Process for the production of a casein substitute

US4105799A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Quaker Oats Company · US

Inventors

• Keith L. Chandler · Algonquin, US
• Roy G. Hyldon · Bloomington, US
• Surinder Kumar · Hyderabad, IN
• John P. O'Mahony · Parteen, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 1976
• Grant date: Aug 8, 1978
• Expiry date: May 13, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L11/37
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process is disclosed for producing an improved modified plant protein having thermoplastic and forming properties similar to casein and caseinate salts. The process comprises making an aqueous slurry of a carbohydrate containing plant protein material, fermenting the slurry with yeast to generate carbon dioxide, reacting the carbon dioxide with a hydroxide to form a carbonate, adjusting the pH, reacting the carbonate with the protein, admixing the slurry with a peroxide, neutralizing the slurry, removing steam volatile flavor components, drying the neutralized slurry, and then blending the dried modified proteinaceous slurry with an unmodified proteinaceous material. The process produces a product which is improved in odor, taste and color.