Patent ID: 7776373
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A22C,A23L

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing a food property, comprising: reversibly electroporating a solid food to form an opening in the cell membrane of each of a plurality of food cells of the food, the electroporating comprising piercing a surface of the food with one or more electrodes and applying electrical pulses to the food using the one or more electrodes; and exposing the food to a food agent so that at least a portion of the food agent transfers into the food through the opening in the cell membrane of each of the plurality of food cells, the exposing the food to enhance the food cells for consumption after cooking of the food, the food agent being suitable to enhance a food property of the food, and the food property selected from the group consisting of texture, flavor, and a combination of the foregoing.