ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,604, issued on Oct. 21, 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), Walter Wilhelm Krueger (Verden, Germany), Lothar Helmut Meyer (Verden, Germany) and Elena Ogneva (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 melting point of the protein to produce a fir...