PLANT-BASED MEAT ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT WITH A MEAT-LIKE COLOR APPEARANCE

Fecha de publicación: 08/12/2022
Fuente: WIPO Meat
The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition and health. In particular, the present invention relates to meat analogue foods, for example to plant-based meat analogues. For example, the present invention relates to a meat analogue product comprising plant protein, a binder, optional flavorings and at least one colorant, wherein at least a part of the colorant is distributed on the surface of the raw meat analogue product so that the outside of the meat analogue product corresponds to a color of the CIELAB (L*a*b*) color space and differs from color in the inside of the meat analogue product by at least 2 units of ΔE2000, where ΔE2000 is defined according to the standard of the CEI, Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage.