CA1317151C - Textured proteinaceous food - Google Patents

Textured proteinaceous food

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CA1317151C
CA1317151C CA000616269A CA616269A CA1317151C CA 1317151 C CA1317151 C CA 1317151C CA 000616269 A CA000616269 A CA 000616269A CA 616269 A CA616269 A CA 616269A CA 1317151 C CA1317151 C CA 1317151C
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Mitugi Ikoma
Masaru Harada
Tsutomu Maruyama
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Kibun KK
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/22Extrusion presses; Dies therefor
    • B30B11/26Extrusion presses; Dies therefor using press rams
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23LFOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L17/00Food-from-the-sea products; Fish products; Fish meal; Fish-egg substitutes; Preparation or treatment thereof
    • A23L17/70Comminuted, e.g. emulsified, fish products; Processed products therefrom such as pastes, reformed or compressed products
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23PSHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
    • A23P30/00Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the process or apparatus
    • A23P30/20Extruding

Abstract

TEXTURED PROTEINACEOUS FOOD
Abstract of the Disclosure:
A textured proteinaceous food having a unique texture, a process for manufacturing the food and an apparatus suitable to manufacturing the food are disclosed.
The textured proteinaceous food which is obtained in such a manner that a domestic animal meat or a marine animal meat or a minced meat of such animal is heated so as to gel to such an extent that the meat material does not lose its binding capacity, and the proteinaceous material in this gel state is force-extruded under pressure from a die having a predetermined configuration and a predetermined number of orifices. The food extruding apparatus including a food receiving member having a through-hole receiving a food or a food material which is to be extruded and an extruding means inserted into the through-hole from one end thereof and moved toward the other end, thereby extruding the food or food material from the through-hole, the extruding means being constituted by outer and inner extruding members.
After an extruding opoeration, these extruding members are not pulled back simultaneously, but the outer extruding member is first pulled back slowly, and then the inner extruding member is raised. There is therefore no fear of any vacuume being produced between the upper surface of a food or a food material and the extruding member when pulled back.

