U.S. patent application number 15/967998 was filed with the patent office on 2018-11-01 for scoopable instant protein bone- or meat-based protein supplement powder.
This patent application is currently assigned to Ancient Brands, LLC. The applicant listed for this patent is Ancient Brands, LLC. Invention is credited to Jordan Seth Rubin.
Application Number | 20180310604 15/967998 |
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Family ID | 60805872 |
Filed Date | 2018-11-01 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180310604 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Rubin; Jordan Seth |
November 1, 2018 |
Scoopable Instant Protein Bone- or Meat-Based Protein Supplement
Powder
Abstract
There is disclosed an instant (agglomerated particle) scoopable
protein food supplement powder composition containing at least 70%,
more preferably 80%, and most preferably 85-90% animal protein or
molecules derived therefrom, carbohydrate less than 10% and
preferably undetectable, sodium less than 5% and preferably less
than 200 mg per serving, ideally approximately 150 mg per serving.
The powder composition is suitable for direct consumer consumption
as is or as incorporated in functional foods and beverages of
widespread kinds.
Inventors: |
Rubin; Jordan Seth;
(Koshkonong, MO) |
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Applicant: |
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Ancient Brands, LLC |
North Palm Beach |
FL |
US |
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Assignee: |
Ancient Brands, LLC
North Palm Beach
FL
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Family ID: |
60805872 |
Appl. No.: |
15/967998 |
Filed: |
May 1, 2018 |
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Claims
1. A composition for direct consumer consumption, comprising: a
scoopable, instant agglomerated protein powder derived primarily
from animal muscle, wherein said protein powder contains at least
70% animal protein, no added salt, and further has agglomerated
particles in a size range between 30-100 mesh.
2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein said no added salt
is no added sodium.
3. A composition for direct consumer consumption, comprising: a
scoopable, instant agglomerated protein powder derived primarily
from animal bone and bone marrow, wherein said protein powder
contains at least 70% animal protein, no added salt, and further
has agglomerated particles in a size range between 30-100 mesh.
4. The composition according to claim 3, wherein said no added salt
is no added sodium.
5. A scoopable, instant protein powder containing at least 70%
animal protein, no added salt, with agglomerated particles in a
size range between 30-100 mesh, further incorporated into a dry
consumer product further comprising one of a nutritional
supplement, a functional food, or a meal replacement
supplement.
6. The scoopable, instant protein powder of claim 5, wherein said
dry consumer product is selected from the group consisting of
popcorn and popcorn coatings, pretzels and pretzel coatings,
granola-type or cold-cereal based sweet or savory snack mixes,
potato chips, and cookie or food bar coatings.
7. The scoopable, instant protein powder of claim 5, wherein said
dry consumer product is a meal replacement food bar.
8. A scoopable, instant protein powder containing at least 70%
animal protein, no added salt, with agglomerated particles in a
size range between 30-100 mesh, further incorporated into a
consumer product containing a moisture content or designed to be
further admixed with water or another liquid.
9. The scoopable, instant protein powder of claim 8, wherein said
protein powder is incorporated into one or more functional
beverages as a nutritional supplement, or one or more functional
foods as a nutritional supplement or meal replacement
comestible.
