Patents by Inventor Shunichiro Horio

Shunichiro Horio has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4165392
    Abstract: A process for producing a meat-simulating, fibrous high-protein food from a starting milk material such as a milk, a skim milk, a casein or the like, which comprises the steps of (1) converting the starting milk material into a fibrous composition by a known method such as gelling the starting milk material and applying a stress to the resulting gel composition; (2) after or during the conversion step, prestabilizing the resulting fibrous composition in an acidic bath of pH 0 to 5 containing 0.5 to 25% by weight of one or more specific acidic compounds for 10 seconds to 5 minutes; and then (3) actually stabilizing the resultant fibrous composition in a saline bath of pH 2.5 to 6.5 containing at least one salt selected from a potassium salt, a sodium salt or a calcium salt in an amount of 0.3 to 6 gram equivalents/L as the total cation concentration of the bath, at 90.degree. to 130.degree. C. for 20 minutes to 3 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignees: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Minaminihon Rakuno Kyodo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syuji Kawai, Shuzo Ohyabu, Takeo Akiya, Shunichiro Horio, Naoki Yagi, Kwang Y. Kim, Tarushige Nakaji