Low shear meat analog

US8628815B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARS, INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Allan A. Torney · Brampton, CA
• Diana L. Ortiz Maldonado · White Plains, US
• Alexandre Mendes · Los Angeles, US
• Emine Unlu · Chicago, US
• Ralf Reiser · Orchard Park, US
• Eyal Ben-Yoseph · Givatayim, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23P30/20
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods for producing meat analog as well as formulations are disclosed. The novel production method uses a device designed to texturize the product while providing superior heat transfer for cooking. The device includes a helical compression conveyer with internal and external heating sources that delivers a high ratio of surface area for heat transfer to product volume. This results in the device being capable of heating of the emulsion volume as it is moved from the inlet to the outlet of the device to form a meat analog within the device in which the meat analog is formed in multiple segments to result in the meat analog having a defined surface texture.