Edible fungus
AssigneeMarlow Foods Limited
InventorsOlumyiwa A. Akintoye, Alexander J. E. Evans
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Abstract
An elongate product comprises a filamentous fungus wherein the product has a dimension (A) measured in a first direction and a dimension (B) measured in a second direction, wherein dimension (A) is in the range 2 mm to 15 mm and dimension (B) is in the range 10 mm to 50 mm. The product is frozen mechanically in a relatively short time to produce ice-crystal sizes within the product of less than 20.0 μm, s. The product has a very long shelf life and when defrosted is found to perform like fresh paste when mixed with other ingredients.
Claims20
A product comprising a filamentous fungus wherein the product has a dimension (A) measured in a first direction and a dimension (B) measured in a second direction, wherein dimension (A) is in the range 2 mm to 15 mm and dimension (B) is in the range 10 mm to 50 mm, wherein dimension (B) is greater than dimension (A);
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- wherein said product comprises at least 15 wt % of filamentous fungus on a dry matter basis and, wherein, in said product, the sum of the wt % of water and filamentous fungus on a dry matter basis is at least 95 wt %.
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