KR100371002B1 - Low viscosity high gel strength protein-starch composition and a meat emulsion containing the same, and process for producing - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are protein-starch compositions of low viscosity and high strength gels. The protein-starch composition comprises a protein stock and a starch stock, wherein the starch stock is mixed together in a substantially non-gelatinized state. The protein-starch composition has low viscosity before cooking, but has high gel strength after cooking. Also provided is a meat emulsion comprising a meat ingredient and a protein-starch composition. Aqueous slurry of protein raw material is prepared, and the slurry is heated to a temperature sufficient to denature the protein to denature the protein of the slurry, and starch and protein raw material under conditions that can mix the protein raw material and starch raw material without gelatinizing the starch raw material The slurry of is spray dried to provide a method of making a protein-starch composition. Provided is a method of preparing a meat-emulsion with a protein-starch composition by mixing together the meat stock and the protein-starch composition under conditions insufficient to gelatinize the starch stock in the protein-starch composition.

Description

LOW VISCOSITY HIGH GEL STRENGTH PROTEIN-STARCH COMPOSITION AND A MEAT EMULSION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING

Background of the Invention

Field of invention

The present invention relates to protein-starch compositions of low viscosity, high strength gels, meat emulsions containing them, and methods of preparing compositions and meat emulsions of protein-starch. In particular, the present invention relates to a protein-starch composition comprising a complex of protein source and starch and a meat emulsion containing the starch, wherein the starch has a substantially intrinsic nongelatinized form.

Description of the related technology

Since meat is scarce and more expensive worldwide than relatively rich protein sources, protein sources are widely used to supplement meat products. For example, soy protein raw materials, such as soy isolate and soy concentrate, are commonly used as meat substitutes or meat extenders. Protein raw materials can be used in various forms of meat products. For example, you can mix protein ingredients with ground meat to make meat patties for burgers, chunks of meat, or other minced meats, or mix protein sources with meat and fill it with shells to make frankfurt sausages, Sausages or similar products can be made.

Protein stocks, in combination with plant components, can reduce the cost of preparing meat emulsions from protein stocks and provide meat emulsions with improved meat-like properties. For example, wheat flour can be dried with vegetable protein raw materials, such as soy protein isolate, to form a composition useful as a meat extender component in pet food emulsions, which provides gel strength to the emulsion during pasteurization.

Protein feedstocks and carbohydrates from plant feedstocks are usually used along with protein feedstocks to give the meat emulsions the desired properties. Starch is a particularly useful carbohydrate for use in combination with protein sources because starch can enhance and enhance the texture and taste of meat emulsions formed with complementary protein sources.

Meat emulsions containing protein ingredients mixed with starch improve moisture and fat absorption properties, increasing taste and suppleness when cooking meat emulsions. A comparative study of the water retention capacity of soy protein and the water retention capacity of the cold-mixed soy protein and the starch formed from starch revealed that the feedstock had a higher water retention capacity, making it a preferred raw material for preparing meat emulsions. Was decided. [I. Rogov V. Dianova, Study of Hygroscopic Properties of Meat and Meat Products , Myasnaya Industriya SSSR, No. 12, pp. 29-31 (1978)]

Dry-mixed or cold-mixed proteins and starch provide the desired moisture and fat absorption properties in meat emulsions, while providing a relatively low gel strength and emulsion stability for meat emulsions even after the emulsion is cooked. If gel strength and emulsion stability are desired in meat emulsions, the meat emulsion will have a solid meat-like texture with stable protein and moisture levels.

Starch-protein complexes with improved gel strength and emulsion stability are disclosed in US Pat. No. 4,159,982 to Hermansson. Starch-protein complexes are formed by heating starch with aqueous dispersion of casein at temperatures above the gelatinization temperature of the starch. Casein protein complexes with gelatinized starch granules. The magnitude of the gel strength of the complex is greater than that of casein itself, and the emulsion stability of the protein is improved.

Gelatinization of starch in the presence of a protein to form a protein-starch complex not only increases the gel strength and emulsion stability of the protein, but also excessively increases the viscosity of the complex compared to the dry-mixing of protein and starch, The viscosity of meat emulsion raw materials containing complexes is excessively increased compared to meat emulsions containing a dry or cold-mixed mixture of protein and starch. Processing high viscosity protein-starch complexes into meat emulsions and processing high viscosity meat emulsion raw materials are commercially expensive and difficult because the high viscosity raw materials do not flow easily. Therefore, there is a need for a low viscosity protein-starch composition having high strength gel and emulsion stability when cooking and a meat emulsion containing the composition.

Summary of the Invention

The present invention is a protein-starch composition which is low viscosity in water and capable of forming a hard gel when cooked. The protein-starch composition comprises a protein raw material and a starch raw material. Protein stocks and starch stocks are complexed, but starch stocks are substantially in a non-gelatinized state.

In one embodiment of the invention, at least a portion of the starch stock of the protein-starch composition is partially enclosed within the protein stock.

In another aspect, the invention is a meat emulsion wherein a protein-starch composition and a meat ingredient are mixed together. The protein-starch composition is formed of protein raw material and starch raw material, the protein raw material and starch raw material are complexed, and the starch raw material is in a substantially non-gelatinized state.

In another aspect, the invention is a method of preparing a low viscosity protein-starch composition having high strength gel and emulsion stability when cooked. An aqueous slurry of protein raw material is formed. The slurry of protein stock is treated for a time and at a temperature effective for denaturing the protein stock. Non-gelatinized starch feed is added to the slurry of denatured protein feed at a slurry temperature below the gelatinization temperature of the starch feed. Although the gelatinization of the starch raw material is substantially insufficient, the slurry of denatured protein raw material and starch raw material is spray dried to form a protein-starch composition under conditions sufficient to substantially combine the starch raw material and the protein raw material.

In another aspect, the present invention is a method of preparing a low viscosity meat emulsion having high strength gel and emulsion stability when cooking. A protein-starch composition is provided that comprises starch stock in a substantially native, non-gelatinized form and protein stock bound thereto. In the protein-starch composition an aqueous slurry is formed and the slurry is mixed with the meat raw material to form a meat emulsion.

