown in hanks, tubed, and in tubs; also shown are examples of stuffed sheep casings

 

SHEEP CASINGS by Bundle or Hank

Caliber

mm

Approx.Stuffing Capacity Before
Cooking (
kg)

Product
Examples

16-18

15-16

Frankfurters, Beer Stix

18-20

17-18

Fresh Pork Sausages, Frankfurters

20-22

21-23

Fresh Pork Sausages,Frankfurters,Cabanosa

22-24

25-27

Frankfurters, Cabanosa, Chipolata

24-26

27-29

Frankfurters, Bockwurst, Cabanosa

26-28

29-31

Frankfurters, Bockwurst, Cabanosa

28/up

31-34

Frankfurters, Landjaeger

Green weight: Stuffing capacity before cooking or smoking per 91 meters length

 

Supply units for sheep and goat casings

Supplied in hanks

Length:Standard 1 hank=100 yard=91meter;or by buyers¡¯ requirement

Lengths are measured manually, when the casings are wet.

Quality grade:AA,A,AB,B,BC,C

Starting Length:From 2m,3m,4m,5m,6m

 

Packing of sheep and goat casings

In dry salt or brine pack in barrels of 500 hanks

Pre-flushed pack in barrels

Soft or hard tubed pack in barrels

 

Preparing to stuff sheep and goat casings

First rinse with fresh water. Then, soak in 30-32¡ãC water for thirty minutes prior to use.