Description

This application is a division of application serial number 521,259 filed October 23, 1986.
! The present invention relates to a textured protein-aceous food which gives the consumer a novel and unique sensation of eating that cannot be obtained from any natural meat, and a prncess and an extruding apparatus suitable for ~1, manufacturing the textured food. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a textured proteinaceous food which has a novel and unique texture, the novel food being manufactured in such a manner that meat of domestic or marine animals (i.e., fish or shellfish), or minced meat of :.j such animals, is heated so as to gel, and the meat material ~ in a gel state is extruded under pressure from a die having ¦ a plurality of orifices. The present invention is also ;¦ concerned with a textured proteinaceous food which is ~ lS provided with a unique cross-sectional pattern by extruding -j a raw material in a gel state from a die having orifices , ' ::
with a special configuration.
The pre~ent invention also pertains to an extruding apparatus suitable for use in the production of the foods mentioned above.
Efforts have heretofore been made to texture a proteinaceous processed food in order to provide it with the capacity to give a specific sensation of eating. For example, one type of proteinaceous processed food has already been disclosed which is prepared in such a manner ~: .. .
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, molded into a predetermined shape and heated to obtain a s final product which gives the consumer the sensation of eating a crab, a lobster or the eye of a scallop (see ¦ the specification of Japanese Patent Public Disclosure No. 14552/1979) , A method of producing a food with f ibrous texture similar to musc~lar fibers has also already been disclosed wherein salt is added to meat of a domestic or marine animal and kneaded to prepare a meat paste, whi.ch is then dis-¦ 10 charged into an aqueous protein denaturing solution from a . nozzle having narrow orifices so that the material is spun, . and single fibers thus obtained are gathered and heated to . bind them together in the shape of a mass of meat having a fibrous texture (see the specification of Japanese Patent Public Disclosure No. 1903/1983).
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: Conventional methods of producing processed foods . ~ generally aim at texuring a raw proteinaceous material so that a final product gives the sensation of eating a natural ~ form of food, e.g., the leg meat of a crab, a lobster or the ~.:
: 20 eye of a scallop~ In contrast to this, the present inven-. tion aims at readily and inexpensively providing a protein-. aceous processed food which gives the consumer a novel and ~:~ unique sensation of eating that cannot be obtained from any . ; natural form of meat food or which has a unique external :~ 25 appearance.
On the other hand, various types of food producing apparatus for putting inventions disclosed in the privr art 1- ~ references into practical use have been developed. However, ,,;i, ~ .
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~3~ 1317151 there has heretofore been no apparatus capable of effici-ently and properly extruding a raw material in a gel state into a product having a fibrous texture.
, A previously developed apparatus had an arrangement , ' 5 in which an amount of minced fish meat suitable for one fish ;~ paste product, which has been allowed to gel, is charged ~ into a cylinder-like member, and a piston-like membex is 'i -- forced into the cylinder-like member from one open end thereof in such a manner that the minced fish meat is extrude~ through a net member stretched over the other open end of the cylinder-like member. This apparatus, however, involves the following problem. Since the minced fisb meat possesses sticky consistency, when it is extruded by the piston-like member, the rearmost end portion of the material is attached to the net and does not separate from ito If, ~ in this state, the piston-like member is returned, a vacuum : is produced between the attached fish meat material and the piston-like member, thus causing the material to be drawn back into the cylinder-like member.
; 20 In order to solve this problem, an arrangement has been proposed in which a through-hole is provided in the . piston-like member, so that, when the piston-like member is ~i ~ pulled back, the air is allowed to enter the area between ; ~
!I; the piston-like member and the attached minced fish meat. -~t hasi however, been found that this through-hole may become c1ogged with the minced fish meat, and this arrange-ment is therefore unable to overcome the above-described ~ problem.
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To prevent the through-hole from being clogged with minced fish meat, another arrangement has been devised in which a check valve is provided at one end of the through-hole, and the throuh-hole is opened only when the piston-like member is pulled back. Bowever, this arrangement has 1 also been found to be unsatisfactory because the structure is undesirably complicated and, in addition, the check valve I often sufferes certain troubles due to the adhesion of the minced fish meat.
, 10 Problems similar to the above may arise also when soft foods (or soft food materials~ are extruded to form products ~or semi-finished products) having various cross- - , sectional configurations.
, According to the present invention, the raw material ~` 15 employed is the meat of a marine animal such as a fish or shellfish, or a mixture of the meat of a marine animal and the meat of a domestic animal, and such raw proteinaceous ^"
material is heated so as to gel. In this case, the heat . ..
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raw proteinaceous material does not lose its binding capa-~; city. Then, the proteinaceous material in a gel state is forced to be extruded under pressure from a die having a : :`
plurality of orifices with a predetermined configuration, thereby obtaining a product which has a unique texture and a desired unique confi~uration.
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., 1 In another aspect the invention provides for a textured proteinaceous food produced in such a manner that a marine animal meat, a domestic animal meat or a mixture thereof is heated or allowed to stand at room temperature or under cooling so as to gel to such an extent that the meat I material does not lose its binding ability, the material in this gel state is then extruded under pressure from a die ' having a plurality of orifices, and the extruded pieces are :i bound together into a single mass, said binding being ~ 10 performed by the binding ability of the extruded pieces ::
.~l without using a binder and a process for preparing a textured proteinaceous food product comprising the steps of shaping a ~ material selected from the group consisting of a marine animal ;~ meat, a domestic animal meat and mixtures thereof to form a :~;
:. 15 shaped material; gelling said shaped material by heating or ~- :
allowing it to stand at room temperature or under cooling to . gel the material to such an extent that the shaped material in ~ . - .: .
this gel state can then be extruded and such that the material ... retains its binding activity; and then extruding the shaped material while in the gel state under pressure through a die . having a plurality of orifices into pieces and immediately ::.
