Extrusion

The required raw material properties and the mechanisms behind fibrous structure formation during high moisture extrusion cooking to produce plant/single cell based meat analogues are not sufficiently understood. This research explores tools for rapid screening of raw materials, emerging raw materials from microalgae and hybrid products.

Enlarged view: In situ studies of plant-based meat analog texturization
In situ studies of plant-based meat analog texturization.  Guan, Sägesser et al. Food Hydrocolloids 155 (2024) 110215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110215
Enlarged view: Application of a shear cell for the simulation of extrusion to test the structurability of raw materials
Application of a shear cell for the simulation of extrusion to test the structurability of raw materials.  Sägesser et al. Food Hydrocolloids 160 (2025) 110736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110736
Enlarged view: Extruded meat analogues based on yellow, heterotrophically cultivated Auxenochlorella protothecoides microalgae
Extruded meat analogues based on yellow, heterotrophically cultivated Auxenochlorella protothecoides microalgae.  Caporgno, Böcker et al. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 59 (2020) 102275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2019.102275
Enlarged view: Structurability of microalgae, soy and pea protein for extruded high-moisture meat analogues
Structurability of microalgae, soy and pea protein for extruded high-moisture meat analogues.  Sägesser et al. Food Hydrocolloids 156 (2024) 110290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110290

Selected publications

C. Sägesser1, T. Mair1, J. Dumpler, A. Braun, P. Fischer, A. Mathys (2025). Application of a shear cell for thesimulation of extrusion to test the structurability of raw materials. Food Hydrocolloids, 160, 110736. external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110736

C. Sägesser, J. M. Kallfelz, S. Boulos, J. Dumpler, L. Böcker, T. Mair, L. Nyström, A. Mathys (2024). Structurabilityof microalgae, soy and pea protein for extruded high-moisture meat analgoues. Food Hydrocolloids, 156,110290. external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110290

T. Guan1,C. Sägesser1, R. Villiger, L. Zychowski, J. Kohlbrecher, J. Dumpler, A. Mathys, P. Rühs, P. Fischer, O.Matsarskaia (2024). In situ studies of plant-based meat analog texturization. Food Hydrocolloids, 155, 110215.external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110215

Caporgno, M.1, Böcker, L1., Müssner, C.,  Stirnemann, E.,  Haberkorn, I., Adelmann, H.,  Handschin, S.,  Windhab, E.J.  and  Mathys, A. 2020. Extruded meat analogues based on yellow, heterotrophically cultivated Auxenochlorella protothecoides microalgae. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 59, 102275. external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2019.102275

Smetana S., Mathys A., Knoch A. & Heinz V. (2015). Meat Alternatives: Life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 20(9), 1254-1267. external page https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-015-0931-6

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