10. The scoopable, instant protein powder of claim 8, wherein said
consumer product is selected from the group consisting of juice,
juice powders, coffee or powdered or instant coffee, tea or
powdered or instant tea, cocoa or powdered or instant cocoa,
botanical drinks or powdered or instant botanical drinks, chewing
gum, soft candy, dessert products, cake frostings, mayonnaise,
salad dressing, condiments, applesauce, baby food and food purees.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims priority to U.S. Patent
Applications No. 62/310,319 filed 18 Mar. 2016, No. 62/352,233
filed 20 Jun. 2016 and U.S. Ser. No. 15/462,321 filed 17 Mar. 2017,
each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The disclosure pertains to nutritional supplement instant
protein powders that are suitable for direct addition to end-user
products including foods and beverages, without needing any further
cooking or other preparation, or likewise for inclusion in
manufactured functional foods, snacks and beverages. These powders
are a completely different, and wonderfully palatable, alternative
to whey, soy, pea, rice or egg white instant protein powders--and
they provide animal protein (and other nutrients and beneficial
compounds found in chicken soup and meaty or bone soups and broths)
in this scoopable powdered form for the first time.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] We do still live in a hot soup world, when it comes to
nutrition--or at least we want to. Citations to the importance of
soup in the diet include, without limitation by any means,
Chaloner, Jack, "How Soup Can Help You Lose Weight," BBC News
Magazine, 26 May 2009; and Zhu, Yong et al., "Soup consumption is
associated with a lower dietary energy density and a better diet
quality in US adults," British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 111 no.
08, April 2014, pp. 1474-1480, just to name two. Few if any
countries or cultures do not have a central, signature hot soup as
an essential element of the local cuisine. Many restaurants in the
United States will answer their morning telephone calls with a bold
report of the "soup of the day" instead of a more standard
greeting. A gift of hot, homemade soup is the gold standard gift
for any sickroom visit, and "chicken soup" as a concept appears in
print far beyond recipes to the point that allusions to it in
wellness publications, self-help literature and serious works of
philosophy are extensive and beloved. One need not consult a former
Campbell's (brand) advertising campaign to know that--soup is good
food.
[0004] Notwithstanding the extraordinary popularity--and
ubiquity--of soup, daily soup making in the kitchen is a challenge
for anyone. Although there are some labor saving tools available to
the commercial kitchen and, to a lesser degree, to the home cook,
basic stock preparations have not changed much if at all since
earliest culinary histories were recorded. Even with increased
pressure equipment and cleverly processed additives, soup making
still takes time--lots of it. In the day-in-day-out milieu of our
lives, therefore, we tend not to make much daily homemade soup in
our own kitchens and, except for a working lunch at one's desk, we
tend to eat soup less than our parents and grandparents did (with
the exception of the occasional, leisurely meal or special
occasion). Soup not only takes time to prepare, it takes time to
cool and time to consume. Accordingly, for students, or people who
work outside the home, or people who work in the home, and
therefore basically everyone, our on-the-run events that tend away
from soup include breakfast, getting ready for work or school,
after school arts or sports programs, after work social or business
occasions squeezed into the day between work and evening or family
obligations; overnight infant or child care, adult or elder nursing
or occupational care, and the list goes on and on. During these
times nutritional intake customs are generally somewhat to
extremely informal for many or most of us. These customary menu
items are well known and include cold, room temperature or quickly
reheatable foods such as sandwiches, protein bars, fruit or
vegetable smoothies, salads, (mainly leftover) soup, and of course
the common American meal substitute menu items such as pizza and
burgers, cheese with crackers, raw vegetables, canned, frozen or
dehydrated convenience foods and so forth. For those who work
consistently to improve their dietary intakes to reduce sodium and
fat and to moderate calories relative to nutrients, fiber and
protein, a common goal is to emphasize raw fruits and vegetables
and their prepared counterparts, namely fruit- or
vegetable-containing porridges such as oatmeal, salads, and blender
beverages and smoothies, in favor of other higher fat or higher
salt possibilities. "Just-made-now" homemade or restaurant soup has
therefore not often been practical to include on this list of
at-hand healthy foods, due to the time element alone.
