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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1975
Bernard M Payne, St. Charles, MO (US);
John R Cloute, St. Louis, MO (US);
Edward A Johnson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Arthur V Brown, Jr, Fultz, IL (US);
Edward V Oborsh, Ballwin, MO (US);
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A novel protein food product having a porous expanded structure with the texture and organoleptic properties of meat, is produced by a process which comprises: forming a mixture of a vegetable protein containing material and a meat source in an amount of between about 5 to 80% by weight, said mixture having a protein content on a dry basis of at least about 25% by weight, followed by extrusion of said mixture to form a porous expanded food product. The extrusion of a meat source and vegetable protein material provides a product having the economic and functional advantages of a simulated meat piece derived solely from a vegetable protein containing material, with the palatability of a real piece of meat because of the use of a meat source in the product.