A method for reducing the amount of cholesterol and/or improving the texture and/or reducing weight loss and/or increasing the fat stability of a meat based food product

• Main Authors: CHRISTIANSEN, LIV SPÅNGNER, KAMPP, JESPER, SØE, JØRN BORCH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 28.02.2014
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

A method for reducing the amount of cholesterol and/or improving the texture and/or reducing weight loss and/or increasing the fat stability of a meat based food product comprising: a) contacting meat with a lipid acyltransferase; b) incubating the meat contacted with the lipid acyltransferase at a temperature between about 1° C. to about 70° C.; c) producing a food product from the meat; wherein step b) is conducted before, during or after step c). Use of a lipid acyltransferase to reduce cholesterol in a meat based food product.