Foodstuffs containing mucorales fungi
First Claim
1. A process for the preparation of an edible product comprising fungal cells, that is suitable for use in a foodstuff, the process comprising:
- (a) fermenting fungal cells of the order Mucorales in an aqueous liquid contained in a fermenter vessel, the liquid comprising an assimilable nitrogen (N) source and an assimilable carbon (C) source, and mixing the liquid and cells in that vessel during fermentation;
(b) separating at least some of the cells from the mixture of fungal cells and aqueous liquid or reducing the liquid content of the mixture of liquid and cells; and
(c) processing the fungal cells into an edible product;
wherein before (c) the temperature of the fungal cells is kept below 40°
C. and the fungal cells are subjected to conditions that allow enzymes inside the fungal cells to reduce the RNA content of the fungal cells.
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Abstract
The preparation of an edible substance for use in a foodstuff is described which comprises fungal cells of the order Mucorales. The cells are grown in a fermentor vessel in an aqueous liquid which is mixed during fermentation, and fermentation allowed to finish. The fungal cells are kept in the vessel and allowed to ripen, the cells'"'"' own RNAses reducing the intracellular RNA content. Fungi of this order may thus have a low RNA content and therefore no heating step, to reduce their RNA content, is necessary. The fungal cells are removed and processed into the edible substance. This substance is then processed into a foodstuff. This avoidance of heat has also resulted in better tasting foodstuffs.
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1. A process for the preparation of an edible product comprising fungal cells, that is suitable for use in a foodstuff, the process comprising:
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(a) fermenting fungal cells of the order Mucorales in an aqueous liquid contained in a fermenter vessel, the liquid comprising an assimilable nitrogen (N) source and an assimilable carbon (C) source, and mixing the liquid and cells in that vessel during fermentation;
(b) separating at least some of the cells from the mixture of fungal cells and aqueous liquid or reducing the liquid content of the mixture of liquid and cells; and
(c) processing the fungal cells into an edible product;
wherein before (c) the temperature of the fungal cells is kept below 40°
C. and the fungal cells are subjected to conditions that allow enzymes inside the fungal cells to reduce the RNA content of the fungal cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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- 13. An edible product, suitable for use in a foodstuff, comprising fungal cells of the order Mucorales that have been subjected to conditions which allows the cells to have an RNA content below 2%.
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