The present invention addresses the problem of providing a textured protein material which can enhance the fibrous texture of a processed food such as a product including meat or fish meat or a product including a vegetable raw material as a substitute therefor, has a high speed of water absorption, and can be used with ease. In this invention, it was found that a textured protein material having a favorable fibrous texture and a high speed of water absorption can be produced through the following steps (A) to (C), namely: (A) introducing a raw material including a protein raw material and water in an extruder, kneading and pressurizing and heating the raw material, and extruding the raw material under normal pressure from a die placed at an outlet of the extruder to organize the raw material and yield an organized product having a water content of 15-70 wt %; (B) cutting the organized product obtained in the step (A) perpendicularly to the direction of extrusion; and (C) slicing the organized product obtained in the step (B) into a flat shape using a circular slicer of a horizontal rotation type.

Provided herein are methods for producing an adzuki 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 adzuki bean proteins from an adzuki 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.

A process for producing a protein concentrate from oilseed from a plant of a family selected from the group consisting of Brassicaceae, Cannabaceae, Pedaliaceae, Rosaceae, and Fabaceae, preferably Brassicaceae. The method comprises the successive steps of: a) providing a presscake from at least partially dehulled oilseed; b) washing said presscake by mixing it with a first hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a washed presscake, and eventually separating said washed presscake from said first hydrous-alcohol solvent, to obtain a washed, an eventually separated, presscake, wherein said first hydrous-alcohol solvent has an alcohol concentration ranging from 60 to 75% w/w; and c) washing said washed, and eventually separated presscake by mixing it with a last hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a protein-containing solid and separating said protein-containing solid from said last hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a protein concentrate, wherein the alcohol concentration of the final hydrous-alcohol solvent is about the concentration of the azeotrope.

The present disclosure relates to a method of making foie gras, and more particularly, to a method of making foie gras using duck liver and the foie gras made thereby, the method allowing foie gras to be made using a duck liver produced by raising ducks without force-feeding to provide balanced nutrition and promote health and allowing the foie gras to have a texture that is juicy inside and crispy outside to improve the texture and flavor of the foie gras.

Provided is a method for producing a food including: a step of mixing a component (A) below, which is one or two selected from the group consisting of a component (A1) and a component (A2), with a food material to obtain a mixture for an outer layer; a step of mixing a food material to obtain a mixture for an inner layer; and a step of wrapping the mixture for an inner layer with the mixture for an outer layer to obtain a food composition. The component (A1) is a starch composition satisfying conditions of (1) to (3): (1) a starch content is equal to or more than 75% by mass; (2) molecular weight-reduced starch of starch having an amylose content of equal to or more than 5% by mass is contained in an amount of equal to or more than 3% by mass and equal to or less than 45% by mass, and a peak molecular weight of the molecular weight-reduced starch is equal to or more than 3×10.sup.3 and equal to or less than 5×10.sup.4; and (3) a degree of swelling in cold water at 25° C. is equal to or more than 5 and equal to or less than 20, and the component (A2) is pregelatinized starch.

The invention relates to method and a device for preparing a carbohydrate and/or protein product by subjecting a carbohydrate and/or protein to a heat treatment after a few ingredients have been added.

This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.

Modified cell lines and methods for use in the production of cultured meat are disclosed. The inventive methods provide for insertion of cell cycle regulatory genes or genes that encode for animal myoglobin into the genome of an animal cell to proliferate and flavor cell productions, followed by excising the inserted genes to terminate proliferation.

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.

Described herein is a meat substitute or food ingredient comprising an animal myoglobin protein, gene construct comprising a nucleic acid encoding said protein, a host cell comprising said gene construct and a method for producing said myoglobin or said meat substitute.