The protein-starch composition of the present invention is low in viscosity, suitable for use in commercial mass production of meat emulsions, but once the composition is cooked it has gel strength and emulsion stability comparable to gelatinized starch-protein complexes. Prior to cooking the protein-starch composition of the present invention, or the meat emulsion containing the composition, the protein-starch composition is bound to the protein in a substantially intrinsic non-gelatinized state. Since gelatinized starch is much more viscous than non-gelatinized starch, this substantially reduces the viscosity of the protein-starch composition compared to gelatinized starch-protein complexes. In the cooking of a meat-starch composition or a meat emulsion containing a protein-starch composition, closely bound proteins and starches are further complexed when the starch is gelatinized by cooking temperature, thereby allowing dry or cold-mixed protein and starch to It shows higher gel strength and emulsion stability compared to the mixture.

1 is a photograph of a protein-starch composition of the invention showing a non-gelatinized feed surrounded by a protein feed.

Description of Preferred Embodiments

As used herein, the term gelatinized starch is defined as a hydrated and expanded starch relative to its inherent state as a result of treatment with pressure, temperature, or mechanical shear sufficient to destroy the structure of the native starch. Gelatinized starch is more water than native non-gelatinized starch because expanded gelatinized starch granules interact by friction and some of the expanded starch granules burst to release amylose and easily hydrogen bond to form gels. More viscous in Non-gelatinized starch is defined herein as starch in its native state, which is not gelatinized.

When the protein raw material and the meat raw material are mixed together in an aqueous mixture, the protein raw material used in the method of the present invention for preparing the protein-starch composition should be able to form an emulsion with meat raw material such as ground meat or minced meat. Thus, protein raw materials should not be excessively soluble in water under neutral pH conditions. In order to ensure that the protein raw material does not dissolve excessively under neutral pH conditions, the protein in the protein raw material preferably has an associated molecular weight of at least 30,000 Daltons, more preferably at least 100,000 Daltons, most preferably Between about 100,000 and 360,000 daltons.

The protein raw material used in the method of the present invention for forming the protein-starch composition may be an animal protein raw material or a vegetable protein raw material. In one embodiment of the invention casein may be used as a protein source. Casein is made by coagulating curd in skim milk. Casein is coagulated by acid coagulation, natural souring, rennet coagulation. To acidify the casein, a suitable acid, preferably hydrochloric acid, is added to the milk to lower the pH of the milk to the isoelectric point of the casein, with a pH of about 4 to about 5 being preferred, and a pH of about 4.6 to about 4.8 Most preferred. To coagulate milk by natural sour, the milk is fermented in a barrel to form lactic acid. The milk is fermented for a sufficient time so that the formed lactic acid solidifies a significant portion of the milk casein. To solidify casein with rennet, enough rennet is added to the milk to precipitate a significant portion of casein in the milk. Acid coagulated, natural sour and rennet precipitated casein are commercially available from many manufacturers or suppliers.

Since vegetable protein raw materials are inexpensive, abundant and suitable for forming protein-starch compositions, vegetable proteins are preferred as protein raw materials. Protein-starch compositions may also be prepared from other vegetable and plant protein sources such as peas, wheat, rapeseed seeds, but soy protein isolates, soy concentrates or soy flour are preferred vegetable proteins used in the methods of making protein-starch compositions. It is a raw material.

As used herein, soy flour is a pulverized form of soybean-derived raw material, which is formed from particles of a size that allows the particles to pass through a number 100 mesh (US standard) mesh filter, with less than 1% oil. It is preferable to contain. Soybean raw materials may be soy cakes, chips, coarse flour, or a combination of these materials and are ground to soy flour using traditional soybean grinding methods. Soy flour has a soy protein content of about 40% to about 60%.

As used herein, soy concentrate refers to soy protein raw materials containing about 60% to about 80% soy protein. The soy concentrate is preferably formed from soy flakes minus commercial fats where oil has been removed by solvent extraction. Soy concentrate is prepared by washing soy flake raw materials with an aqueous solvent having a pH about the isoelectric point of the soy protein, preferably with an aqueous solvent having a pH of about 4 to about 5, most preferably about 4.4 to about 4.6. Isoelectric wash removes large amounts of water soluble carbohydrates and other water soluble constituents of the flakes, but rarely removes protein, and dried soy concentrates form after isoelectric wash.

As used herein, soy protein isolate is a soybean containing about 80% or more protein content, preferably about 90% or more protein content, most preferably about 95% or more protein content. Refers to protein raw materials. In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the protein raw material used in the method of the present invention is a soy protein isolate because of the high protein content of the soy protein isolate.

The soy protein isolate is preferably formed from soybean flake raw material minus commercial fat, in which oil has been removed by solvent extraction. The soy flake raw material is extracted with an aqueous alkaline solution, typically calcium or sodium hydroxide solution, having a pH of about 6 to about 10, to extract an extract containing the water-soluble components and protein of the soy flake raw material isolated from the cellulose raw material of insoluble fiber and flakes. To form. The extract is then treated with acid to lower the pH of the extract to about the isoelectric point of the protein, preferably from about 4 to about 5, most preferably from about 4.4 to about 4.6, to precipitate the protein. And the protein is separated from the extract using a drying method and dried to form a soy protein isolate.

The protein stock may be a modified protein stock, where the protein stock is modified by known methods to enhance the suitability of the protein stock for use in meat emulsions. For example, a preferred protein source is a modified soy protein isolate with enhanced whiteness, as disclosed in US Pat. No. 4,309,344, which is incorporated herein by reference. The modified white soy protein isolate with enhanced whiteness is an aqueous solution of precipitated soy protein isolate that is present in about 20 wt% to about 30 wt% of the solution for about 1 to 300 seconds at a temperature of about 115 ° F. to about 145 ° F. Prepared by heating and concentrating the precipitated protein to a solid level of at least about 44%.

