Abstract: The present invention provides a protein material and food ingredient from a sustainable and stable source. The sustainable and stable source of the food or food ingredient is biomass, for example an algal or microbial biomass. The invention discloses that the biomass can be subjected to a series of steps to derive the protein material and food or food ingredient, which has high nutritional content without the unacceptable organoleptic properties that typically accompany proteins and food ingredients from these sources.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 24, 2015
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2022
Assignee:
Smallfood, Inc.
Inventors:
George C. Rutt, James H. Flatt, Peter Domaille, Gerardo V. Toledo
Abstract: The present invention provides a protein material and food ingredient from a sustainable and stable source. The sustainable and stable source of the food or food ingredient is cellular biomass, for example an algal or microbial biomass. The invention discloses that the cellular biomass can be subjected to a series of steps to derive the protein material and food or food ingredient, which has high nutritional content and has pleasing organoleptic properties.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 21, 2021
Assignee:
Smallfood Inc.
Inventors:
George C. Rutt, James H. Flatt, Peter Domaille, Gerardo V. Toledo, Daniel G. Dueppen