I binding said pieces into a single mass having a predetermined . cross-sectional pattern, said binding being performed by the ; binding ability of the shaped material without using a binder.
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~ 5- 1317151 capacity is forced to be extruded from a die having a plurality of orifices. Therefore, a part of the product which has been extruded from one orifice has a uniform ~ texture, while the product as a whole has a non-uniform 3 5 texture, and since the binding capacity is still left in the product, the respective parts of the product which have been extruded from the plurality of orifices are bound to~ether in the shape of a mass which gives the consumer a novel and extremely unique eating sensation. Accordingly, the product 10 of the present invention can be employed as a novel and unique material for cooking or can be provided as a side -dish or a food of delicate flavor by adding appropriate flavor and coloring.
According to the present invention, a raw protein-15 aceous material in a gel state is force-extruded under pressure from a die having a multiplicity of staggered orifices with a circular! oval or hexagonal cross section, :~
; and extruded pieces of the material are compressed into a bundle. In consequence, the extruded pieces are bound with ~:
20 each other to provide a product having a honeycomb cross section. It has been found that it is possible to obtain a ~:
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; -6- 1317151 which a plurality of orifices with an oval or elongated rectangular cross section are concentrically arranged, or such orifices may be arrayed in straight or curved lines.
With such dies, it is possible to obtain products having a ~ 5 rose like, lateral~striped or wavelike cross section (see `~ the accompanying drawings).
According to another aspect of the present invention, a food extruding apparatus which has a simplified structure I and is capable of properly manufacturing the product is provided.
~ The food extruding apparatus of the present invention `~1 comprises: a food receiving member having a through-hole for receiving a food or a food material which is to be extruded; an extruding means inserted into the through-hole 1 15 from one end thereof and moved toward the other end, thereby .,:' extruding the food or food material received in the through-hole from the second end of the through-hole; and an actuat-ing means for moving the extruding means from the first end of the through-hole toward the second end and also for returning the extruding means to its original position, the extruding means having an annular outer extruding member -. :
i having an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the through-hole, and an inner extruding memeber disposed inside the outer extruding member, the actuating means being adapted to operate in such a manner that, when the inner and outer extruding members of the extruding means are returned from the second end of the through-hole to the , ~ first end, the outer extruding member is first returned at a ' ' , ~ ' `_7_ 1 31 71 51 relatively slow speed and then the inner extruding member is returned.
When this extruding apparatus is employed to manufac-ture the product having a fibrous texture such as that ,5 described above, a die having a plurality of orifices is set ¦adjacent to one end of the above-described through-hole such that the extruded raw material in a gel state is passed through the die so as to be given a fibrous texture.
¦To obtain a cylindrical product having a desired cross-sectional configuration as described above by extru-sion, a desired die is provided at said end of the through-hole.
In addition, it is also possible to obtain an extruded food product in the shape of pellets by utilizing a die or shaping member having a multiplicity of orifices having a relatively small diameter which is provided at said end of the through-hole provided in the food receiving member, a food or food material which is being extruded through these through-holes being cut when the amount extruded therefrom is still small.
The above and other features and advantages of the ~-present invention will become clear from the following description of one embodiment thereof, taken in conjuction with the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of products A-2 and B-2 according to the present invention which are respectively -~
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~` Fig. 2 is a sectional view of products C-2, D 2 and E-2 according to the present invention which are respec-tively obtained by the use of dies having orifices C-l, D-l , and E-l.
I 5 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the food extruding apparatus according to the present invention; -;
and ~ Figsu 4 to 6 are partially-sectioned side views of ;~ the app~ratus shown in Fig. 3 as viewed from the right-hand --side thereof, which respectively illustrate sequential operation steps.
;~ Examples of meat of marine animals which may be -;¦ employed as a raw material for the product of the present . invention include the meat of lobster, crab, cuttlefish and octopus, mackerel, cod, croaker and pike conger, as well as minced meat of the above-described marine animals. Fish - meat or minced fish meat is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of obtaining a desirable eating sensation. In addition, domestic animal meat such as beef, pork or chicken :~ 20 may be employed in combination with marine animal meat. ~-When raw meat exclusive of minced meat is employed as a raw material, a lump of meat is cut into pieces of such a size that it may be readily charged into an extruder, and is then subjected to a curing or injection treatment with a salt solution. The treated material is then heated so as to be allowed to gel or dena~ured to such an extent that ~he raw meat materlal does not lose its binding capacity, and . ~ the materiaI is then supplied to the extruder.
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Conditions for gelation of a raw material may appro-priately be selected in accordance with the kind of product desired, the number and configuration of orifices in the die employed, etc.
; ~ ~eating of a raw material in the present invention . ~ may be effected by a conventional method using, for example, microwaves, steam, an electric heater, a gas burner or hot ; 20 water. the heating may be carried out before the raw material is supplie~ to the extruder. Alternatively, the heating may be effected whlle the raw material which has -;~ been supplied into the extruder is being transported to the die. In this case, a continuous ex~ruder ~quipped with a microwave heater may preferably be employed.
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'` -10- 1317151 :`l preferably be employed. The pressure which is applied during extrusion depends on the kind of raw material I employed, the degree to which the material has gelled and ; the dimension, configuration and number of oriflces in a die5 employed. However, the pressure is generally about 0.3 to 15 kg/cm2. The dimension, configuration and number of orifices which are provided in a die may be selected as desired in accordance with the kind of final product ~ desired. The cross-sectional configuration of orifices may J 10 be selected from various kinds of shape, e.g., a circular, oval, square, tortoisechell, rectangular, triangular, star-shaped or cross-shaped configuration. The number of orifices may be selected in accordance with the kind of target product.
