Meat Flavouring
AssigneeAnts Innovate Pte. Ltd.
InventorShujian Ong
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Abstract
This invention relates to the extraction of meat-specific flavour compounds from in vitro cultured animal cells of a meat species by heating the cells in fat, such as plant oil. Meat flavourings and methods of production are provided, along with methods of flavouring foodstuffs, such as meat substitute products, and foodstuffs flavoured by these methods.
Claims38
A method for producing a meat flavouring comprising;
- admixing a population of dried in vitro cultured non-human animal cells with a fat;
- and
- heating the admixture,
- thereby producing the meat flavouring.
A method for modulating the intensity of a meat flavouring comprising;
- providing a population of in vitro cultured non-human animal cells,
- drying the animal cells to reduce the water activity to a predetermined value,
- admixing the population of dried non-human animal cells with a fat;
- and
- heating the admixture to produce a meat flavouring, wherein the predetermined value of the water activity determines the intensity of the meat flavouring.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the admixture is heated to up to 400° C.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the admixture is heated to 145° C.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the admixture is heated for 1 second to 7 days.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the fat is an edible fat.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the fat is low in polyphenol.
A method for producing a meat flavouring comprising;
- admixing a population of dried in vitro cultured non-human animal cells with coconut oil or peanut oil;
- and
- heating the admixture,
- thereby producing the meat flavouring.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the population comprises 105 or more cells.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the animal cells are undifferentiated cells.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the animal cells are from a non-human animal species.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein method comprises providing a population of dried in vitro cultured non-human animal cells.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the non-human animal cells are dried to a predetermined value of water activity (aw).
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the non-human animal cells are freeze-dried.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.