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Animal Protein — Substitutes and Extenders¹

University of Missouri, Columbia 65201

Abstract

Conceived for convenience and natured by necessity, substitutes and extenders for animal protein now stand at the threshold of their greatest growth. This growth will take place in two major areas each directed towards meeting the specific needs of the consumer — the leisure-oriented citizen of the affluent nations and the protein-deficient inhabitant of the developing countries.

Several surveys have repeatedly pointed out that most men and women do not ingest nutrients, they consume food. With this in mind the basic objective should be to make (fabricate or design) foods that will appeal to the consumer and will be accepted and consumed by him. The acceptance will vary from country to country and from region to region within a certain country depending on desires of needs of individuals.

These fabricated or designed foods are most often referred to the U.S. as "convenience foods." Such foods are defined simply as those "to which services have been added to the basic ingredient to reduce the amount of preparation required in the home" (U.S.D.A., 1965).

¹ Invitational paper presented at the Symposium on Foods of Animal Origin: Current Appraisal and Future Outlook, held during the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science, College Park, Maryland, July 28 to 31, 1974.