The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel protein crosslinking method. In the present invention, a crosslinking reaction is accelerated by causing both an oxidoreductase such as a laccase and a protein deamidase such as a protein glutaminase to act on a substrate protein.

The present invention relates to the creation of meat-analogs, including bacon or jerky. The present invention further can relate to the use of hydrocolloid gels or films as structural components of meat analog food products. Hydrocolloid gels or films are used in order to improve the similarity of meat analog food products to whole muscle cuts of meat and seafood, including animal sourced bacon.

Embodiments herein are directed to methods for preparing and compositions containing microalgae biomass. Described herein are, for example, methods of preparing a microalgal flour that involve culturing microalgae, concentrating the microalgae into a microalgal biomass sludge, washing the microalgal biomass sludge, adjusting the pH of the microalgal biomass sludge, and drying the microalgal biomass sludge to produce the microalgal flour. Also disclosed are food products supplemented with microalgae biomass, including for example microalgal flour, a protein concentrate, or a protein isolate.

Provided herein are cheese and yogurt compositions and the methods of making the same using one or more recombinant proteins.

Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance, including adding a bacterial cell disrupted product obtained by disrupting lactic acid bacteria and an enzyme to a milk raw material to cause a reaction. The present invention can provide a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance which can safely and efficiently produce a cheese-flavored substance having a more natural cheese flavor at low-cost with simple operation.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance, including adding a bacterial cell disrupted product obtained by disrupting lactic acid bacteria and an enzyme to a milk raw material to cause a reaction. The present invention can provide a method for producing a cheese-flavored substance which can safely and efficiently produce a cheese-flavored substance having a more natural cheese flavor at low-cost with simple operation.

Disclosed herein are dry blends used in the process of making extended cheese products with improved meltability and firmness profiles.

Disclosed herein are dry blends used in the process of making extended cheese products with improved meltability and firmness profiles.

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for producing colored tofu, the method comprising a step of preparing a liquid dispersion constituted by a colorant and a paste or powder of vegetables or fruit uniformly dispersed in sugar alcohol or a dilute aqueous solution thereof; a step of preparing a liquid soy milk mixture by uniformly mixing the liquid dispersion, soy milk, and a coagulating agent; and a step of coagulating the liquid soy milk mixture to produce tofu.