Disclosed herein are pigment compositions for meat substitutes and meat substitutes including such pigment compositions. The pigment compositions include Phycoerythrin. In an aspect, the pigment compositions include red algae or a red algae extract. In an aspect, the pigment compositions provide a pink and/or red color to raw meat substitutes that transitions to a brown color or to colorless after cooking.

Treating fresh legumes includes combining fresh legumes with water to yield a mixture, heating the mixture from an initial temperature to a cooking temperature to yield a pre-cooked mixture, and heating the pre-cooked mixture at the cooking temperature to yield a cooked mixture. The cooked mixture is cooled to yield a cooled mixture, and water is removed from the cooled mixture to yield cooked legumes having an average moisture content in a range of 50 wt % to 65 wt %. A legume dough, prepared from the cooked legumes, can be sheeted and formed into legume dough pieces. The legume dough pieces may be cooked to yield a cooked legume dough product. In one example, the cooked legume dough product is a snack chip.

Provided are non-dairy yogurt analogs that have qualities similar to those of dairy-based yogurts. Certain embodiments are to plant-based yogurt analogs comprising fermented plant protein isolates and/or gelled plant protein isolates. Also provided are processes for production of such non-dairy yogurt analogs. For instance, a method for producing a plant-based yogurt mixture capable of being used to make a plant-based yogurt analog comprising the steps of: a) obtaining an essentially dairy-free base for a yogurt formulation that includes a plant-based derivative, such as a paste; and b) adding an acid to said formulation. Thereafter, the plant-based yogurt formulation may be used to manufacture a plant-based yogurt analog comprising the steps of: a) heating a plant-based yogurt mixture for a first pre-determined amount of time while stirring; b) allowing the mixture to cool; c) adding yogurt cultures to the resultant mixture; and d) incubating the resultant mixture for a second pre-determined amount of time to produce a plant-based yogurt analog.

Plant protein isolates obtained from wet-milled pulse, wet-milled pulse flour and methods of producing wet-milled pulse flour are provided. Volatile organic compounds that are present in plant protein isolates prepared from the wet-milled pulse are decreased as compared the plant protein isolates prepared from a dry-milled pulse. Food compositions containing the plant protein isolates are disclosed.

A solid food composition which achieves both chewy texture and easiness in biting off is provided. A solid food composition includes a foodstuff containing insoluble dietary fibers. The solid food composition contains edible part and insoluble dietary fiber localized site of one or more foodstuffs containing insoluble dietary fibers. The content of the foodstuff is 5 to 95 mass %, insoluble dietary fiber content is equal or greater than 3 mass %, moisture content is less than 30 mass %, 50% integrated diameter of particle size in aqueous dispersion of the solid food composition after ultrasonication is more than 5 μm and 1,000 μm or less and an average of minimum differential value is equal or greater than −900 kN/m.sup.2%.

A method for fixing solid particles to a dry food sheet includes the following steps. Two rollers are provided, and a distance between the two rollers is maintained from 6 mm to 30 mm. The two rollers are heated to a range from 120° C. to 180° C. Solid particles and a food slurry with a viscosity from 25,000 cp to 100,000 cp are mixed to form a food mixture and poured over the two rollers. The two rollers are rotated to pass the food mixture through the two rollers. After the food mixture adhered to the two rollers are heated for a drying time period from 100 seconds to 600 seconds, the dried food mixture is scraped off from the two rollers.

Disclosed are methods of processing raw leguminous materials, such as pea flour, pea concentrate, or pea isolate, to reduce non-volatile flavor components and in particular bound saponin compounds. The methods includes select processing steps by steam cooking a raw slurry to form a cooked slurry and drying the cooked slurry to form a processed material. An amount of non-volatile flavor components in the processed material is less than an amount of non-volatile flavor components in the raw materials.

A solid paste composition for cooking that contains beans is provided. The solid paste composition contains 3% by mass or higher, on a dry mass basis, of an insoluble dietary fiber, 10% by mass or higher, on a dry mass basis, of a starch, 4% by mass or higher, on a dry mass basis, of a protein, and after isothermally treating the solid paste composition in 40 times as much water at 90° C. for 5 minutes, the Haze value of the water being 25% or lower.

The technology disclosed in this specification pertains to a plant-based meat analog comprising a pulse protein, and a vegetable oil. In any embodiment the pulse protein may be crosslinked. In any embodiment the oil may be provided as a structured vegetable oil comprising a vegetable oil and a water-soluble carrier. The plant-based meat analogs may further comprise moisture content of about 40% to about 65% by weight.

A composition and method for supplementing food, nutrition, and diet systems with omega-6 to omega-3 balanced oils comprising a synergistic blend of at least two oils. The composition further comprises a synergistic blend of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids as a means to further increase the nutritional value. The composition provides an effective increase in therapeutic and pharmacological properties in nutrition, and retards the rate of oxidation thereof.