The percentage of the entire area of orifices in the die is generally 75% or less of the overall area of the die, preferably between 40% and 70%.
When a wire net cutting means made from a relatively thin wire is employed in place of khe die according to the 20 present invention, the material is cut rather than being extruded; the product thus obtained is therefore less coarse ~ ln texture than the product according to the present ; invention.
The rate at which a product is extruded from a die 25 depends on the kind of product and the percentage orifice area in the employed die. However, the extrusion rate is generally 0.3 to 2 m/sec., preferably 1.0 to 2.0 m/sec.
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3l 7 l 5l Further, each orifice in a die may be tapered in the direction in which the material is extruded, so as to vary the dimensions of the inlet ~nd outlet of the orifice, or the inlet and/or outlet portion may be chamfered to vary the :-1 s pressure applied to the material being extruded~
. The configuration of the prcduct according to the present invention may be selected as desired, for example, a fibrous shape ~in the shape of the leg of a crab, the eye of a scallop, etc.), a string-like shape, a block-like shape or a chrysanthemum shape.
~;¦ In the product of the present invention, flavoring matter, coloring matter, spices and the like may be mixed into a raw material in advance~ or such matter may be added to the extruded product by impregnation, spraying or other . . .
appropriate means. In addition, the extruded product may be further processed by, for example, heating or mixing with other materials.
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A food extruding apparatus which is suitable to manufacture a product of the present inventi~n is described in detain hereunder.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a food extrudlng apparatu~ 10 in accordance with one embodiment of the , ; ~' ~
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. ~, As illustrated, the apparatus 10 has a base 12, vertical supports 14 respectively secured at two diagonally opposing positions on the upper side of the base 12, and a ¦. top plate 16 secured to the respective tops of the supports I 5 14. The apparatus 10 further has the following components.
:¦ Namely, a slide structure 26 is composed of upper and lower i plates 18, 20, and vertical connecting rods 22 which connect the upper and lower plates 18, 20. The slide structure 26 - :
3 is mounted on the support 14 such as to be slidable in the :-~ 10 vertical direction. A drive means is constitiuted by a ¦ piston-cylinder device 28 mounted between the topplate 16 and the upper plate 18 of the slide structur~ 26. The drive ~-.
. means is adapted to move the slide structure 26 vertically along the supports 14 in response to the expansion and : 15 contraction of the piston rod 28' of the device 28. A :
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plate 18 of the slide structur~ 26. A minced fish meat extruding means 32 is ~rought into contact with the lower ~: end of the piston rod 30 of the device ~9 and is adapted to :
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., member 42 has a through-hole 40 which has the same diameter as that of the through-hole 34 of the means 38 and which is vertically aligned with the through-hole 34 and adapted to receive minced fish meat S and shape it into a predetermined configuration (a disk shape in the illustrated example).
The minced fish meat extruding means 3.2 has a push-'!, down plate 44 which is slidably mounted on the connecting ; rods 22 of the slide structure 26. Annular plates 45 are f secured to the upper side of the push-down plate 44 in such a manner that the plates 45 respectively surround the connecting rod~ 22 of the slide structure ~6. Compression springs 46 are provided between the annular plates 45 and :
~ the lower plate 20 of the slide structure 26 in such a ~ manner that t~ springs 46 respectively surro~nd ~he 1 15 connecting rods 22. In addition, a projection 48 which is aligned wiht the piston rod 30 is provided at the center of ~
; the upper side of the push-down plate 44. The convexly :-curved upper end surface of the projection 48 is brougt into .
: contact with the flat lower end surface of the piston rod 30 20 by means of the force applied thereto by the compression :~
springs 460 A tubular outer extruding member 50 which is aligned with the through-hole 40 of the minced ~ish meat receiving member 42 is secured to the lower side of the push-down plate 44. A clolumnar inner extruding member S2 ~
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! The inner extruding member 52 has an annular flange 54 at the upper end edge thereof. The flange 54 is adapted to be positioned inside a larger-diameter portion 56 I provided in the bore of the outer extruding member 50. More 10 specifically, unless it is subjected to a push-up force. .
. applied from the lower side therof, the inner extruding member 52 is placed by virtue of its own weight at a position tshown in Fig. 4) at which the flange 54 is engaged with a step portion which defines the lower end edge ~
15 of the larger-diameter portion 56, whereas, when a push-up - .
force is applied to the member 52, it is able to rise to a position at which the flange 54 is engaged with a step portion which defined the upper end edge of the larger-,. .
diameter portion 56 Figs. 5 and 6 show the inner extruding ~:
~o member 52 in a raised state. In this state, the respective : lower end faces of the inner and outer extruding members 52, 50 coincide with each other, thereby defining a minced fish : :
meat extruding surface employed during the minced fish meat extruding operation, explained below.
~;~; 25 The piston-cylinder device 29 has a cage-like member consisting of an upper member 70 secured to the lower side of the upper plate 18 of the slide structure 26 and a lower : . :
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` -15- t 317 1 51 ~' member 74 connected to the upper member 70 through connect-ing rods 72. A cylinder 76 is secured inside this cage-like ;, member. A chamber which is defined above a piston (not 1 shown) inside the cylinder 76 is communicable with a high--~ 5 pressure air source (not shown) through a tube 78. The lower chamber in the cylinder 76 is communicated with the ;l atmosphere through a tube 80.
The minced fish meat receiving member 42 in the illustrated embodiment i5 constituted by a rectangular plate material which is provided with two througb-holes 40 ~ disposed symmetrically on either side of a line drawn 1 laterally through the center of the plate. The receiving member 42 is adapted to be slidable on the base 12 in ~he longitudinal direction of the member 42 along guide members 82 secured to the upper side of the base 12 at a predeter-mined spacing. The slide movemen~ of the receiving member 42 is limi~ed by stopper members 84 which are secured to the ~; upper side of the base 12 in such a manner that the members 84 are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the member 42. When the receiving member 42 ~; abuts against one of the stopper members 84 (the left-hand ~: . ..
