US Patent Issued to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on Feb. 17 for "Nanofiber systems as meat substitute" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,916, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Nanofiber systems as meat substitute" was invented by Victoria Padilla (Edinburg, Texas), Karen Lozano (McAllen, Texas) and Narcedalia Anaya-Barbosa (Edinburg, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing a meat substitute with plant-based fat contents are disclosed. The methods include the use of protein and/or polysaccharide polymer with fibrillar properties in combination with protein sources of essential amino acids such as plant-based protein. These polymers may be mixed together and then combined with an oil ...