Soy protein isolates and modified soy protein isolates useful in the methods of the invention are commercially available. Commercial soy protein isolates that may be used in the present invention include modified soy protein isolates "Supro500E" and "Surpro 515", both of which are produced by Checkerboard Square in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Commercially available from Protein Technologies International. In the following, the method of forming the protein-starch composition of the present invention will explain the aspect of soy protein isolate, but other other raw materials can be used in a similar manner.

Aqueous slurries are formed from soy protein isolate raw materials. The aqueous slurry preferably comprises about 2% to about 30% soy protein isolate, most preferably about 15% to about 20% soy protein isolate. In a typical method of stirring, shaking, and blending in which the protein slurry can be mixed, the soy protein isolate is thoroughly mixed in the slurry for a time sufficient to stir, shake, and blend the slurry to mix the slurry. Preferably the slurry is mixed at ambient temperature for about 15 minutes to about 1 hour, most preferably about 30 minutes to about 45 minutes.

The slurry of soy protein raw material is processed to denature the protein raw material. The protein raw material is released to release the folding state of the protein raw material so that the protein-starch complex can be formed, thereby enhancing the gel and emulsion forming properties of the protein raw material. The protein stock can be thermally denatured by treating the protein stock at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to denature the soy protein stock. For example, the slurry may be denatured by treating the slurry at a temperature of about 75 ° C. to about 160 ° C. for about 2 seconds to about 2 hours.

A preferred method of denaturing soy protein feed is to treat the protein feed slurry by injecting pressurized steam into the slurry for a time sufficient to substantially denature the feed stock at a temperature elevated above ambient temperature. Jet-cooking. Jet-cooking slurries of protein stocks for denaturing the protein stocks are known and typical in the art. The following description is a preferred method of jet-cooking soy protein raw material slurry. However, the present invention is not limited to the method described herein and includes any known method of jet cooking a protein slurry.

The protein stock slurry is injected into a jet-cooker feed tank where the soy protein stock is maintained as a suspension, equipped with a mixer to shake the slurry. The protein stock slurry is directed from the feed tank through a reactor tube to a pump that forces the slurry. As soon as the slurry enters the reactor tube, the slurry is heated to the desired temperature to inject steam under pressure into the soy protein raw material slurry. The temperature is controlled by adjusting the pressure of the injected steam, preferably about 85 ° C. to about 155 ° C., most preferably about 150 ° C. The slurry is treated at elevated temperature for about 5 seconds to about 15 seconds, and longer at lower temperatures, with the treatment time controlled by the slurry flow rate through the reactor tube. Preferably the flow rate is about 18.5 lbs / minute and the treatment time is about 9 seconds.

After heating the protein stock in the slurry to denature it, the slurry is cooled to a temperature below the gelatinization temperature of the starch to which the protein stock can bind. Cooling may be done by typical methods such as leaving the slurry at ambient temperature until the slurry cools, leaving the slurry in the refrigerator, or leaving it in an ice bath.

In a preferred embodiment, after jet-cooking, the protein stock slurry is transferred from the reactor tube of the jet-cooker to the evacuation chamber for flash cooling the slurry. The pressure of the slurry immediately drops to the pressure of the evacuation chamber, which is preferably about 25 to about 30 mm Hg. The pressure drop soon cools the slurry to a temperature of about 30 ° C. to about 60 ° C. and when the slurry is treated at a temperature of about 150 ° C. in a jet-cooking process.

After the soy protein raw material slurry is denatured and cooled, the starch raw material is bound to the protein raw material slurry and mixed. It is important to add the starch raw material to the protein raw material slurry after the temperature of the protein raw material slurry is below the gelatinization temperature of the starch raw material so that the starch raw material is not applied to the temperature at which the starch raw material is gelatinized too early. When the temperature of the protein raw material slurry is about 25 ° C to about 45 ° C, it is preferable to add the starch raw material to the protein raw material slurry.

The starch raw material used to prepare the protein-starch composition is starch that exists naturally. Starch raw materials can be separated from various plants such as corn, wheat, potatoes, rice, flour and cassava by known conventional methods. Starch ingredients useful for preparing protein-starch compositions include the following commercially available starches: corn, wheat, potatoes, rice, high amylose corn, smooth maize, bone flour, and tapioca. Starches vary in molecular structure, but have similar general functional properties, in particular their ability to bind to protein sources when co-spray dried and the ability to gelatinize when exposed to pressure, temperature and shear forces sufficient to induce gelatinization. Have

The starch raw material used to prepare the protein-starch composition is preferably corn starch or wheat starch, most preferably dent corn starch. Preferred dent corn starch is a. Dent Corn Starch, Type IV, Pearl, commercially available from A.E. Staley Mfg., Co.

The starch raw material is preferably unmodified. Modified starch is defined herein as native starch that has been processed to form starch derivatives chemically or otherwise. Modified starch has often modified undesirable properties in the protein-starch compositions of the invention, such as reduced gelatinization strength or increased gelatinization temperature. Modified starch is generally not preferred for use in the present invention, but the modification is inverse to the preparation of the protein-starch composition or its viscosity, or the gelatinization of the cooked meat emulsion containing the protein-starch composition and the stability of the emulsion. If not affected, modified starch can be used.

The amount of starch feed added to the protein feed slurry is selected to provide the desired ratio of starch feed to protein feed. The ratio of starch raw to protein raw in the slurry is a factor of the gel strength of the protein-starch composition formed in the slurry. Higher starch levels can increase the gel strength of the protein-starch composition. In a preferred embodiment, starch is added to the protein feed slurry so that the ratio of protein feed to starch feed in the slurry is from about 45:60 to 80:20 by dry weight, with about 50:50 to about 70:30 being the best. desirable.

The starch raw material may be added to the protein raw material slurry dry matter, or an aqueous slurry of starch raw material may be formed and added to the protein raw material slurry. Preferably, the aqueous slurry is formed from starch raw material. The starch slurry preferably comprises from about 20% to about 40% by weight starch raw material, most preferably from about 30% to about 35% starch raw material.

