ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,603, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Process and apparatus for the production of a meat analogue" was invented by Harm Henning Gaudig (Verden, Germany), Elena Ogneva (Verden, Germany), Jack Andre Bottlaender (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: "Processes 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 melti...