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Process and apparatus for making meat analogs

US5607710A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1996
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S99/14
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is provided a method and apparatus for forming meat analog products and for texturizing a doughmass wherein the ingredients are mixed, passed through a conduit having a decreasing cross-sectional area while the doughmass is heated therein, the heating being done such that a greater heat intensity is applied to the center of the doughmass than to the doughmass adjacent the walls of the conduit.

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