If the slurry is formed from starch feed, the temperature of the starch feed slurry should be maintained below the gelatinization temperature of the starch feed to prevent the starch feed from gelatinizing, which is typically from about 50 ° C to about 70 ° C. It is desirable to put the starch raw material in cold water and keep the slurry at ambient temperature.

The starch raw material is mixed in the starch raw material slurry for a time sufficient to completely mix the starch raw material in the slurry by the usual method of stirring, shaking, or blending the slurry. After mixing the slurry, gently shake to keep the starch ingredients from settling. Care must be taken to mix and shake the starch raw material slurry so that the starch raw material is not subjected to excessive mechanical shear forces and the starch material is not gelatinized.

In order to add desired properties to the protein-starch composition formed from the slurry, other materials may be added to the bound protein stock and starch stock slurry. For example, gums such as guar gum, trisodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, or other compounds such as sodium pyrophosphate may be added to modify the flow properties of the protein-starch composition.

The slurry comprising the protein stock and the starch stock can be mixed by any conventional method of mixing, blending and stirring a slurry comprising a significant amount of suspended solids. It is preferable to mix the protein raw material and the starch raw material in an agitating tank. The slurry must be sufficiently mixed until the slurry is a homogeneous mixture of protein and starch ingredients. Water may be added to the combined slurry to adjust the level of suspended solids in the combined slurry to a level that can be easily handled in a spray drying apparatus. The level of suspended solids in the combined slurry is preferably from about 5% to about 25% by weight, more preferably from about 14% to about 17% by weight.

The combined slurry of starch and protein stocks is spray dried to form a protein-starch composition. The slurry is spray-dried under conditions such that the protein stock and the starch stock combine with each other to form a complex in which the starch material is substantially in its own non-gelatinized state. As shown in Figure 1, some starch stock is at least partially enclosed in the protein when the protein stock and starch stock are spray dried together. It is preferable that most of the starch raw material is enclosed in the protein raw material, and most preferably substantially all the starch raw material is enclosed in the protein raw material.

Spray-drying conditions should be mild to avoid gelatinization of the starch, so the protein-starch composition obtained when rehydrated will have a low viscosity. The spray-dryer is a co-air dryer in which hot inlet air and protein-starch slurry, which is injected and subdivided into the dryer under pressure through an atomizer, pass through the dryer in a co-current flow. current flow dryer). Since evaporation of water in starch and protein feed cools the feed as it dries, the protein-starch composition formed by spray-drying the slurry in an air-flow drier is not exposed to thermal degradation or starch gelatinization.

In a preferred embodiment, the slurry of protein and starch feed is injected into the dryer through a nozzle atomizer. Nozzle shredders are preferred, but other spray-dryer shredders such as rotary mills may also be used. The slurry is injected into the dryer under pressure sufficient to crush the slurry. The slurry is preferably ground at a pressure of about 3000 psig to about 4000 psig, most preferably at about 3500 psig.

Hot air is introduced into the dryer through the hot air inlet so that the hot air entering the dryer flows in the same flow as the atomized protein-starch mixture sprayed in the three quarters. The hot air has a temperature of about 550 ° F. to about 600 ° F., and preferably has a temperature of about 555 ° F. to about 570 ° F.

The protein-starch composition is collected from the spray dryer. Conventional methods and means of harvesting spray-dried raw materials, including cyclones, bag filters, electrostatic precipitation and gravity harvesting, can be used to harvest the protein-starch compositions.

The harvested protein-starch composition may be used to prepare a meat emulsion comprising the protein-starch composition and a meat source. A meat emulsion is prepared by forming an aqueous mixture of protein-starch composition and meat stock according to a conventional method of mixing protein and meat stock, and then slicing or grinding the protein-starch composition and meat stock together.

The meat raw material may be meat useful for making sausages, Frankfurt sausages, or other meat products that are stuffed with meat raw material, or may be useful for ground meat products such as hamburgers, chunks of meat, minced meat products, pork, chicken, It can be meat, such as beef. In particular, useful meat raw materials include mechanically deboned meat, pork cuts, beef cuts, and pork backfat from chicken, beef and pork.

The ratio of the meat raw material to the protein-starch composition in the slurry is chosen to provide a meat emulsion with meat-like properties. The protein-starch composition preferably provides from about 10% to about 20% by weight of total protein in the meat emulsion, most preferably from about 10% to about 15% by weight, meat emulsion containing water It is preferred to include from about 2% to about 7% by weight of. The meat feed comprises about 40% to about 60% by weight of the meat emulsion, and the water preferably comprises about 30% to about 40% by weight of the meat emulsion.

To prepare the meat emulsion, the protein-starch composition and the slurry of the meat raw material are thoroughly mixed. The slurry is mixed by stirring, shaking, and mixing for a time sufficient to produce a uniform meat emulsion. In order to avoid gelatinization of the protein-starch composition during the mixing of the slurry, excessive shear force of the starch in the protein-starch composition and a temperature above the gelatinization temperature should be avoided.

The slurry can be mixed using conventional means by stirring, shaking, or mixing. Preferred means of mixing the meat emulsion is a cutter bowl for kneading the raw material of the slurry, a mixer / emulsifier for grinding the raw material of the slurry. A preferred cutter bowl is Hobart Food Cutter Model No. 84142 at 1725 rpm shaft speed.

The slurry may be mixed to form a meat emulsion containing the protein-starch composition, and then the meat emulsion may be used to prepare the meat product. Meat emulsions can be used to fill the skin with meat to make sausages, Frankfurt sausages, and similar products. Meat emulsions can also be used to make ground meat products such as hamburgers, chunks of meat and other sliced meat products.

Since aqueous mixtures containing protein-starch compositions are not particularly viscous, meat emulsions containing protein-starch compositions are relatively low in viscosity. An aqueous slurry of protein-starch composition, wherein the starch is corn starch, containing about 10% to about 20% of the protein-starch composition, at about 25 ° C., about 500 centipoises to about 11,000 centipoises, at about 60 ° C. It may have a Brookfield viscosity of about 80 centipoises to about 6000 centipoises. An aqueous slurry of protein-starch composition wherein the starch is wheat starch, containing from about 10% to about 20% of the protein-starch composition, is from about 200 centipoises to about 4,000 centipoises at about 25 ° C., at about 60 ° C. It may have a Brookfield viscosity of about 50 centipoises to about 700 centipoises.

