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US 12,290,087 B2Granted
Food product permeated with homogenized dispersion
AssigneeConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
InventorsTracey Williams, Larry Quint, Brian Degner
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Abstract
The present invention is a food product and a method of creating the food product that satisfies the need for a homogenized dispersion that disperses throughout meat, wherein the particle size of macromolecular ingredients within the dispersion is reduced to form a more stable homogenized dispersion with increased ingredient functionality. This permeated meat offers added health benefits such as the substitution of the anti-oxidant rich olive oil for problematic animal fat.
Claims12
A protein-based food composition, comprising:
- a protein-based food;
- and
- a marinade dispersed within the protein-based food, wherein the marinade is a homogenized dispersion and includes
- a high-oleic oil from about 1.0% to about 20.0% by weight of the marinade,
- water from about 50% to about 90% by weight of the marinade,
- a gum, and
- a soy protein isolate,
- wherein the marinade includes a mean particle size from about 25 microns to about 40 microns in the homogenized dispersion.
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A process for incorporating a homogenized marinade with a food, comprising:
- preparing a marinade, wherein the marinade includes:
- a high-oleic oil from about 1.0% to about 20.0% by weight of the marinade,
- water from about 50% to about 90% by weight of the marinade,
- a gum, and
- a soy protein isolate,
- homogenizing the marinade to produce a homogenized marinade, wherein the homogenized marinade includes:
- an initial mean particle size of about 34 microns, and
- a mean particle size from about 38 microns to about 40 microns between about 1 hour and about 7 hours after homogenization;
- chilling the homogenized marinade;
- and
- incorporating the chilled homogenized marinade with a food.
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