The core technology of domestic plant meat is internationally leading

News from this newspaper (Reporter Wang Wei) Recently, the "Key Technology and Equipment for High-quality Vegetable Protein Meat Manufacturing" project completed by the team of Academician Chen Jian from the Future Food Science Center of Jiangnan University passed the result appraisal organized by the China National Light Industry Federation in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

The appraisal was conducted by Yue Guojun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as the chairman, and Xie Mingyong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as the deputy chairman.

Under the pressure of resource overload and environmental pollution, and in the trend of green, low-carbon, and the pursuit of health, vegetable protein meat products have received more and more attention at home and abroad in recent years

Plant protein meat buns, meat dumplings and other plant protein meat products show

From the current stage, the plant protein meat system equipment lacks fiber fine dismantling equipment, which cannot achieve complete and precise dismantling of the fiber group, resulting in the problems of insufficient fiber structure, loose texture and insufficient toughness

In response to the above problems, the project designed and developed a vegetable protein meat production line including four production units: preparation unit, wire removal unit, batching unit, and molding unit.

Chen Jian, the project leader and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said in an interview with reporters that the key technical problems restricting the development of the vegetable protein meat industry are that the current production and application of vegetable protein meat is faced with extensive manufacturing, outdated processing technology, insufficient flavor and taste, and product simulation.

Chen Jian believes that in the long run, plant-based food represented by plant protein meat is an important way to achieve green and low-carbon development of the food industry

"China Food News" (August 17, 2022 Edition 04)

(Editor-in-charge: Gao Na)