Patent ID: 6770318
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A fish based food product comprising a texturized aerated fish paste material and an extrusion-cooked fibrous fish material, the fibrous material including individual fibres or bundles of fibres, each fibre having a diameter in a range of 1 &mgr;m to 1 mm, the product presenting a heterogeneous texture and a firm and elastic overall consistency similar to that of fish or crustacean muscle tissue, wherein the fibrous material forms a network of macroscopic fibres whose diameters the on an order of 0.1 mm to 1 mm, and forms a structure with microscopic fibres each having a diameter on the order of 1 &mgr;m to 0.1 mm, and wherein at least some of the fibres have a ramified network configuration.