Methods and compositions for affecting the flavor and aroma profile of consumables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11224241-B2
Application number	US-201815913090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2018
Priority date	Jan 11, 2013
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A meat-like-food product produced by a method comprising:
providing one or more plant proteins; and
combining, with the one or more plant proteins:
a composition comprising a heme-containing protein, wherein the composition comprises at least 60% of the heme-containing protein on a dry weight basis;
a compound selected from glucose, ribose, fructose, lactose, xylose, arabinose, glucose-6-phosphate, maltose, and galactose, and mixtures of two or more thereof; and
a compound selected from cysteine, cystine, thiamine, methionine, and mixtures of two or more thereof in a concentration of at least 1.5 mM;

wherein the meat-like food product is free of animal heme-containing protein;
wherein cooking the meat-like-food-product results in the production of at least two volatile compounds which have a meat-associated aroma; and
wherein the meat-like food product is in a form selected from the group consisting of a hotdog, a burger, ground meat, a sausage, a steak, a filet, a roast, a meatball, a meatloaf, or bacon.

2. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more plant proteins comprise a textured vegetable protein.

3. The meat-like-food product of claim 2 , wherein the textured vegetable protein is textured soy protein.

4. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprising the heme-containing protein comprises at least 70% of the heme-containing protein on a dry weight basis.

5. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprising the heme-containing protein comprises at least 80% of the heme-containing protein on a dry weight basis.

6. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the heme-containing protein is a globin.

7. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the heme-containing protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to a polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NOs. 1-26.

8. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the cysteine is added to a concentration of about 0.8 mM to about 10 mM.

9. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the thiamine is added to a concentration of about 0.1 mM to about 2 mM.

10. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , further comprising combining, with the one or more plant proteins, one or more of inosine, inosine monophosphate (IMP), guanosine, guanosine monophosphate (GMP), and adenosine monophosphate (AMP).

11. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , further comprising combining with the one more plant proteins, one or more of beta-carotene, alpha-tocopherol, caffeic acid, propyl gallate, and epigallocatechin gallate.

12. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , further comprising combining with the one more plant proteins, one or more of a vegetable oil, an algal oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, soybean oil, palm fruit oil, palm kernel oil, safflower oil, flaxseed oil, rice bran oil, cottonseed oil, olive oil, canola oil, flaxseed oil, coconut oil, and mango oil.

13. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , further comprising combining with the one more plant proteins, one or more of acetic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, alpha linolenic acid, gamma linolenic acid, arachidic acid, arachidonic acid, behenic acid, and erucic acid.

14. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein cooking comprises heating the meat-like food product at 150° C. for about 3 to about 5 minutes.

15. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein the meat-like food product has a pink to red color before cooking to indicate a raw or uncooked state.

16. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the meat-like food product, upon cooking, transitions in color from a pink to red color in a raw or uncooked state to a lighter pink to brown color in a partially cooked to fully cooked state.

