ALTERNATIVE TO MINCED MEAT, HAVING PLANT BASE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A23J3/14 A23J3/18 A23L5/00 A23L7/104 A23L33/185 C12N1/14 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: plant-based food product comprising at least 50 wt % of protein, in which the protein is represented by gluten, or a protein mixture, or an extract containing at least 80% of the gluten fraction obtained from wheat, barley, rice, rye, or a combination thereof after starch extraction, in the form of granules obtained by extrusion, and subjected to fermenting by mould fungi selected from one of the species including Rhizopus, Mucor, Neurospora and Amylomyces, the product having the structure of minced meat. The method for manufacturing the plant-based food product comprises: (a) reacting the solid gluten-containing plant material, in the form of granules obtained by extrusion, with water for 12 to 48 hours at a pH below 5; (b) heat treatment of the plant material at a temperature and for a time sufficient to sterilise the plant material; (c) cooling and subsequent mixing the plant material with mould fungi selected from one of the species including Rhizopus, Mucor, Neurospora and Amylomyces, and incubating the mixture to obtain a fermented product, and (d) processing the fermented product into a plant-based food product, wherein the plant material contains gluten in an amount of at least 50 wt %, preferably - at least 70 wt %, more preferably - at least 75 wt %.

EFFECT: use of the food product as a substitute for minced meat, having the plant substrate.

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