ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,815, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Process and apparatus for the production of a meat analogue" was invented by Elena Ogneva (Verden, Germany), Harm Henning Gaudig (Verden, Germany), Lothar Helmut Meyer (Verden, Germany) and Walter Wilhelm Krueger (Verden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the production of a meat analogue, comprising: a) introducing a meat batter which comprises protein into a first heating unit and heating the meat batter to a temperature above the denaturation temperature of the protein in the meat batter, but below the melting poin...