[0005] A need therefore remains for a paradigm-shifting innovation
that makes it possible for us easily to consume the nutritional
equivalent of just-made soup, when we have no time for traditional
soup-making or consumption, ideally while consuming other essential
nutrients directly from the fruit and vegetable and maybe also
grain, dairy and other nutritive sources that we all try to
emphasize in a healthy daily diet. If possible, the answer to such
a need would be a product that requires no further cooking or
preparation, has superlative shelf stability, and is versatile
enough to combine with virtually any other menu offering of food,
beverage or nutritional supplement. In the best of all possible
worlds, such a paradigm changing technology would be extremely high
in protein without being gritty or otherwise unpleasant to the
palate.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] In order to meet this need, disclosed herein is an instant
(agglomerated particle) scoopable protein food supplement powder
composition containing at least 70%, more preferably 80%, and most
preferably 85-90% animal protein or molecules derived therefrom,
carbohydrate less than 10% and preferably undetectable, sodium less
than 5% and preferably less than 200 mg per serving, ideally
approximately 150 mg per serving. The powder is generally in the
particle size range of about 30-100 mesh, more particularly about
40-80 mesh. In one embodiment, the protein powder contains 88.1%
animal protein (chiefly collagen, peptides or amino acids derived
therefrom, and glycosaminoglycans including without limitation
glucosamine, hyaluronic acid and chondroitin) and the serving size
is 22.5 grams, yielding 20 grams of protein and about 90 calories
per 22.5 gram serving. The animal protein is a spray dried,
agglomerated protein water extract of culinary one of two starting
materials: meaty-muscle-containing animals (sometimes referered to
as "meaty broth," although in this instance "not just any meaty
broth") including but not limited to chicken, turkey, beef, lamb,
goat, quail and all sorts of large and small game mammals and birds
(but typically and preferably chicken or a mixture of chicken, beef
and turkey; or bone-broth extractions generally from the
aforementioned list of farm or wild animals in which the presence
of a significant portion of bone in the bone-broth making starting
ingredients is important. As with all competent culinary
extractions from bone-containing or meaty-muscle containing
culinary animals, the raw materials for the extraction include not
only relevant osseous or meaty fractions themselves (including what
is culinarily called the marrow, when the osseous fraction is
present) but also the associated proteinaceous structures such as
tendons, ligaments, fascia and adequate adjacent muscle tissue to
provide enough protein such that the extraction liquid, when dried
and powdered, contains the desired high protein or protein
derivative content. In other words, when the starting extraction
for the present scoopable powders is a bone broth recipe, adequate
marrow and tendons, ligaments, fascia and muscle are present to
achieve the required high protein content in the bone broth thus
produced. When a meaty broth protein is made prior to further
processing to a scoopable powder, as long as adequate muscle is
present the bones and connective tissues may be reduced or absent
from the aqueous extraction. The disclosed protein powder will
always have been processed, prior to use, to an instant
(agglomerated) scoopable powder for inclusion as-is as a
nutritional supplement, in protein bars, beverages and foods such
as oatmeal, fruit or vegetable juices and smoothies, granola or hot
or cold beverages and requires no further cooking prior to
consumption. The scoopable powder may also be included during
manufacture of functional foods, nutritional supplements,
functional beverages or other supplement or meal-replacement
comestibles, to increase the animal protein fraction of the end
product. The present protein powders are not instant soups and do
not taste like them, when reconstituted in water alone (primarily
due to there having been no added salt at all during processing),
although the taste is not unpleasant. As one aspect to the
ingenuity of the present protein powder of certain embodiments,
with their specified mesh particle sizes, the powder is extremely
versatile: it will quickly dissolve or suspend in cold or hot
liquids but is equally palatable as a dried powder per se, so it
can be included in all sorts of end-user or manufactured products
regardless of whether the mostly-protein particles will dissolve or
rehydrate. For example, the present powders can be included in dry
products that are consumed directly--including but not limited to
popcorn coatings, granola-type or cold-cereal based sweet or savory
snack mixes, potato chips, cookie or food bar coatings, and the
like. The present protein powders can also be included in products
that are not quite either liquid or solid, such as chewing gum,
gummy bears and other soft candies, frozen desserts, cake
frostings, mayonnaise and salad dressings or other condiments,
applesauce or food purees and so forth. The possibilities for
protein enhancement in the salty snack industry alone are
staggering--any consumer would be delighted to look at the
nutritional information for, say, a portion size of
spice-and-protein coated pretzels to learn that the serving
provides, for example, 5 g of protein, given that salty snacks
often provide little or no protein at all. By using the present
scoopable protein powder, any consumer at any time can add a scoop
of protein, to any comestible, which contains not only desirable
collagen, peptides, proteins and glycosaminoglycans, but also the
equivalent of a just-made-soup's other nutritive potassium and
calcium, without any kitchen time, cooking or clean up.
