Jiangnan University's "Key Technologies and Equipment for High-Quality Vegetable Protein Meat Manufacturing" project passed the appraisal

Our reporter Wang Wei

On August 2, the "Key Technologies and Equipment for Manufacturing High-Quality Vegetable Protein Meat" completed by the team of Academician Chen Jian from the Future Food Science Center of Jiangnan University passed the achievement appraisal organized by the China National Light Industry Federation in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

The experts participating in the appraisal meeting have a strong lineup, including domestic experts and scholars in food processing, biological fermentation and other fields

Project technical appraisal meeting site

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

At this stage, the plant protein meat system equipment lacks fiber refined dismantling equipment, and it is impossible to 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.

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

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are that the current production and application of vegetable protein meat is faced with extensive manufacturing, outdated processing technology, insufficient flavor and taste, and product simulation.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 introduced that in the long run, plant-based food represented by vegetable protein meat is an important way to realize the green and low-carbon development of the food industry

Based on this, plant-based food may become the mainstream direction of future food industry development, and will rely on "green bio-manufacturing + advanced food manufacturing" to develop in a safer, more nutritious, more delicious and more sustainable direction

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