Abstract: The invention relates to a plant based meat or fish analogue product, said product comprising a plant protein based extrudate comprising at least two different plant proteins, wherein said plant protein based extrudate comprises fibres which are aligned in substantially the same direction, wherein the plant protein based extrudate is present as a single extruded slab or as a layer of two or more extruded slabs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a short coat hanger type die for making a meat analogue, said die comprising an insert or main body, a conic core with a circular symmetry, wherein the flow path is defined by the insert and the core and wherein the insert and the core comprise a first interior surface and a second interior surface, respectively, and wherein the first interior surface and/or the second interior surface comprise multiple small-scale variations of amplitude in the height of their surface, thereby disrupting the flow path. Methods of making meat analogues comprising vegetable protein are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plant based schnitzel product, said product comprising a plant protein based extrudate comprising at least two different plant proteins: a breaded coating surrounding the plant protein based extrudate: and wherein said plant protein based extrudate comprises fibres which are aligned in substantially the same direction and wherein the plant protein based extrudate is present as a single extruded slab or as a layer of two or more extruded slabs.

Abstract: An algorithm for modulating printer half-tone screening based on the tonal values of the region being reproduced is provided. The algorithm determines the tonal values for a particular region and assigns real number constants to that region. As the clustering screen is applied, the threshold values in the clustering screen are reduced (divided) by the real number constants thereby modulating the effect of the application of the clustering screen. For deep tonal regions, the clustering screen is applied at full strength, while in light tonal regions no clustering effect is applied. The algorithm results in a an image that has a greater dynamic range without the appearance of stair stepping while eliminating clustering artifacts from the lighter regions.