In addition, meat emulsions formed from protein-starch compositions and meat raw materials have a relatively high gel strength when cooked, thus providing cooked meat emulsions with the desired firm texture.

The present invention is further illustrated by the following examples using soy protein isolates as protein raw materials. The examples are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting or limiting the scope of the invention in any way.

Example 1

The protein-starch composition is prepared from corn starch according to the method of the invention. A 60 lbs soy protein isolate “Surpro 500E”, commercially available from Proutin Technologies International, is suspended in 333 pounds of 70 ° F. water to prepare a protein stock slurry with a total solids content of 14.5%. The protein is denatured by treatment of 196 lbs of slurry under pressure at 285 ° F. ± 5 ° F. for 9 seconds ± 1 second, and the slurry is flash cooled by discharge into vacuum chamber of about 25 Hg vacuum rate. A.E. Starch slurries are prepared in 31 lbs of cold water by adding 20 lbs of dent corn starch, type IV, pearl, available from the Starley Manufacturing Company. Shake the slurry in the stirring tank until the slurry is homogeneous.

About 40 lbs of denatured protein slurry and about 13 lbs corn starch slurry are mixed together until the protein and starch slurry are homogeneous. The protein-starch slurry is spray dried in an air-flow type spray dryer with injection temperature up to 130 ° F., discharge air temperature up to 200 ° F. and a breaker pressure 3500 psig through a 30SDX nozzle. The spray dried protein-starch composition prepared according to the method of the present invention having a protein: starch ratio of about 55:45 is collected in a spray dryer.

Example 2

Frankfurter sausage, meat emulsions containing the protein-starch composition prepared according to the invention are prepared. The protein-starch composition is prepared in a similar manner to the protein-starch composition of Example 1, but with a protein: starch ratio of about 52:48. The meat trim, pork back fat, pork trim, water, modified food starch, a small amount of oil, seasoning and preservatives and protein-starch compositions are placed in a chopper bowl. The components are present in the following weight percentages: 2% protein-starch composition, 22.9% beef trimmed, 21% pork trimmed, 5% pork back fat, 36.4% water, 7% modified food starch, oil And seasoning 5.7%. The mixture is ground fine enough to produce a meat emulsion in the cutter bowl. Frankfurter sausages are prepared by stuffing the meat emulsion into shells suitable for making Frankfurt sausage and cooking the stuffed shells.

Example 3

According to the present invention, protein-starch compositions are prepared from wheat starch. 88 lbs of the soy protein isolate “Surpro 500E”, commercially available from Proutin Technologies International, is suspended in 488 lbs of water at 70 ° F. to prepare a protein stock slurry having a total solids content of about 14.5%. The slurry is treated under pressure at a temperature of 305 ° F. ± 5 ° F. for 9 seconds ± 1 second to denature the protein and discharged into a vacuuming chamber of about 25 Hg vacuum to instantaneously cool the slurry.

Wheat starch slurry is prepared by adding 59 lbs of wheat starch to cold water to form about 32% of the starch slurry of the total solids. Mix until the starch slurry is uniform.

About 44 lbs of the denatured protein slurry is added to the starch slurry and the combined slurry is mixed until the protein and starch of the slurry are uniformly mixed. The protein-starch slurry is spray dried at a granular pressure of 3500 psig, injection temperature up to 130 ° F, and discharge temperature up to 200 ° F through a 30SDX nozzle in a co-air type fractionation dryer. The spray-dried protein-starch composition prepared according to the invention is collected in a part-dryer.

Example 4

The viscosity of the protein-starch compositions prepared in Examples 1 and 3 is measured. Viscosity of each composition is measured in 10%, 12.5%, 15%, 20% aqueous slurry of each composition at 25 ° C and 60 ° C using a Brookfield LVT Viscometer. The results are shown in Table 1.

Viscosity (cps) Sample 10% slurry 12.5% slurry 15% Slurry 20% slurry Protein-corn starch 25 ℃ 547 877 2517 10716 Protein-Corn Starch 60 ℃ 80 218 522 5733 Protein-wheat starch 25 ℃ 204 498 450 3716 Protein-wheat starch 60 ℃ 53 123 230 670

Example 5

Gel strength of the protein-starch compositions prepared in Examples 1 and 3 is measured. Each composition is mixed with water in a ratio of 1 part by weight of the composition to 6 parts by weight of water at a total weight of 2700 g. When cooked under pasteurization and retort conditions, the gel strength of each composition with and without salt is measured. The measured gel strengths are shown in Table 2.

Gel strength (g) Sample Pasteurized, salt-free Pasteurization, salt Retort, salt-free Retort, salt Protein-corn starch 877 1021 289 976 Protein-wheat starch 715 1191 465 1276

Example 6

The viscosity and gel strength of protein-starch compositions with different protein: starch ratios in the protein-starch compositions prepared according to the invention are compared.

Aqueous slurries of the soy protein isolate are prepared by adding 132 lbs of "Surpro 500E" soy protein isolate available from Proutin Technologies International to 704 lbs of water at a temperature of about 85 ° F. The protein slurry is thoroughly mixed for 45 minutes and then treated for about 9 seconds at a temperature of about 305 ° F. under pressure to denature the protein. The slurry is discharged into a evacuation chamber at a pressure of about 26 mm Hg to instantaneously cool the slurry at a temperature of about 130 ° F.

In order to compare the effect of various protein: starch ratios on the gel strength and viscosity of the protein-starch composition prepared according to the present invention, the protein: starch ratio of the cooked protein slurry was 75:25, 70:30, 42:58. The reduced protein-starch composition is divided into three parts ("I", "II", "III") formed from the I-III parts of the protein slurry, respectively.

