James J Ostendorf

US Patent:

40189066, Apr 19, 1977

Filed:

Apr 21, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/678798

Inventors:

James John Ostendorf - Affton MO

Assignee:

Ralston Purina Company - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

A23J 300

US Classification:

426237

Abstract:

The instant process describes a process for production of a protein food product by placing an aqueous proteinaceous slurry in a magnetic field and freezing the slurry to align the ice crystal layers generally in a manner which corresponds to the lines of force around the magnetic poles of the magnet. The ice crystal layers formed in this manner mold the protein layers in corresponding fashion and produce a protein structure upon heat setting which is highly simulative of a number of desirable food products. Alignment of the ice crystal layers of the magnetic field is remarkably uniform and consistently reproducible.