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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew K McMindes, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Stanley H Richert, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Assignee:
Protein Technologies International, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426574 ; 426656 ; 426802 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of a a protein granule is described in which a vegetable protein isolate is hydrated to a weight ratio of about 1.5-6 parts of water to 1 part of isolate, at a temperature of about 0.degree. C. to 10.degree. C. The hydrated isolate is then blended and held at the indicated temperature range for a time sufficient to form a gel. The gel is then subdivided into individual granules which have improved meat like characteristics.