US 11,968,998 B2
L-cysteine-treated proteins with altered functionalities and preparations thereof
Clodualdo C. Maningat, Platte City, MO (US); Liming Cai, Atchison, KS (US); Sarah Marie Gutkowski, Atchison, KS (US); and Michael Buttshaw, Lenexa, KS (US)
Assigned to MGPI PROCESSING, INC., Atchison, KS (US)
Filed by MGPI Processing, Inc., Atchison, KS (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/951,249.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/485,048, filed on Apr. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0295857 A1, Oct. 18, 2018
Int. Cl. A23J 3/18 (2006.01); A21D 2/26 (2006.01); A23J 3/08 (2006.01); A23J 3/10 (2006.01); A23J 3/14 (2006.01); A23J 3/16 (2006.01); A23J 3/22 (2006.01); A23L 29/00 (2016.01); A23P 30/40 (2016.01)
CPC A23J 3/18 (2013.01) [A21D 2/262 (2013.01); A21D 2/263 (2013.01); A21D 2/265 (2013.01); A21D 2/266 (2013.01); A23J 3/08 (2013.01); A23J 3/10 (2013.01); A23J 3/14 (2013.01); A23J 3/16 (2013.01); A23J 3/22 (2013.01); A23L 29/045 (2016.08); A21D 2/261 (2013.01); A23P 30/40 (2016.08)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food additive comprising at least one protein material,
wherein the protein material has a protein content of at least 50% by weight of the protein material based on total solids content,
wherein the protein material has been homogenized in an aqueous slurry with from about 0.1% to about 3.3% by weight of L-cysteine, or a derivative thereof, based on total solids content of the protein material and reacted under added heat, and
wherein the food additive further comprises an organic
or mineral acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, and combinations thereof.