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US 12,290,088 B2Granted
Protein compositions and consumable products thereof
AssigneeClara Foods Co.
InventorsMyhan Nguyen, Andrew Keum Min Miyashiro, Ying Joy Zhong
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Abstract
Provided herein are compositions with enhanced protein content, protein compositions with improved functionality, and methods for the preparation thereof.
Claims18
A meat binding composition for binding imitation meat, the composition comprising:
- a recombinantly-produced ovomucoid (rOVD protein),
- wherein the rOVD protein comprises at least one glycosylated asparagine residue and the rOVD protein is substantially devoid of N-linked mannosylations,
- wherein each glycosylated asparagine residue comprises a single N-acetylglucosamine,
- wherein the roVD protein is capable of providing a binding ability to the composition at an amount of from about 2% (w/w) rOVD protein to about 50% (w/w) rOVD protein of the total protein content, and
- wherein the roVD protein provides protein fortification to the imitation meat and provides an improvement to at least one additional feature selected from the group consisting of flavor, moisture retention, water activity, mouthfeel, texture, hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, chewiness, stability to heat treatment, and stability to pH, and wherein the composition does not comprise any egg-white proteins other than rOVD protein.
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An imitation meat product comprising:
- at least a consumable food composition and a recombinantly-produced ovomucoid (rOVD protein),
- wherein the rOVD protein comprises at least one glycosylated asparagine residue and the roVD protein is substantially devoid of N-linked mannosylations, wherein each glycosylated asparagine residue comprises a single N-acetylglucosamine,
- wherein the rOVD protein is capable of providing a binding ability to the consumable food composition at an amount from about 2% (w/w) rOVD protein to about 50% (w/w) rOVD protein of the total protein content, and
- wherein the rOVD protein provides protein fortification to the consumable food composition and provides an improvement to at least one additional feature selected from the group consisting of flavor, moisture retention, water activity, mouthfeel, texture, hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, chewiness, stability to heat treatment, and stability to pH as compared to a consumable food composition comprising a plant derived protein source instead of rOVD protein, and wherein the consumable composition does not comprise any egg-white proteins other than roVD protein.
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