Food compositions having a realistic meat-like appearance, feel, and texture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9918486
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13736311

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The invention provides novel food compositions having a realistic meat-like appearance, feel, and texture. The compositions comprise from about 40 to about 90% functional proteins, from about 0.05 to about 2% of one or more cross-linking agents, and from about 60 to about 10% of a meat slurry, wherein the meat slurry comprises meat and one or more humectants plasticizers in a meat:humectant plasticizer ratio of from about 20:80 to about 80:20. The compositions are produced by heating a preconditioned mixture of the food components under pressure and then expanding the heated composition to form the food composition.

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  • NESTEC S.A.

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Kuehnle, David W Ballwin, US 2 24
Uhrhan, Richard B Columbia, US 2 24

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