[0007] The protein powders of the present disclosure may be
"plain," or can be flavored such as with chocolate or vanilla (or
other flavorings) and sweetened if desired preferably with natural
sweeteners sourced from monk fruit, stevia, coconut sugar or a
sugar alcohol such as xylitol. Because the present protein powders
can substitute for whey, soy, rice, pea, hemp or egg white protein
in any food or oral administration context, the powders can be
co-formulated with virtually any additional nutrient or supplement.
Because the present extract based powders derived from animal
meaty-muscle or bones with or without connective tissue are a good
source of potassium, the reconstituted powder (in cold or hot
water) can make an excellent electrolyte beverage by itself or in
combination with other ingredients such as juices, meaning that the
present invention is particularly well suited for co-formulation
with other juice powders, or powdered coffee or cacao or tea or any
other botanical based or culinary drink ingredients, as instant
beverage mix products. Also, because the present powders are high
in glucosamine and chondroitin, they are particularly well suited
for co-formulation with turmeric, with or without organic coconut
oil or coconut milk, as a medicament to treat or to prevent joint
damage. Indeed, with the endless possibility of combinations, the
present powders find good application in animal or pet nutrition
for immune, gut, joint health and beautiful coat maintenance;
muscle building for animals and humans when combined with healthy
fats such as those available in coconut milk; fat burning and
satiety preparations for humans when combined with high fiber
ingredients or thermogenic herbs; and beauty or antiaging
applications when combined with skin supporting botanicals known in
the art.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] With the notable exception of wholesale frozen soups for
restaurants, the history of soup preservation in the United States
includes certain disappointing chapters. Bouillon cubes and
bouillon powders are not intrinsically terrible products but do
contain, at least typically, huge amounts of sodium--sometimes more
sodium in one serving than an individual intends to include in the
entire day's intake. The contents and palatability of individual
canned and frozen, and dehydrated, soups intended for consumers
have made great progress over the last few decades but, again, most
if not all of these are plagued by high sodium content and often
also high and unwanted fat and carbohydrate contents. Even good
pre-prepared soups require either reconstitution or reheating more
elaborate than simply stirring them into water. There simply has
not been, nor even any thought of providing, a consumer level
instant product that really matches the key ingredients profile of
a high quality homemade or chef made soup, in a scoopable, easily
dissolved or suspended instant powder that can also be consumed
without reconstitution at all.
[0009] After one knows about the subject product and has
experienced its ease of use and superlative benefits, it is
difficult to recall a world where it did not exist before--and
where no one even thought about such a product or what a consumer
boon it could be. By happenstance, the scoopable, instant powders
of the present disclosure do have some antecedents in the worlds of
meaty broth or bone broth of the prior art, in the sense that
powdered bone broth and meaty broth were not unknown prior to the
present disclosure. However, both the present meaty broth powder
and bone broth powder are highly specialized, scoopable products
with intensive, critical nutritional parameters, and are thus
distinguishable from generic broth powders of the prior art. After
all, both bone broth and meaty broth, in ordinary parlance, and
prior to the present disclosure, referred to a massive genre of
water extracts of culinary meat or bone broth recipes--with little
requirement as to how to qualify for the category. However, the
present powders are highly engineered compared to any sort of more
general meaty broth powder or bone broth powder, particularly as to
required high protein content, low salt and fat and not only
particle size range limitations but also the specifically
"instantized" character of the particles created by spray drying
and (critically) agglomeration to an engineered size range.
