How to Plant-based Meat Alternative Production

What You Need to Know

These techniques include extrusion, texturization, emulsification, fermentation, and dehydration, which involve complex chemical reactions and physical transformations, such as Maillard reaction, gelatinization, starch retrogradation, protein denaturation, and microbial fermentation.

Steps

1. 1.

   Beyond Burger (United States): Creates meat-like texture through pea protein extrusion

2. 2.

   Tempeh Rendang (Indonesia): Fermentation binds soybeans into meaty texture

3. 3.

   Seitan Shawarma (Middle East): Wheat gluten development mimics meat fibers

The Science

Primary Reaction

Maillard reaction, gelatinization, starch retrogradation, protein denaturation, microbial fermentation

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