Edible foodstuffs and bio reactor design
AssigneeThe Fynder Group, Inc.
InventorsMark A. KOZUBAL, Richard E. MACUR, Yuval C. AVNIEL, Maximilian DeVane HAMILTON
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Abstract
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biofilm-biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
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A food material comprising particles of a cohesive filamentous fungal mycelial biomass, wherein the fungal mycelial biomass comprises aerial hyphae, wherein the fungal mycelia biomass is non-viable, and wherein the filamentous fungus is one or more species of the phylum Basidiomycota.
A food product, comprising a food material comprising particles of a cohesive filamentous fungal mycelial biomass, wherein the fungal mycelial biomass comprises aerial hyphae, wherein the fungal mycelia biomass is non-viable, and wherein the filamentous fungus is one or more species of the phylum Basidiomycota.
A food product, comprising:
- a. filamentous fungal biomass, wherein the filamentous fungal biomass consists essentially of fungal mycelium and is free of feedstock on which the filamentous fungal biomass was grown;
- wherein the filamentous fungal biomass comprises at least about 46 wt. % protein;
- the filamentous fungal biomass has been subjected to a treatment selected from inactivation of viability, deactivation of enzymes, and combinations thereof;
- and wherein the filamentous fungus is one or more species of the phylum Basidiomycota;
- b. animal meat.
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