US Patent Issued to Novozymes on Jan. 27 for "Controlled enzymatic browning of a non-meat protein containing material" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,899, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Controlled enzymatic browning of a non-meat protein containing material" was invented by Christina Lunde (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Jesper Salomon (Holte, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to use of a laccase for controlled enzymatic browning of a meat analogue product comprising a red pigment which changes colour when oxidized. Preferably, the laccase is embedded in a fat having a melting temperature of at least 25deg C. such that the oxidation of the red pigment occurs only at elevated temperature, e.g. during cooking of t...