Moreover, the present disclosure includes the ingenious use of such
powders as described as a scoopable instant protein supplement for
end-use consumption without further processing, or the use of such
powder or powders in further manufacturing of foods and beverages
of all kinds, and particularly functional foods and beverages that
are designed for a high protein profile while still containing
limited salt, fat and carbohydrate. The present powders therefore
does not pretend to be the first instance of spray dried extracts
of culinary meaty broths or bone broths by any means. Instead, the
present disclosure claims to be the first of such instant,
agglomerated powder products with specified parameters, including
high protein and specified particle size, so as to provide
widespread end-user and manufacturing applicability due to its
technical features and its ability to be consumed even as is, with
or without any sort of reconstitution. If one strays from the
constituents and limits of the present disclosure as described
herein and set forth in the associated claims, one will be back in
the vast and varied world of dried instant soups and bouillon
products that do not have the versatility of the present
disclosure, namely, an end-consumer scoopable instant protein
supplement or a high protein nutritive additive for functional
foods and beverages that is palatable enough to be consumed even
without reconstitution--while simultaneously being perfect for
mixing into or onto virtually anything else in any menu
tradition.
[0010] As one might expect from the above explanation, the present
technology is therefore by no means simply one of a variety of
meaty or bone broth extracts that has been subsequently converted
to a powder. The importance, overall, is in knowing the end-product
parameters that have been designed herein, in terms of protein,
fat, salt and carbohydrate content as well as particle size and
particle size distribution. These parameters constrain the product
as follows: at least 70%, more preferably 80%, and most preferably
85-90% animal protein including collagen, peptides and amino acids
derived from collagen, and glycosaminoglycans including
glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid, carbohydrate less
than 10% and preferably undetectable, sodium less than 5% and
preferably less than 200 mg per serving, ideally 150 mg per
serving, with particle mesh size of agglomerated particles' being
about 30-100 mesh, more preferably 40-80 mesh. Typically, every 100
grams of powder product will contain (only and approximately) 600
mg sodium, or only on the order of about 150 mg sodium per 22.5 g
serving, as well as 1,000 mg potassium per 100 g powder and
approximately 60 mg calcium per 100 g powder. The inventor believes
that the combined features of at least 70% protein and a particle
size between 30-100 mesh, preferably 40-80 mesh, gives the new and
unexpectedly improved result of both high protein content with a
palatable (and even silky) mouth feel even if the particles are not
reconstituted in water or any sort of liquid prior to consumption.
No other end-use, consumer protein powder known to the inventor at
this writing can pretend to have these combined features as a
protein powder supplement or high protein ingredient in a
functional food or beverage. Happily, also, the present protein
powders are free of common allergens that can be found in whey,
milk, egg or soy protein and are in fact free of the top eight
common allergens.
[0011] While it is true that the present technology is a highly
technical iteration of a huge category sometimes known to contain
either meaty broth or bone broth, from which category one could not
have selected the present disclosure without having first read this
patent specification, there are indeed already known benefits of
meaty broth that therefore do obtain with the present disclosure.
For example, both meaty broth and bone broth are known to restore a
"leaky gut," because the gelatin and collagen in both types of
broth protect and heal the gastrointestinal mucosa, particularly
due to the presence of the amino acid 1-glutamine as the main amino
acid that the cells of the gastrointestinal lining use to repair
themselves. The consumer can therefore, in turn, overcome food
intolerances and allergies when a "leaky gut" is restored with
meaty broth or bone broth constituents, because such intolerances
and allergies are largely caused by undigested large food
particles' seeping out of a leaky gut and triggering an immune
response. More generally, also, both meaty broth and bone broth are
well recognized for their abilities to reduce the symptoms (and
even duration) of cold or flu as well as joint pain and
inflammation, largely due to suppression of white blood cells and
the presence of glucosamine which stimulates the growth of new
collagen. The collagen and gelatin in both meaty broth and bone
broth promote healthy skin, hair, and nails; minerals in both types
of broth, including calcium, magnesium and phosphorus, promote good
bone health and repair, and consuming collagen-rich meaty or bone
broth can even reduce cellulite and tighten and beautify the skin,
making the consumer look younger than actual chronologic age. It is
no wonder that all those aforementioned literature and even popular
references to the benefits of chicken soup (meaty broth, bone
broth, and so forth) are so widespread. Given all these benefits,
the stunning possibilities and versatility of the present
scoopable, instant protein supplement powders are readily
evident.
