Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Imitated – simulated – ornamental – three-dimensional product...
Patent
1974-05-03
1976-08-03
Bernstein, Hiram H.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Imitated, simulated, ornamental, three-dimensional product...
426656, 426517, A23G 100, A23J 300
Patent
active
039730441
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a proteinaceous food product and a method of its production. A mixture of protein and water is formed into a thin film between successive parallel rolls rotating in opposite directions and at sequentially increasing speeds so as to impart at least a 40% stretch to the film prior to removing the stretched film from the last roll with a blade set at an angle to the roll. The scraping off of the thin film forms a structure consisting of groups of many small folds interspersed on substantially larger folds. Compaction of this material creates a fiberous structure composed of the numerous small folds of material surrounded by a matrix of the material once comprising the larger folds. This compacted structure approximates the structure of natural meat where fibers are dispersed in a matrix of connective tissue. The volume percent of fibers in the product of the present invention can be altered to produce a strong and highly fiberous product or a weakly coherent structure consisting of a larger percentage of relatively homogenous matrix material.
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Giddey Claude
Rufer Willy
Battelle Development Corporation
Bernstein Hiram H.
Peterson Stephen L.
Winland Thomas W.
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