Process for preparing polycellular protein products

Abstract

Abstract PROTEIN-CONTANING SINGLE CELL MICRO-ORGANISM ARE CHEMICALLY PREPARED INTO A PRODUCT, HAVING SUFFICIENT INTERCELLULAR BONDS FORMED BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL CEL TO RENDER THE PRODUCT NON-DISPERSIBLE IN WATER, BY A PROCESS IN WHICH CERTAIN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS IN THE INDIVIDUAL CELL WALLS, SUCH AS HYDROXIDE GROUPS, AMINE GROUPS, AND -S-S- GROUPS, ARE FIRST CHEMICALLY ACTIVATED AND THEN INDUCED TO FORM INTERCELLULAR BONDS WITH THE CELLS WALLS OF ADJACENT CELLS. THE PROTEIN PRODUCT PREPARED BY THE PROCESS IS SUITABLE FOR USE AS AN ADDITIVE TO OR SUBSTITUTE FOR NATURAL FOODS. THE PROTEIN PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE PROCESS ARE ALSO SITABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE CONTAINERS, PACKING MATERIALS, AND UTENSILS.

Inventors

• 👤 C Akin

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