[0012] The present powders are always agglomerated. Agglomeration
technology has been well known for decades and is well within the
skill of the art. Agglomeration is what helps to make the present
powders instant, meaning that the user may consume the powder as is
or partially or completely reconstituted in one or more liquids but
without necessity of further heating, cooking or other
preparation.
[0013] While the starting bone broth and meaty broth materials
discussed above have many similarities, they have distinctions
also. Example 1, below, describes a method of making a bone broth
and bone broth powder, whereas Example 2 describes making a meaty
broth powder. As with bone broth, meaty broth can be extracted from
any of chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, goat, quail, and all sorts of
large and small game mammals and birds (but typically and
preferably chicken or a mix of chicken, beef and turkey). Meaty
broth is an extract of solely or predominantly muscle tissue,
generally with reduced or little presence of bones, or connective
tissue such as tendons, in the starting ingredients for making the
broth. Either the bone broth powder or the meaty broth powder will
preferably contain 85-90% protein, but interestingly bone broth
powder prepared according to the present disclosure will often
contain about 88% protein whereas meaty broth protein will often
contain about 86% protein. This may seem counterintuitive at first,
but with sophisticated understanding one appreciates that the
bones--with bone marrow and collagenous connective tissue included
in the aqueous extraction--can be seen as a rich source of
collagenous and glycosaminoglycan proteins that are not derivable
from the starting ingredients of meaty broth. More easily
predictable, of course, is that the content of certain minerals,
particularly calcium and magnesium, in meaty broth is almost always
lower than in bone broth, for the obvious reason that no bones are
present from which calcium or magnesium might otherwise be
extracted. More particularly, whereas bone broth powder may
typically have 95 mg of calcium per 100 gm of powder, meaty broth
will have about 60 mg per 100 grams of powder. Bone broth powder
prepared according to the disclosure will typically have 670 mg
sodium and 1200 mg potassium per 100 grams of powder, whereas meaty
broth powder prepared according to the disclosure will typically
have 1290 mg sodium and 3020 mg potassium per 100 grams of
powder--meaning that the meaty broth provides about 320 mg of
sodium per 22.5 g. serving. Also, whereas the bone broth powder
will typically have no discernible dietary fiber content, meaty
broth powder will typically have 1 gram of dietary fiber per 100
grams of powder. While these differences may seem subtle at first
glance, in fact the slightly higher sodium and slightly lower
calcium content of meaty broth powder together mean that the meaty
broth powder is even more gentle to compromised gastrointestinal
linings than the bone broth is--meaning that meaty broth is even
better able to stop a leaky gut (as described above) than bone
broth is, when the calcium and magnesium content in the meaty broth
is relatively lower than in the bone broth. The benefit of meaty
broth powder is probably also enhanced by the typically higher
content of Vitamin A--about 100 international units per 100 grams
of meaty broth powder--than in bone broth powder, in which vitamin
A is negligible to none. Finally, the fat content of typical bone
broth powder is about 3.3%, attributable to fats derived from bone
marrow, whereas the fat content of meaty broth powder is typically
2%, which is another reason why meaty broth is even better for
compromised gastrointestinal mucosa than bone broth (powder) is
(less fat means less difficulty of digestion). For leaky gut and
other related indications, as a matter of nutritional
supplementation the preferred order of introduction is therefore to
supplement meaty broth powder to any given patient or individual,
first, and then to graduate to bone broth powder if both are
available and this sequence of administration is tenable. When
meaty broth powder is not available, bone broth powder is still an
excellent choice for the treatment of leaky gut, with meaty broth
powder providing some slight benefits over bone broth powder, but
with either's being better than virtually any other nutritional
supplement. It is useful to know that in Asia, it is common for
very fragile persons, including the very young, the very old and
those recuperating in hospital, to consume meaty broth instead of
bone broth--for reasons along the lines of those described above.