stopper member 84 in the example shown in Fig. 4) such as to be retained thereby, one of the through-holes 40 (the right-, hand through-hole 40 in the example shown in Fig~ 4) of the `'!.` ~ 25 receiving member 42 is aligned with the through-hole 34 ~..
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the member 42 is aligned with the through-hole 34 of the minced fish meat shaping means 38. It should be noted that ~, the length of each of the through-holes 40 is preferably set i ~ such as to be smaller than double the height of the mlnced ¦ s fish meat S which is extruded in a single extruding opera-~' tion, as will be understood from the explanation of the .. 1~ operation below.
~ The minced fish meat shaping means 38 has a die 36 ¦ and two annular members 88, 90 for supporting the die 36. -:
1 10 The first annular member 90 has the above stated through-.l hole 34 in the center thereof. The upper side of the member ; 90 has two flat surfaces which are connected by a conical .
~:~ surface 92. The second annular member 88 has a conical bore wall surface and this conical wall surface is in close ~-~ 15 contact with the conical surface 92 of the first annular ;~ member 90. The die 36 is set on the upper side of the first annular member 90 in such a manner as to cover the upper end :
opening of the through hole 34. The peripheral edge portion .~
of the die 36 is clamped between the first and second ;~ 20 annular members 90, 88. The second annular member 88 is ,~ fastened to the first annular member 90 by means of a :~ fas tening member (not shown).
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. the food extruding apparatus 10 in accordance with this .~
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position. The piston-cylinder device 29, which is secured to the slide structure 16l is set in a position where the piston rod 30 is withdrawn thereinto. In consequence, the apparatus 10 is brought into an extrusion stand-by state such as that shown in Fig. 3 and 4.
Then, the piston rod 28' o the piston-cylinder ~j device 28 is expanded to push down the slide structure 26, ! thus causing the lower end surface of the tubular guide member 60, which is secured to the lower plate 20 of the i 10 slide structure 26, to abut against the upper surface of the receiving member 42, as shown in Fig. 5. At this time, a pair of centering projections 96 which are provided on the ~-~
~l lower end surface of the guide member 60 respectively enter a pair of centering bores 98 which are provided on both sides of each of the through-holes 40 provided in the minced fish meat receiving member 42, whereby centering of the through-holes 34 and 40 is effected. In thi~ state, the inner extruding member 52 of the minced fish meat extruding ~; ~ means 32, which was projected downward from ~he outer :~ 20 extruding member 50 by its own wei9ht in the stand-by state shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is engaged with the upper surface of the raw minced fish meat S charged in the through-hole 40 of the minced fish meat receiving member 42 and thereby pu~hed ~ upwardly, so that the resp~ctive lower end surfaces of the :~ .. ..
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so as to rapidly expand the piston rod 30, thereby pushing down the minced fish meat extruding means 32 and thus push-Zi ing aown the lower end surface of the extruding member constituted by the outer and inner extruding members 50, 52 ~1 5 to a position in close proximity with the die 36. This ~Z state is shown in FigO 6. Thus, the minced fish meat S
3. which was charged into the through-hole 40 v~ the receiving .¦ member 42 has been extruded from the through-hole 40 through .IZ the ~ie 36 and pushed into the through~hole 34 of the shaping means 38 by the action of the extruding means 32, the minced fish meat S remaining in the through-hole 34.
Thereafter, the high-pressure air which has been -:
supplied to the piston-cylinder device 29 is let out of it ;~ at slow speed,~whereby the piston rod 30 is slowly with-.`1 : 15 drawn. In consequence, the push-down plate 44 of the minced fish meat extruding means 32 is slowly raised by the action ~- of the compression springs 46, so that the outer extruding . :
.- ~ member 50 of the means 32 is raised relative to the inner extruding member 52 which is left as it is. As a result, an ~-~ 20 annular space is produced between the inner extruding member ~ 52, the bore wall of the tubular guide member 60, the upper ., end surface of the minced fish meat S' and tbe outer extrud-.~ ing memter 50. However, since the outer extruding member 50 :~
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26 to the previous position shown in Figs, 3 ~nd 4. In consequence, the extruding means 32 is also raised, so that the inner extr~ding member 52 which was left in the through-hole 40 of the rece1ving member 42 is drawn out of it and brough into a state such as that shown in Fig. 3 and 4.
l When the inner extruding member 52 is raised, air enters the ¦ space between the member 52 and the upper end surface of the l minced fish meat S' through a peripheral gap, and there is therefore no fear of any vacuum being produced.
After the above-described step, the receiving member 42 is longitudinally moved on the base 42, and the other through-hole 40 charged with another minced fish meat is thereby aligned with the through-hole 34 of the minced fish meat shaping means 38.
Then, the piston-cylinder devices 28, 29 are sequen-:
tially actuated to effect extrusion of the second raw minced fish meat. This newly extruded minced fish meat pushes ~: , downward the minced fish meat S' which has previously been extruded. Accordingly, the pushed minced fish meat S' is dropped from the through-hole 34 of the shaping means 38 ~ onto a conveyor 100 provided under the through-hole 34. ;~
; By repeating the above-described steps, extrusion of minced fish meat having a fibrous texture is automatically carried out.
Although the present invention has been described by .. ~ - .
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product having a fibrous texture, the food extr~ding appara-tus according to the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto~ The apparatus of the present invention has a basic arrangement such as that described above, and the eature of the apparatus resides in that the extruding means iS constituted by the outer and inner extruding members 50, 52 and that~ after an extruding operation, these extruding members are not pulled back simultaneously, the outer extruding member 50 being first pulled back slowly and the inner extruding member 52 then being raised. There is therefore no fear of any vacuum being produced between the upper surface of a portion of food or food material and the extruding member when pulled back. Accordingly, it is possible to effect an extruding operation smoothly and properly.
The method according to the following Example 1 of ~ .
the present invention was carried out using a die and a conventional wire net, the specifications of which are given ~:
~f, below, and the products thus obtained were compared with . ~o each other by conducting a sensory test as to the eating :
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Results of Sensory Test conducted by lO skilled panelists .1 :. \ Test items Sensation of fibrous texture 1 \ (The number of panelists who Binding l \ experienced a strong sensation capacity i Products \ of a fibrous texture) .i . _ .-l Prepar ng using 0 4 .' Preparing using lO ~

