Abstract: A textured proteinaceous food having a unique texture which is obtained in such a manner that a domestic animal meat or a marine animal meat or a minced meat of such animal is heated so as to gel to such an extent that the meat material does not lose its binding capacity, and the proteinaceous material in this gel state is force-extruded under pressure from a die having a predetermined configuration and a predetermined number of orifices. It is possible to obtain products having various kinds of cross-sectional pattern such as a honeycomb pattern and a rose-like pattern by employing appropriate dies.

Abstract: A method of producing a paste product like lobster's meat is disclosed which comprises dividing finely paste product, which product has been already coagulated by heating; mixing said divided product with protein mixture and molding the resulting mixture, the mixing and/or molding procedure being carried out under reduced pressure; and then heating the molded product. The thus obtained paste product like lobster's meat according to the present invention has moderately hard flesh, and during chewing, an elastic and pleasant mouth feel is obtained as if eating natural lobster's meat.