PIGMENT FOR MEAT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS

• Main Authors: KOEHLER, JAMIE, LIAO, HANS H, KOHLI, NANDITA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.10.2022
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS

Disclosed herein are pigment compositions for meat substitutes and meat substitutes including such pigment compositions. The pigment compositions include a thermolabile pink oyster mushroom pink chromogenic protein. The pigment compositions provide a pink and/or red color to a meat substitute composition that transitions to colorless or a brown color after cooking. La présente invention divulgue des compositions de pigments pour des substituts de viande et des substituts de viande comprenant de telles compositions de pigments. Les compositions de pigments comprennent une protéine chromogène rose de pleurote rose thermolabile. Les compositions de pigments apportent une couleur rose et/ou rouge à une composition de substitution de viande qui passe à une couleur brune après cuisson.