3 As will be clear from the table above, although no j significant difference was found between the two products as ~ to the binding capacity, the product of the present inven-., :
tion obtained using the die gave a significantly strong sensation of having a fibrous text~re in contrast to the product prepared using the wire net. ~ :~
The following Examples are provided for further illustration of the present invention~
ExamPle 1 .,, To 2000 g of minced walleye pollack meat, 40 g of salt, 40 g of scallop extract flavor, 80 g of potato starch :.
and 1000 9 of ice water were added and vigorously stirred . for 40 minutes in a stirrer to prepare a minced fish meat -~ .
. ~ paste. This paste was molded into a piece having a diameter ~
. ; lS of 35 mm and a thickness of 15 mm, and heated in a steamer at 40C for 8 minutes so as to become a gel. The material ;:-~; ~ in this gel ~tate was then put intv a barrel having a ; diameter of 35 mm and a depth of 20 mm and equipped with a die having a diameter of 35 mm and 500 orifices with a ~; ~ : 20 diameter of 1~0 mm, and extruded while being pressed under a .,.
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pressure of 5 kg/cm2 . The extruded prod~ct was heated in a steamer at 85C for 10 minutes. The texture, flavor and external appearance of the final product thus obtained were quite similar to those of the eyes of a scallopO
ExamPle 2 To a mixture of 1600 g of minced walleye pollack meat and 400 g of crab meat paste, 30 g of salt, 50 9 of crab j extra flavor, 60 g of potato starch, 20 9 of wheat starch, i 100 9 of egg white and 700 9 of ice water were added and vigorously stirred for 15 minutes in a small-sized cutting ~ mixex to prepare a minced fish meat paste containing crab i meat. This paste was packed in a casing with a diameter of `~ 15 mm and a length o 20 cm and heated in hot water at 30C
for 20 minutes. Then, the casing film was removed to obtain a minced fish meat gel containing crab meat.
This gel was then put into a barrel having a diameter of 17 mm and a depth of 25 cm and equipped with a die having -a diameter of 17 mm and 90 orifices having a diameter of 105 ~ ~ mm, and extruded under a pressure of 5 kg/cm2 in a manner ¦ ~o similar to that in the preparation of "tokoroten" (gelidi~m jelly). Monascus pigment was then applied to the surface of , .
the extruded gel and cut into a length of 10 cm before being heated in a steamer at 90C for 10 minutes. The product thus obtained was similar to the leg meat of a crab in elasticity, fibrous texture, flavor and external appearance.
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seasoning), 40 9 of egg white, 15 g of sugar and ~00 g of ice water were added and vigorously stirred for 30 minutes in a stirrer to prepare a fish meat paste. This paste was molded into a piece with a diameter of 80 mm and a thickness of 15 mm, which was then allowed to stand for 24 hours at l 10C so as to become a gel.
-'~ The obtained gel was then put into a barrel having a diameter of 80 mm and a depth of 20 mm and equipped with a `I die with 1300 square orifices having a diameter of 1.5 mm, 1 10 and extruded while being pressed under a pressure of 5 ~-~
kg/cm . After the surface of the extruded gel had been ~!~ rubbed by hand, the gel was heated in a steamer at 90C for 20 minutes. the paste product thus obtained had the external appe~rance of a chrysanthemum.
Example 4 To a mixture of 700 g of chicken and 300 g of minced walleye pollack meat, 20 g of salt, 60 9 of lard, 40 9 of wheat starch, spices ~1.5 g of white pepper, 1 g of nutmeg, . , ~- 0.9 9 of onion and 0.2 9 of ginger), 20 g of sugar, 10 g of -`
beef extract and 5 9 of monosodium glutamate were added and vigorously stirred in a cutting mixer to prepare a uniform chicken paste. This paste was molded into a piece having a ~`~
- diameter of 60 mm and a thickness of 12 mm, and heated in a `-steamer at 35C ~or 15 minutes to become a gel.
The obtained gel was then put into a barrel having a diameter of 60 mm and a depth of 15 mm and equipped with a `~
die with 85 orifices having a diameter of 5 mm, and extruded while being pressed under a pressure of 4 kg/cm2. The '~ ~'} , , ., ~

