Abstract 1. A PROCESS FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE TO MOCROBIAL CELLS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) HEATING AN AQUEOUS PASTE OF MICROBIAL CELL MATERIAL TO A TEMPERAUTRE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 150* TO ABOUT 400* F. FOR A TIME PERIOD WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 300 SECONDS, SAID PASTE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO 50 WT. PERCENT WATER; (B) SIMULTANEOUS APPLYING A SHEARING FORCE TO SAID CELL PASTE, THE SHEARING FORCE CORRESPONDING TO A SHEAR RATE OF ABOUT 10 TO 60 R.P.M. AND A TORQUE OF ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 2,000 METER-GRAMS; (C) EXTRUDING THE HEATED AND SHEARED CELL PASTE THROUGH A DIE TO PROVIDE A SHAPED EXTRUDATE; AND (D) EXPOSING SHAPED EXTRUDATE TO AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS STREAM TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT WHICH IS CHEWY, CRUNCHY, CRIPSY AND RESISTS DISPERSION IN WATER
Inventors
👤 S Tannenbaum
Bibliographic Details
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JurisdictionUS
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Last Synchronized2026-11-03 18:29
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23J; A23J3/00; A23J3/22; A23J3/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A PROCESS FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE TO MOCROBIAL CELLS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) HEATING AN AQUEOUS PASTE OF MICROBIAL CELL MATERIAL TO A TEMPERAUTRE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 150* TO ABOUT 400* F. FOR A TIME PERIOD WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 300 SECONDS, SAID PASTE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO 50 WT. PERCENT WATER; (B) SIMULTANEOUS APPLYING A SHEARING FORCE TO SAID CELL PASTE, THE SHEARING FORCE CORRESPONDING TO A SHEAR RATE OF ABOUT 10 TO 60 R.P.M. AND A TORQUE OF ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 2,000 METER-GRAMS; (C) EXTRUDING THE HEATED AND SHEARED CELL PASTE THROUGH A DIE TO PROVIDE A SHAPED EXTRUDATE; AND (D) EXPOSING SHAPED EXTRUDATE TO AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS STREAM TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT WHICH IS CHEWY, CRUNCHY, CRIPSY AND RESISTS DISPERSION IN WATER
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A PROCESS FOR IMPARTING TEXTURE TO MOCROBIAL CELLS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) HEATING AN AQUEOUS PASTE OF MICROBIAL CELL MATERIAL TO A TEMPERAUTRE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 150* TO ABOUT 400* F. FOR A TIME PERIOD WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 300 SECONDS, SAID PASTE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 10 TO 50 WT. PERCENT WATER; (B) SIMULTANEOUS APPLYING A SHEARING FORCE TO SAID CELL PASTE, THE SHEARING FORCE CORRESPONDING TO A SHEAR RATE OF ABOUT 10 TO 60 R.P.M. AND A TORQUE OF ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 2,000 METER-GRAMS; (C) EXTRUDING THE HEATED AND SHEARED CELL PASTE THROUGH A DIE TO PROVIDE A SHAPED EXTRUDATE; AND (D) EXPOSING SHAPED EXTRUDATE TO AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS STREAM TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT WHICH IS CHEWY, CRUNCHY, CRIPSY AND RESISTS DISPERSION IN WATER