Food Compositions of Microalgal Biomass
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1. A food composition comprising at least 0.1% w/w algal biomass and one or more other edible ingredients, wherein the algal biomass comprises at least 16% algal oil by dry weight.
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Abstract
The invention provides algal biomass, algal oil, food compositions comprising microalgal biomass, whole microalgal cells, and/or microalgal oil in combination with one or more other edible ingredients, and methods of making such compositions by combining algal biomass or algal oil with other edible ingredients. In preferred embodiments, the microalgal components are derived from microalgal cultures grown and propagated heterotrophically in which the algal cells comprise at least 10% algal oil by dry weight.
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- 1. A food composition comprising at least 0.1% w/w algal biomass and one or more other edible ingredients, wherein the algal biomass comprises at least 16% algal oil by dry weight.
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- 60. A method of making a food composition, comprising combining algal biomass containing at least 10% by weight algal oil with at least one other edible ingredient.
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100. A food ingredient composition comprising at least 0.5% w/w algal biomass containing at least 10% algal oil by dry weight and at least one other edible ingredient, wherein the food ingredient can be converted into a reconstituted food product by addition of a liquid to the food ingredient composition.
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151. A food composition comprising at least 0.1% w/w algal biomass and one or more other edible ingredients, wherein the algal biomass comprises at least 16% algal oil by dry weight and is a color mutant with reduced color pigmentation compared to the strain from which it was derived.
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