Shelf stable food gel

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Patent

CA 1087018

TITLE: FOOD PRODUCTS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention relates to food products and provides novel foods for animals, especially pets. In particular the invention relates to coherent elastic semi-moist food products which are stabilized against bacterial growth by the inclusion of humectants at reduced water activity. The products include subdivided protein material bound together with a gel formed by a polysaccharide gelling agent containing monosaccharide units other than (including in addition to) glucose residues and preferably having free or esterified acidic substituent groups, A preferred example of such a gelling agent is a mixture of xanthan and carob gums. Quantities of gelling agent in the range 0.2 to 5% are preferred and the moisture content should be from 30 to 70%, the humectant concentration 5 to 40%, the pH from 3.5 to 7.5, and the water activity (Aw) below 0.95 or below 0.85 depending on the acidity of the product. The invention allows for the preparation of meat-like products for animals having an elastic coherent structure with a high gel strength from the less attractive varieties or cuts of meats or offals. -1-

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