PIGMENT FOR MEAT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS

• Main Authors: Koehler, Jamie, Kohli, Nandita, Liao, Hans H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2024
• 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.