FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING HEAT TREATED ALGAE

The present invention relates generally to the field of food compositions comprising algae. In particular, the present invention relates to a food composition comprising algae which are heat treated to reduce unwanted off-flavors. The algae may be algae from the Chlorella genus. For example, the alg...

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Hauptverfasser: MERZ, Michael, AUDOUIN, Valérie, Patricia, Mauricette, Marie, WIDMER, Christoph, Thomas, SABOUNDJIAN, Madleen, BULDER, Roosmarijn, Fleur, SEVERIN, India, C
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates generally to the field of food compositions comprising algae. In particular, the present invention relates to a food composition comprising algae which are heat treated to reduce unwanted off-flavors. The algae may be algae from the Chlorella genus. For example, the algae may be Chlorella vulgaris. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method to reduce the off-taste of an algae containing composition comprising a heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment comprises a primary heat treatment at a temperature in the range of about 130-160° C. and a secondary heat treatment at a temperature in the range of about 90-150° C.