Patent ID: 8784913
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A23B,A23L,C12N

Abstract:
1. A dried rehydratable food comprising less than 10% w/w water and at least 0.02% w/w of a dehydrin protein, a glycosilated dehydrin or a truncated dehydrin derived from the dehydrin protein, said dehydrin protein, glycosylated dehydrin or truncated dehydrin having a molecular weight of 1 to 150 kD and comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of KIKEKLPG (SEQ ID No: 14); KIKE/DKL/IPG (SEQ ID No: 15); and KIKE/DKL/I/T/VP/H/SG (SEQ ID No: 16), and wherein the dried rehydratable food is unbroken tissue of a vegetable or part thereof and/or a fruit or part thereof, and not a seed, wherein the unbroken tissue has a shortest linear dimension of at least 0.5 millimeters, and wherein the rehydratable food may be rehydrated to at least 50%, of the water content of a fully hydrated vegetable or part thereof and/or fruit or part thereof.