Part I is formed by separating 150 lbs of protein slurry, adding 7.2 lbs of condensate starch, and mixing the obtained protein-starch slurry for 20 minutes. Part II separates 125 lbs of protein slurry, adds 26 lbs of water and 12.6 lbs of condensate starch slurry to the protein slurry, and obtains the obtained protein-starch slurry for 20 minutes. It is formed by mixing. Part III is formed by separating approximately 100 lbs of protein slurry, adding 60 lbs of water and a slurry of condensate starch formed from 19.4 lbs of starch to the protein slurry, and mixing the resulting protein-starch slurry for about 20 minutes. do.

Slurry I-III is spray dried separately in a air-flow type spray dryer. Each slurry is injected through a branch nozzle at a pressure of about 3500 psig and subdivided into a spray dryer. Dry air blown through the air inlet of the spray dryer is set at a temperature of about 550 ° F., which causes protein and starch in the slurry I-III to form protein-starch composition I-III without causing substantial gelatinization of the starch. Is enough to cause interaction. Each slurry I-III is dried to about 5% moisture content in a spray dryer. About 5 lbs to about 10 lbs of spray-dried raw material is recovered in each slurry.

The viscosity and gel strength properties for the protein-starch compositions I-III are measured. In order to measure the viscosity of the protein compositions I-III, 10% aqueous solutions were prepared respectively, and each viscosity was measured at 25 ° C using a Brookfield viscometer.

The viscosity and gel strength measurement results of protein compositions I-III are shown in Table 3 below.

analysis Sample I72; 25 Protein / Starch Sample II 70: 30 Protein / Starch Sample III42: 58 Protein / Starch Viscosity (centifase) 900 580 160 Instron gel strength-low temperature sterilization, salt free (g) 640 760 880 Instron gel top coat-low temperature sterilization, salt (g) 880 930 1960

Example 7

The relative viscosity of the protein-corn starch composition prepared according to the present invention and the protein-corn starch composition containing substantially gelatinized starch is compared. As described in Example 1 above, a non-gelatinized protein-starch composition prepared according to the present invention is prepared. Another protein-starch composition is prepared in a substantially similar manner, except that the starch slurry is mixed with the protein stock slurry prior to processing the protein stock slurry under pressure at 285 ° F. ± 5 ° F. for 9 seconds ± 1 second. During heating, the starch will gelatinize and complex with the protein.

10%, 12.5% and 15% aqueous solutions are formed in the non-gelatinized protein-starch composition and the gelatinized protein-starch composition. Brookfield viscosity of each solution is measured at 25 ° C and 60 ° C. The results are shown in Table 4.

Viscosity (cps) Sample 10% solution 12.5% solution 15% solution Non-gelatinized (25 ° C) 547 877 2517 Gelatinization (25 ℃) 650 2175 10100 Non-gelatinized (60 ° C.) 80 218 522 Gelatinization (60 ℃) 1900 6350 17700

The protein-starch compositions of the invention are substantially less viscous than gelatinized protein-starch complexes. Less viscous protein-starch compositions are handled more easily in the process than viscous gelatinized raw materials.

Example 8

The relative gel strength of the dry-mixture of the protein-wheat starch composition prepared according to the present invention and the protein-wheat starch is compared. As described in Example 3 (protein-starch composition) above, the protein-starch composition prepared according to the present invention is prepared, and the resulting product contains 56% weight protein based on the dry main component. Dry-mixing the soy protein isolate and wheat starch to produce a dry-mix and wheat starch of the soy protein isolate (dry mixture) and the resulting product contains 57.6% weight protein relative to the dry main ingredient. The gel strength of the protein-starch composition and the dry mixture is measured. The results are shown in Table 5.

Gel strength (g) Sample Pasteurization, salt-free Pasteurization, salt Retort, salt-free Retort, salt Protein-starch 715 1192 465 1276 Dry blend 403 965 0- (Not measurable) 838

After cooking with all types of cooking methods measured, the protein-starch compositions of the invention have a higher gel strength than the dry mixture of protein raw and starch. Thus, protein-starch raw materials can provide a stronger texture to meat emulsions when cooked than dry mixtures of protein and starch.

Example 9

The viscosity and gel strength of soy protein isolates, co-dried flour and soy protein compositions prepared according to the present invention, co-dried wheat starch and soy protein raw materials are compared.

84 lbs of soy protein isolate “Surpro 500E”, commercially available from Proutin Technologies International, is suspended at 492 lbs of 70 ° F. water to form a protein stock slurry with a total solids content of about 14.4%. The slurry is treated under pressure for 2 seconds at a temperature of 287 ° F. to denature the protein, and the slurry is flashed to an evacuation chamber with a vacuum rate of about 26 Hg for instant cooling.

An aqueous wheat starch slurry containing 30.7% wheat starch is prepared by adding 13.5 lbs of wheat starch to 44 lbs of water and thoroughly mixing the wheat starch in water. Separate aqueous flour slurries containing 31.9% wheat flour are also prepared by adding 14.4 lbs flour to 45.1 lbs water and mixing thoroughly.

The denatured soy protein slurry is divided into three portions. The first portion is mixed with an aqueous wheat starch slurry, the second portion is mixed with an aqueous wheat flour slurry and the third portion is maintained with denatured soy protein isolate. 140 lbs of denatured soy protein isolate slurry containing 21 lbs of soy protein isolate solid mixed with wheat starch slurry and 126 lbs of denatured soy protein isolate slurry containing 19 lbs of soy protein isolate solid This is mixed with wheat flour slurry.

Wheat starch / soy protein isolate slurry, flour / soy protein isolate slurry, and denatured soy protein isolate slurry are spray dried in a co-air type spray dryer. Each slurry is spray dried at a granular pressure of 3500 psig, an inlet temperature of 114 ° F. to 125 ° F., an inlet temperature of 503 ° F. to 511 ° F., and a maximum discharge temperature of 200 ° F. 30 lbs of co-dried wheat starch / protein raw material is collected, 27 lbs of co-dried wheat flour / protein raw material is collected and 7.5 lbs of spray dried soy protein isolate is collected.

