Vegetable-based minced meat alternative

US9301539B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Daniel Sebastian Appel · Aach, DE
• Andrea Graf · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Sheldon Fernandes · Singen, DE
• Pieter Berends · Pfullendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A vegetable-based food product comprising at least 50 wt % protein, wherein the protein is gluten or is proteinaceous material derived from gluten, and wherein the product has the texture of minced meat. A method for preparing a vegetable-based food product including fermenting a gluten-based material with a mould and then processing the fermented product into a vegetable-based food product for use as a replacement for minced meat.