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Extrudable Fat Technology for Making Marbled Plant-Based Meat Extrudable fat ข้้อมููลเพิ่่�มูเติ่มู / Additional Information
technology mimics animal fat in plant-based meats, which allows for more authentic 1 Danone Group Co., Ltd. from France
3fat textures, such as marbling. The technology will enable you to run fat through an 2 Motif FoodWorks, Inc. from the USA
extruder and then combine it with protein to create a better ingredient where the fat and the
protein are physically linked together. Otherwise, fat usually would turn into a liquid at those เอกสารอ้างอ่ง / References
pressures and temperatures. By balancing the relationship between fat and protein to mimic www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/08/02/
what you would normally get in a marbleized piece of meat, such as beef, the result is better We-will-launch-new-dairy-like-technology-Danone-
flavor release, texture, taste, and moisture retention. eyes-plant-based-2.0
www.thefuturescentre.org/signal/prolamin-
Yeast Extract helps Plant-Based Food become Tastier Yeast extract is a product technology-to-make-plant-based-foods-taste-better/
from fermentation that gives a savory flavor and tastes like meat or chicken. Yeast www.apfoodonline.com/industry/biospringer-
4extract is a meat-free component which mostly added to vegan or vegetarian food reveals-dedicated-yeast-extract-solutions-to-the-
because of the specific flavor. It also can mask the off-note flavor of food products. Especially meat-analogue-challenge-in-asia-pacific/
the plant-based food with an undesired off-note such as beany flavor, starchy flavor of green www.rethink.vc/news/rethink-food-how-new-
note from food, etc. The yeast extract can mask all of these off-note, providing a good flavor technology-is-making-plant-based-foods-taste-and-
instead. Another advantage of yeast extract is giving an umami taste to the added food and look-better-by-john-cumbers/
acting like a natural salt replacer. So, we can say that yeast extract is a truly plant-based www.forbes.com/sites/johncumbers/2021/05/13/
food seasoning because it not only boosts the flavor and taste but also masks an off-note how-new-technology-is-making-plant-based-foods-
from ingredients and reduces salt content in plant-based food. The exciting point of yeast taste-and-look-better/?sh=438779b3585e
extract is we can also use it in liquid food like milk substitute, which can cover a beany off- www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/32093/
note and add more flavor like animal-based milk. biospringer-provides-yeast-based-ingredients-to-
These solutions take plant-based food to another level that attaches more consumers neutralise-plant-based-proteins-side-effects/
with a good texture and preferable characteristics. The author believes that Thailand will
adopt the solutions for making plant-based products that are currently popular to be more
interesting and rise the Thai food business even more.

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