Methylcellulose Amount

Hi all,

I recently purchased methylcellulose f50 to act as a binder for a textured vegetable protein based patty.

When using it as a binder for this purpose (not a liquid) what is the best way to mix it in and how much should I use? I am looking for a springy meat-like texture.

Should I hydrate it in water or add as a powder to the hydrated textured vegetable protein?

Also, what percentage should I use and what should I base that on? Ie, if my blend, including TVP and other components totals 453g, should the powder weight of the methylcellulose be 1% (4.53g) or so of that?

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bkeene12

When I experimented, I threw some of my veg in the Vitamix with a bit of water and added the f50 at this stage. Then I folded some of this into my brunoise veg and formed my patties. I was not a big fan. As for qty, you def have to play around to figure out where you want it to be. I could never find a good balance. I'd either end up with something the consistency of Slime or a rubber puck (which was like chewing on rubber bands). I had some folks recommend using A15C or A4C instead. Never bothered to try again.

Lou_34544

Interesting. Beyond and Impossible both use methylcellulose and have a nice texture but I’m not sure which version they are using. Do you recall the percentage amount you used?

I’m also considering using sticky rice or glutinous rice flour as a binder.

FrankM_3301

Have you considered this?

bkeene12

Honestly Lou, I can't remember what percentages I tried. Be sure to post some pics of your results. I'd be curious to see how well the rice flour performed.

bkeene12

I messed with that one! I took the the bean paste with the Activa RM and ran it through my meat grinder as I wanted to get some more structure. It looked like fresh ground beef. Then I lightly mixed this with the bean paste and made my roll. It was okay but now that I've had the Beyond and Impossible burgers this one doesn't shine like it used to.

dbrosenman

Check this out might help...1000g of water to 30g of methocel f50

https://youtu.be/Cmy5crudFIc?si=WjJL7dLXBwxYLBAQ