US Patent Issued to FUJI OIL on May 19 for "Meat-like processed food product and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,852, issued on May 19, was assigned to FUJI OIL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Meat-like processed food product and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Tomonori Sato (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hiroko Yonemoto (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a meat-like processed food product including a textured vegetable material as a substitute for meat, the meat-like processed food product comprising a dough prepared from an oil-in-water emulsion gel containing methyl cellulose, ensuring high yield during heating, and having a good meat-like texture. In this invention, a meat-like processed food pro...