US 12,471,608 B2
Process of producing a food analogue precursor comprising of a plurality of phases
David Moscoe, Toronto (CA); Auke De Vries, Toronto (CA); Jeffray Behr, Toronto (CA); Christopher Bryson, Toronto (CA); Chris Gregson, Princeton, NJ (US); and Rebecca Miller, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to NSTX INDUSTRIES INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed by NEW SCHOOL FOODS INC., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,846.
Prior Publication US 2025/0017237 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. A23J 3/22 (2006.01); A23D 7/04 (2006.01); A23J 3/26 (2006.01); A23L 29/256 (2016.01)
CPC A23J 3/227 (2013.01) [A23D 7/04 (2013.01); A23J 3/26 (2013.01); A23L 29/256 (2016.08)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process of manufacturing a meat or seafood analogue comprising a plurality of material phases, the process comprising:
i) providing an ingestible fluid or semi-fluid polymer composition to form a continuous and fluid or semi-fluid first phase, wherein the composition is capable of gelling or viscosifying under suitable conditions;
ii) after forming the first phase and while the first phase is still fluid or semi-fluid, inserting one or more additional ingestible fluid or semi-fluid composition into the continuous and fluid or semi-fluid first phase via a nozzle while passing the nozzle through the continuous and fluid or semi-fluid first phase along a predetermined path within said continuous and fluid or semi-fluid first phase, to form one or more additional phases suspended within the first phase, wherein the first phase and the one or more additional phases together form a continuous and fluid or semi-fluid unit, wherein along at least a portion of the predetermined path the nozzle deposits the one or more additional ingestible fluid or semi-fluid composition while concurrently passing the nozzle through the first phase, wherein the one or more additional phases form a target three-dimensional structure within the first phase, wherein said target three-dimensional structure corresponds to the predetermined path of the nozzle, and wherein the one or more additional phases has different melting point or denaturation temperature than the first phase; and
iii) after insertion, subjecting the continuous and fluid or semi-fluid unit to a suitable condition for gelling or viscosifying the continuous and fluid or semi-fluid unit.