The viscosity of the wheat starch / protein raw material, the flour / protein raw material, and the soy protein isolate samples was measured using a Brookfield LVT Viscometer of 10%, 12.5%, 15% and 20% aqueous slurries at 25 ° C and 60 ° C. Compare using. The results are shown in Table 6.

Viscosity (cps) Sample Wheat starch / protein Flour / Protein protein 25 ℃ 10% slurry 204 400 1450 12.5% slurry 498 843 6350 15% Slurry 451 1803 13100 20% slurry 3717 5300 50000 60 ℃ 10% slurry 53 40 553 12.5% slurry 123 87 1933 15% Slurry 230 431 27000 20% slurry 670 7266 50000

As can be seen by comparing the viscosity of the samples, the co-dried wheat starch / protein raw material is consistently low in viscosity, especially in slurries containing more solids, and lower in viscosity than the co-dried flour / protein raw material. Both co-dried wheat starch / protein and co-dried flour / protein raw material are significantly less viscous than slurries of spray dried protein raw material.

Gel strengths of co-dried starch / protein stock, co-dried flour / protein stock and dried protein stock samples were all compared. Each sample is mixed with water in a ratio of 6 parts by weight of water to 1 part by weight of the sample raw material at a total of 2700 g. When cooked under pasteurization and retort conditions, the gel strength of the sample with added salt and the sample without added salt are measured, respectively. The measured gel strengths are shown in Table 7.

Gel strength (g) Sample Wheat starch / protein Flour / Protein protein Pasteurization Addition of salt 1192 772 972 Salt-free 715 442 567 Retrot Addition of salt 1277 829 1055 Salt-free 465 454 460

As can be seen by comparing the gel strength of the samples, the co-dried wheat starch / protein raw material has better gel strength when cooked under all conditions than the co-dried flour / protein and spray dried protein raw material. The gel strength of the co-dried wheat starch / protein raw material was significantly greater than the gel strength of other samples under most cooking conditions.

In the above examples, the viscosity of each of the above protein-starch compositions is measured using a Brookfield LVT Viscometer (available from Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Stoutton, Mass.).

In the above examples, the gel strength is measured in the following manner. First, a gel is prepared from a composition of a dry composition and water in a ratio of 1: 6, and a total weight of 2700 g is preferable, and the resulting mixture is placed in a cutter bowl for about 10 minutes at a Hobart food cutter model number, preferably at a 1725 rpm shaft speed. Squeeze completely to 84142. If the gel strength to be measured is the gel strength to which the salt is added, the salt may be added to the gel after stirring for about 5 minutes. About 28 g of salt is added every 1400 g of gel. The gel is placed in a can, preferably in a 3-piece 307 mm x 113 mm aluminum can, and the can is sealed.

The gel of the prepared can is pasteurized or retorted and cooked. To pasteurize the gel, the cans of the gel are placed in boiling water for about 30 minutes. The cans are taken out, cooled under cold tap water for 30 minutes and placed in the refrigerator for 16 to 24 hours. To retort the gel, the can of the gel is retorted for about 70 minutes at 230 ° F., then taken out and cooled in cold tap water for about 30 minutes. Place in the refrigerator for about 16 to 24 hours.

After being placed in the refrigerator, the cans of pasteurized or retorted gel are placed in a 25 ° C.-30 ° C. water bath to reach thermal equilibrium for 2-3 hours. Remove the gel from the can and place it on the bottom of the lid of the can to prepare the gel for gel strength measurement.

Gel strength is measured with a 36 mm probe using an Instron Universal Testing Instrument, Model No. 1122. A probe is injected into each gel until the gel breaks, which is indicated by the peaks in the recorder. The amount of force needed to break the gel is measured by the distance that the probe is injected into the gel before the gel breaks. Gel strength is determined from the force required to break the gel according to the following formula: gel strength (g) = (F / 100) (G) 454, where F = gel break point in graphical units; 100 = graphic units Total scale loading per pound when reading the full scale loading plate of G = "× 10"; And 454 = g per pound. The gel break point in plot unit (F) is determined by tangentially parallel to the slope, on top of the peak in the plot.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications are possible within the scope of the disclosed invention without departing from the spirit of the invention. The invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed for the purpose of illustration, but may be limited only by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Since the protein-starch composition of the low viscosity high strength gel of the present invention has low viscosity before cooking, but has high gel strength after cooking, a meat emulsion containing protein raw materials mixed with starch has improved water and fat absorption properties, and thus a meat emulsion. Cooking will increase the taste and suppleness. In other words, the protein source can be combined with plant components to reduce the cost of preparing a meat emulsion from the protein source and provide a meat emulsion with improved meat-like properties.

