Enriched root powder products and methods of producing thereof
AssigneeThermoLife International, LLC
InventorsRonald Kramer, Alexandros Nikolaidis
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods of enriching root powder products, for example beetroot powder. In particular, the methods relates to increasing the nitrate content and/or reducing the sugar content of the root powder product. The disclosure also relates to root powder products with increased with at least 3% nitrate.
Claims25
A method of increasing nitrate content and reducing sugar content in dried beetroot product, the method comprising:
- mixing dried beetroot product with an extraction mixture comprising an alcohol and an acid, wherein the alcohol is a low molecular weight alcohol that is liquid at room temperature;
- steeping the mixture of the dried beetroot product and the extraction mixture to produce a steeped mixture;
- filtering the steeped mixture to produce a filtered product;
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- drying the filtered product to produce a dried filtered product, wherein the nitrate content of the dried filtered product is greater than the nitrate content of the dried beetroot product and the sugar content of the dried filtered product is less than the sugar content of the dried beetroot product.
An enriched beetroot powder, wherein the nitrate content of the beetroot powder is at least 3% by weight of naturally occurring inorganic nitrate (NO3—) present in the beetroot, and wherein the sugar content of the beetroot powder is less than 70% by weight.
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