17. The meat-like-food product of claim 1 , wherein cooking the meat-like-food product results in the production of at least five volatile compounds selected from the group consisting of (1-ethyl-1-propenyl)-benzene, (E)-2-decenal, (E)-2-heptenal, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-nonenal, (E)-2-octen-1-ol, (E)-2-octenal, (E)-2-tridecen-1-ol, (E)-3-penten-2-one, (E)-4-octene, (E)-5-decene, (E,E)-3,5-octadien-2-one, (Z)-2-decenal, (Z)-2-heptenal, (Z)-3-decen-1-ol, acetate, [(methylsulfonyl)methyl]-benzene, 1-(ethylthio)-2-(methylthio)-buta-1,3-diene, 1-(methylthio)-propane, 1,1′-(1,2-cyclobutanediyl)bis-cis-benzene, 1,10-undecadiene, 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene, 1,3-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-benzene, 1,3-diisopropoxy-1,3-dimethyl-1,3-disilacyclobutane, 1,3-dimethyl-benzene, 1-decen-3-one, 1-heptanol, 1-heptyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-methyl-naphthalene, 1-hexanol, 1-hydroxy-2-propanone, 1-nonanol, 1-octanol, 1-octen-3-ol, 1-octen-3-one, 1-octene, 1-pentanol, 1-penten-3-one, 1-undecanol, 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-heptane, 2,3,4-trimethyl-pentane, 2,3-butanedione, 2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-furan, 2,3-dimethyl-pyrazine, 2,4-decadienal, 2,4-dimethyl-1-heptene, 2,5-dimethyl-pyrazine, 2-acetatyl-1-propene, 2-acetyl-propen-2-ol, 2-acetylthiazole, 2-butanone, 2-butenal, 2-butyl-1-decene, 2-decanone, 2-decenal, 2-ethyl-5-methyl-pyrazine, 2-ethylacrolein, 2-ethyl-furan, 2-heptanone, 2-heptenal, 2-hexyl furan, 2-methyl-1(H)-pyrrole, 2-methyl-1-heptene, 2-methyl-1-penten-1-one, 2-methyl-3-(methylthio) furan, 2-methyl-3-furanthiol, 2-methyl-5-(methylthio)-furan, 2-methyl-butanal, 2-methyl-cyclopentanone, 2-methyl-furan, 2-methyl-heptane, 2-methyl-pentanal, 2-methyl-propanal, 2-methyl-thiazole, 2-n-octylfuran, 2-nonanone, 2-nonen-4-one, 2-octanone, 2-octenal, 2-pentanone, 2-pentyl-furan, 2-pentyl-thiophene, 2-phenylpropenal, 2-propenal, 2-propenoic acid, methyl ester, 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde, 2-tridecen-1-ol, 2-undecanone, 2-undecenal, 3-(methylthio)-propanenitrile, 3-(phenylmethyl)-2,5-piperazinedione, 3,3′-dithiobis-2-methyl-furan, 3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenol, 3,5-di-tert-butylbenzoic acid, 3-decen-2-one, 3-ethylcyclopentanone, 3-ethyl-pentane, 3-methyl-2-butenal, 3-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde, 3-methyl-3-buten-2-one, 3-methyl-butanal, 3-methyl-furan, 3-methylheptyl acetate, 3-methyl-pentanal, 3-pentyl-furan, 3-phenyl-furan, 3-thiophenecarboxaldehyde, 3-thiophenemethanol, 4,7-dimethyl-undecane, 4-chloro-2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenol, 4-ethoxy-benzoic acid, ethyl ester, 4-ethyl-2-methyl-pyrrole, 4-ethyl-benzaldehyde, 4-methyl-2-heptanone, 4-methyl-5-thiazoleethanol, 4-methylthiazole, 4-nitrophenyl 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid ester, 4-penten-2-one, 4-quinolinecarboxaldehyde, 5-(2-chloroethyl)-4-methylthiazole, 5-ethenyl-4-methyl-thiazole, 5-ethyldihydro-2(3H)-furanone, 5-formyl-4-methylthiazole, 5-methyl-1-undecene, 6-methyl-2-heptanone, 7-methyl-(E)-5-undecene, 9-octadecenal, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, acetone, acetonitrile, acetophenone, acetyl valeryl, aminophenylacetylene, benzaldehyde, benzene, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, bis(2-methyl-4,5-dihydro-3-furyl) disulfide, butanal, butanone, butyrolactone, carbon disulfide, decanal, dihydro-3-(2H)-thiophenone, dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone, dimethyl selenone, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl trisulfide, dodecanal, ethanol, ethyl acetate, formic acid, heptyl ester, furan, furfural, heptanal, hexanoic acid, isopropyl alcohol, isothiazole, isothiocyanato-methane, m-aminophenylacetylene, methacrolein, methanethiol, methional, methyl (methylthio)methyl disulfide, methyl isopropyl disulphide, methyl thiolacetate, methyl vinyl ketone, methyl-pyrazine, methyl-thiir

Assignees

• Impossible Foods Inc

Inventors

• Fraser Rachel
• Brown Patrick O'Reilly
• Karr Jessica
• Holz-Schietinger Celeste
• Cohn Elysia

Classifications

• A23J3/14 Primary

  Vegetable proteins · CPC title

• A23L33/185 Primary

  Vegetable proteins · CPC title

• A23B2/46

  with transport through tubes · CPC title

• A23L19/00

  Products from fruits or vegetables; Preparation or treatment thereof (marmalades, jams, jellies or the like A23L21/10; treating harvested fruit or vegetables in bulk A23N) · CPC title

• A23L13/00

  Meat products; Meat meal; Preparation or treatment thereof · CPC title