US 11,918,019 B2
Food components having high protein content
Bryan P. Tracy, Wilmington, DE (US); Aharon M. Eyal, Jerusalem (IL); Sasson Somekh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Shawn Jones, Bear, DE (US); Daniel Knox Mitchell, Wilmington, DE (US); Alon Karpol, Tel Mond (IL); and Kartheek Ankella-Anderson, Cranston, RI (US)
Assigned to SUPERBREWED FOOD INC., New Castle, DE (US)
Appl. No. 18/022,282
Filed by SUPERBREWED FOOD, INC., New Castle, DE (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/057696
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/043847, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,017, filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/183,273, filed on May 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,087, filed on Aug. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320399 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A23C 11/10 (2021.01); A23C 20/02 (2021.01); A23J 1/00 (2006.01); A23J 3/20 (2006.01); A23J 3/22 (2006.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.01); A23L 33/195 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 33/195 (2016.08) [A23C 11/10 (2013.01); A23C 11/103 (2013.01); A23C 20/02 (2013.01); A23J 1/008 (2013.01); A23J 3/20 (2013.01); A23J 3/227 (2013.01); A23L 33/135 (2016.08); C12N 1/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A food component comprising cells of at least one bacterium, said cells comprising a crude protein concentration of at least 60 wt. % of a total dry weight of said cells and a nucleic acid concentration of less than about 5 wt. % of a total dry weight of said cells, wherein at least 50% of a total number of said cells are dead cells and wherein at least 50 wt. % of said cells are intact cells.