US 12,357,002 B2
Functionalized non-dairy base and method for producing non-dairy analogs
Thomas Bowman, Oakland, CA (US); and Aylon Steinhart, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Eclipse Foods Co., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Eclipse Foods Co., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,127.
Application 17/705,127 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/086,252, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/086,252 is a continuation of application No. 16/820,502, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,885, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,431, filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225628 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23C 11/06 (2025.01); A23C 20/02 (2021.01); A23G 9/32 (2006.01); A23G 9/34 (2006.01); A23G 9/38 (2006.01); A23G 9/42 (2006.01)
CPC A23C 11/06 (2013.01) [A23C 20/02 (2013.01); A23G 9/327 (2013.01); A23G 9/34 (2013.01); A23G 9/38 (2013.01); A23G 9/42 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base mixture comprising:
a proportion of water defining an aqueous phase;
a proportion of salt dissolved in the aqueous phase;
a proportion of calcium dissolved in the aqueous phase;
a proportion of fats comprising a volume of oil droplets dispersed throughout the aqueous phase;
a proportion of plant-extracted proteins configured to form a barrier between the proportion of fats and the aqueous phase to form an emulsion excluding dairy proteins and configured to form a consumable non-dairy product; and
a proportion of starches configured to stabilize the emulsion.