US Patent Issued to DIAZ on March 3 for "Plant-based textured base material, and product containing replica meat obtained by processing said base material" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,201, issued on March 3, was assigned to DIAZ INC. (Kumamoto City, Japan).

"Plant-based textured base material, and product containing replica meat obtained by processing said base material" was invented by Koji Ochiai (Kumamoto City, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Ide (Kumamoto City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a plant-based fibrous base material in which any unpleasant odor is suppressed, and a product containing a replica meat obtained by processing said base material. The plant-based textured base material contains a plant-protein-containing fibrous structure, linoleic acid and linolenic acid in an amount of no more tha...