extruded gel was heated in a frying pan so as to be roasted.
the product thus obtained was a hamburger steak-like food in which relatively thick fibers were bound to each other.
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To 2000 g of minced walleye pollack meat, 40 9 of salt, 40 g of scallop extra flavor, 80 g of potato starch and 1000 g of ice water were added and vigorously stirred in a stirrer for 40 minutes to prepare a minced fish meat I paste. This paste was molded into a piece with a diameter :-.~ 10 of 35 mm and a thickness of 15 mm, and heated in a steamer -i at 40C ~or 8 minutes to become a gel. the obtained gel was ~1 .
~`1 then put into a barrel having a diameter of 35 mm and a ~¦ depth of 20 mm and equipped with a die having a diameter of 1 35 mm and provided with 500 orifices with a cirsular cross -: 15 section arranged in a staggered pattern and having an :-orifice diameter of 1.0 mm, and then extruded while being ; pressed under a pressure of 5 kg/cm2. The extruded gel was ,~. :
compressed and bound into a bundle, which was then heated in a steamer at 85C for 10 minutes. The product thus obtained had a honeycomb cros~ section; and the flavor and external appearance of the product were similar to those of the eye ~ of a scallop. In addition, the product had a smooth texture .~ such as that of the eye of a scallop.
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shown in Fig. 2. The obtained product had a fibrous texture and was mild as a whole.
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in Fig. 2 was prepared by carrying out the same method as that shown in Example 5 except for employing a die E-l as I shown in Fig. 2. The obtained product had a fibrous texture ¦ and was mild as a whole.
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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A textured proteinaceous food produced in such a manner that a marine animal meat, a domestic animal meat or a mixture thereof is heated or allowed to stand at room temperature or under cooling so as to gel to such an extent that the meat material does not lose its binding ability, the material in this gel state is then extruded under pressure from a die having a plurality of orifices, and the extruded pieces are bound together into a single mass, said binding being performed by the binding ability of the extruded pieces without using a binder.

