Patent ID: 7223417

Claim:
A molded or extruded food product consisiting essentially of at least one carrageenan, at least one amino acid and from about 29% to about 50% by weight liquid, wherein said at least one carrageenen is present in at least 10% by weight of said food product, wherein said at least one amino acid is selected from the group consisting of arginine, histidine, glycine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-citrulline, L-cystine, L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-histidine, hydroxymethionine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-ornithine, L-phenylalamine, L-proline, L-serine, L-threonine, L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine, L-valine, creatine, carnitine and mixtures thereof, and wherein the food product is ingestible by humans and is formed by mixing the at least one carrageen, the at least one amino acid and liquid to form a moldable or extrudable cohesive mixture and thereafter, molding or extruding the mixture into a desired form.