	US 11,980,217 B2
	Extruded corn protein material
Tasha Joy Hermes, Maple Grove, MN (US); Michael A. Porter, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Chad Rieschl, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Assigned to CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Wayzata, MN (US)
Appl. No. 16/635,673
Filed by CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Wayzata, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/045029 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/028263, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/540,107, filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120851 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A23L 7/17 (2016.01); A23J 1/12 (2006.01)

CPC A23L 7/17 (2016.08) [A23J 1/12 (2013.01)]

5 Claims

1. An extruded food product, consisting of:

a corn protein isolate present in an amount ranging from 80 to 90 wt %, the corn protein isolate having a particle size ranging from more than 1 μm to less than 300 μm, and comprising:

(1) at least about 85 wt % corn protein on a dry basis;

(2) an “a*” color value ranging from about −0.6 to 1.5, and a “b*” color value ranging from about 10 to 25; and

(3) less than about 1.5% oil on a dry basis;

rice flour; and

optionally sodium bicarbonate;

wherein the extruded food product has a density ranging from about 40 g/L to about 80 g/L.