2. A food according to claim 1, wherein said marine animal meat is either raw or minced.

3. A food according to claim 2, wherein said minced meat is a minced fish meat.
4. A food according to claim 1, wherein said meat material is a marine animal meat.
5. A food according to claim 1 having a honeycomb cross section.

6. A food according to claim 1 having a cross-sectional pattern defined by ovals or elongated rectangles which are arranged in a concentric pattern or a parallel straight line pattern or a parallel curved line pattern.
7. A process for manufacturing a textured proteinaceous food having a unique texture which comprises heating or allowing to stand at room temperature or under cooling to gel a marine animal meat, a domestic animal meat or a mixture thereof to such an extent that the meat material does not lose its binding ability, extruding the gelled material under pressure through a die having a predetermined configuration and a predetermined number of orifices and binding the extruded pieces into a single mass by the binding ability without use of a binder.
8. A process for preparing a textured proteinaceous food product comprising the steps of:
(a) shaping a material selected from the group consisting of a marine animal meat, a domestic animal meat and mixtures thereof to form a shaped material;
(b) gelling said shaped material by heating or allowing it to stand at room temperature or under cooling to gel the material to such an extent that the shaped material in this gel state can then be extruded and such that the material retains its binding activity; and then (c) extruding the shaped material while in the gel state under pressure through a die having a plurality of orifices into pieces and immediately binding said pieces into a single mass having a predetermined cross-sectional pattern, said binding being performed by the binding ability of the shaped material without using a binder.

9. The process according to claim 8, in which the shaped material is heated in step (b) at a temperature ranging from 25° to 100°C for 1 to 90 minutes.

10. A process according to claim 8, in which the shaped material is gelled in step (b) and left to stand at a temperature ranging from 0° to 25°C for less than about 24 hours.

11. A process according to claim 8, in which the die orifices are circular or oval in shape and are arrayed in a hexagonal arrangement.

12. A process according to claim 8, in which the die orifices are oval or rectangular in shape and are arrayed in a straight, curved-line or concentric arrangement.
13. A process according to claim 8, wherein said die has a ratio of the total area of orifices ranging from 40%
to 75% based on the overall area of said die.
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