The higher vitamin A and sodium and potassium content of meaty
broth, with concomitantly lower fat and calcium, all provide a
nutrient profile that is as gentle on the gut as is possible.
[0014] Those skilled in the art will be able to extrapolate from
the examples given herein, to convert a manufacturing protocol
which set forth chicken connective tissue and chicken meat, to
accommodate other culinary animals and their soup meaty
bones/connective tissue and muscle ingredients. Therefore, the
following examples are illustrative but not limiting.
EXAMPLE 1
[0015] Beginning with chicken ingredients that have not been
genetically engineered, an aqueous extract is made of USDA
inspected and labelled fresh, raw chicken bones with approximately
25% by weight (based on the weight of the bones) associated
connective and muscle tissues by cooking the bones and connective
tissues in water at 212 degrees F. or higher for a minimum of
thirty minutes, at elevated pressure if desired.
Counterintuitively, to the aqueous cooking mixture is added no
other ingredient and no salt. Subsequent to cooking, the fat
fraction of the liquid is removed from the surface of the extract
by skimming or gravity separation and reserved for a separate
application. The defatted liquid is then concentrated, filtered
through a 300 micron screen, spray dried and agglomerated, and the
resulting powder is sifted through a 2000 micron screen. After
passing the resulting powder through the field of a rare earth
magnet, the powder is packed in hermetically sealed plastic bag
packaging. Due to the high content of connective and muscle tissue
relative to bone weight and the deliberate fat separation, the
resulting protein powder contains 88.1% protein, less than 4% fat,
a maximum of 8% moisture, total broth solids of 90%, 670 mg sodium
per 100 g of powder, 1,200 mg potassium per 100 g of powder, 60 mg
calcium per 100 g of powder, and undetectable amounts of
carbohydrate or sugar, or cholesterol or fiber.
EXAMPLE 2
[0016] Beginning with chicken ingredients that have not been
genetically engineered, an aqueous extract is made of USDA
inspected and labelled fresh, raw chicken muscle tissues (minimal
to no bones or connective tissues) by cooking the muscle tissues in
water at 212 degrees F. or higher for 5 to 20 minutes, at elevated
pressure if desired. To the aqueous cooking mixture is added no
other ingredients and no salt. Subsequent to cooking, the fat
fraction of the liquid is removed from the surface of the extract
by skimming or gravity separation and reserved for a separate
application. The defatted liquid is then concentrated, filtered
through a 300 micron screen, spray dried and agglomerated, and the
resulting powder is sifted through a 2000 micro screen. After
passing the resulting powder through the field of a rare earth
magnet, the powder is packed in hermetically sealed plastic bag
packaging. The resulting protein powder contains 86.1% protein,
about 2.0% fat, a maximum of 8% moisture, total broth solids of
90%, 1290 mg sodium per 100 g of powder, 3020 mg potassium per 100
g of powder, 95 mg calcium per 100 g of powder, 100 international
units of vitamin A per 100 g of powder, about 1 g dietary fiber per
100 g of powder, and undetectable amounts of carbohydrate or sugar,
or cholesterol.
[0017] Although the technology has been described with
particularity in the foregoing paragraphs and pages, with reference
to particular specific ingredients and amounts, the metes and
bounds are only to be limited insofar is set forth in the
accompanying claims.
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