Methods and compositions for thickening, stabilizing and emulsifying foods
AssigneeSolazyme, Inc.
InventorsHarrison Dillon, Aravind Somanchi, Anwar Zaman
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Abstract
Provided herein are novel food additive polysaccharides. The polysaccharides of the invention can be used, for example to emulsify a food or to suspend compounds in a food composition. Also provided are algae capable of incorporating compounds into polysaccharides to alter the rheological properties of the polysaccharides. Also provided are large scale, low cost methods of precipitating and purifying novel hydrocolloids.
Claims14
1-45. (canceled)
The method of claim 69, wherein the cell is of a species listed in Table 1.
47-68. (canceled)
A method of trophically converting a cell of the genus Porphyridium comprising:
- a. transforming said cell with a nucleic acid encoding a carbohydrate transporter protein;
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- b. selecting for the ability to undergo cell division in the presence of fixed carbon material as the sole energy source for the cell, wherein the fixed carbon material is a carbohydrate that is transported by the carbohydrate transporter protein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.