Patent ID: 11896040
Assignee: EMPIRICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. An article including:
(a) a mixture release component defining a mixture release volume;
(b) a mixture release opening at an outlet end of the mixture release volume, the mixture release opening defining a passage from the mixture release volume to a vacuum chamber volume defined by a vacuum chamber, a vacuum being applied to the vacuum chamber volume; and
(c) a heated mixture located within the mixture release volume, the heated mixture including undenatured meat protein and water condensed from steam that has been placed in direct contact with a stream of undenatured meat protein in a direct steam injector having a mixture outlet operatively connected to the mixture release component to facilitate a flow of material from the mixture outlet of the direct steam injector to the mixture release volume.