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A protein-starch composition containing a protein raw material and a starch raw material and capable of forming a hard gel in cooking with low viscosity in water, wherein the protein raw material and the starch raw material are complexed and the starch raw material is substantially non- A protein-starch composition in gelatinization state. The method of claim 1, At least a portion of the starch stock is partially surrounded by the protein stock. The method of claim 1, Protein-starch composition wherein at least a majority of the starch raw material is surrounded by the protein raw material. The method of claim 1, A protein-starch composition wherein substantially all of the starch stock is surrounded by the protein stock. The method of claim 1, A protein-starch composition further comprising a raw material selected from one or more of guar gum, trisodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, and sodium acid pyrophosphate. The method of claim 1, Wherein the protein stock is present in the composition in a dry weight ratio of protein stock to starch stock from about 45:65 to about 80:20. The method of claim 6, Wherein the protein stock is present in the composition in a dry weight ratio of protein stock to starch stock from about 50:50 to about 70:30. The method of claim 1, Wherein said starch is selected from one or more of the group consisting of corn starch, potato starch, wheat starch, rice starch, bovine flour starch, tapioca starch and mixtures thereof. The method of claim 8, A protein-starch composition wherein the starch is corn starch. The method of claim 8, Protein-starch composition wherein the starch is wheat starch. The method of claim 1, Protein-starch composition wherein the protein raw material is not excessively dissolved in water at neutral pH conditions. The method of claim 11, A protein-starch composition in which the protein in the protein raw material has an average associated molecular weight of 30,000 Daltons or more. The method of claim 12, Protein-starch composition in the protein raw material has an average associated molecular weight of 100,000 Daltons or more. The method of claim 13, A protein-starch composition in said protein stock wherein said protein has an average associated molecular weight between about 100,000 and about 360,000 daltons. The method of claim 1, A protein-starch composition wherein said protein source is selected from one or more of animal protein, vegetable protein, and mixtures thereof. The method of claim 15, A protein-starch composition wherein said protein raw material is casein. The method of claim 15, A protein-starch composition wherein the protein raw material is a vegetable protein raw material derived from one or more of peas, wheat, or rapeseed. The method of claim 15, Protein-starch composition wherein the protein raw material is soy protein raw material. The method of claim 18, The soy protein raw material is a protein-starch composition is selected from soy protein isolate, soy protein concentrate, or soy flour. A protein-starch composition formed of a protein raw material and a starch raw material, wherein the protein raw material and the starch raw material are complexed, and the starch raw material is mixed with the protein-starch composition and the protein-starch composition which are substantially non-gelatinized. Meat emulsions containing meat ingredients. The method of claim 20, At least a portion of the starch feed in the protein-starch composition is at least partially surrounded by the protein feed. The method of claim 21, At least a portion of the starch raw material in the protein-starch composition is surrounded by the protein raw material. The method of claim 20, Wherein said protein-starch composition comprises a raw material selected from one or more of guar gum, trisodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium acid pyrophosphate. The method of claim 20, Wherein said protein feed is present in a protein-starch composition having a dry weight ratio of protein feed to starch feed from about 45:65 to about 80:20. The method of claim 20, Wherein said starch of said protein-starch composition is selected from one or more of the group consisting of corn starch, potato starch, wheat starch, rice starch, bovine flour starch, tapioca starch and mixtures thereof. The method of claim 20, A meat emulsion wherein the protein raw material of the protein-starch composition cannot be excessively dissolved in water at neutral pH conditions. The method of claim 20, Wherein said protein feed of said protein-starch composition is selected from one or more of casein, soy protein feed or vegetable or plant protein feed derived from peas, wheat, rapeseed. The method of claim 27, A meat emulsion wherein the protein raw material of the protein-starch composition is a soy protein isolate or soy protein concentrate. The method of claim 20, The meat raw material is a meat emulsion selected from one or more of mechanically boneless chicken, mechanically boneless beef, mechanically boneless pork, pork meat, beef meat or pork. The method of claim 20, Wherein said protein-starch composition comprises about 2% to about 7% by weight of said meat emulsion. The method of claim 20, And said protein-starch composition provides from about 10% to about 20% of total protein in said meat emulsion. The method of claim 20, The meat raw material comprises from about 40% to about 60% by weight of the meat emulsion. Forming an aqueous slurry of protein stock; Treating the slurry for a time sufficient to denature the protein stock and at a sufficient temperature; Adding a non-gelatinized starch raw material to a slurry of denatured protein raw material at a slurry temperature below the gelatinization temperature of starch raw material; Preparing a protein-starch composition comprising spray-drying a slurry of denatured protein stock and starch stock under conditions sufficient to substantially complex the protein stock and starch stock, but insufficient to substantially gelatinize the starch stock. How to. The method of claim 33, wherein Wherein the slurry of protein stock comprises about 2% to about 30% protein stock by weight. The method of claim 33, wherein The protein source is casein or soy protein source. The method of claim 33, wherein And the slurry is treated to denature the protein stock for about 5 seconds to about 15 seconds at a temperature of about 85 ° C to about 155 ° C. The method of claim 33, wherein Wherein the slurry is treated to denature the protein stock for at least 5 seconds at a temperature of about 121 ° C. or higher. The method of claim 33, wherein Wherein the non-gelatinized starch stock added to the slurry of denatured protein stock is an aqueous slurry of non-gelatinized starch comprising about 20% to about 40% by weight of the non-gelatinized starch stock. The method of claim 33, wherein Adding the starch feed to the slurry such that the protein feed and the starch feed are present in a dry weight ratio of protein feed to starch feed in the slurry at about 45:65 to about 80:20. The method of claim 39, Adding the starch raw material to the slurry such that the protein raw material and the starch raw material are present in a dry weight ratio of protein raw starch raw material in the slurry at about 50:50 to about 70:30. The method of claim 33, wherein Said starch is selected from the group consisting of corn starch, potato starch, wheat starch, beet flour, tapioca starch and mixtures thereof. A method of forming a low viscosity meat emulsion having high gel strength and emulsion stability in cooking, comprising: preparing a protein-starch composition in which a starch raw material and a protein raw material are complexed in their own non-gelatinized form; Forming an aqueous mixture containing said protein-starch composition and a meat stock; Mixing a mixture of the protein-starch composition and the meat raw material to form a meat emulsion under conditions insufficient for gelatinizing the starch raw material of the protein-starch composition. The method of claim 42, wherein The protein raw material in the protein-starch composition is casein or vegetable protein raw material. The method of claim 43, The vegetable protein raw material is a soy protein raw material. The method of claim 42, wherein And wherein the starch raw material in the protein-starch composition is selected from the group consisting of corn starch, potato starch, rice starch, wheat starch, beet flour, tapicoa and mixtures thereof. The method of claim 42, wherein Wherein the protein feed and starch feed of the protein-starch composition is present in the protein-starch composition in a dry weight ratio of protein feed to starch feed from about 45:65 to about 80:20. 47. The method of claim 46 wherein Wherein the protein feed and starch feed of the protein-starch composition are present in the protein-starch composition in a dry weight ratio of protein feed to starch feed from about 50:50 to about 70:30. The method of claim 42, wherein And wherein the aqueous mixture of protein-starch composition and meat stock comprises from about 2% to about 7% by weight of said protein-starch composition. The method of claim 42, wherein Said meat raw material is ground meat or cured meat. The method of claim 42, wherein And filling the skin with the meat emulsion.