| abstract |
The invention relates to a shaped vegetarian casing-less smoked sausage comprising: a) 30-80 wt.% water; b) 5-35 wt.% oil; c) 2-25 wt.% protein selected from algal protein, bacterial protein, dairy protein, egg protein, fungal protein, plant protein, and combinations thereof; d) 0-40 wt.% of one or more particulate ingredients selected from herbs, spices, vegetables and combinations thereof; wherein the vegetarian sausage comprises less than 5 vol.% air bodies having an equivalent spherical diameter or more than 30 microns, as determined by means of micro computed tomography. |