Apparatus and method for processing organic bamboo leaf extract products
OwnerLouise Wilkie, Jacqueline Wilkieinventors
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Abstract
The embodiments disclose a method including harvesting fresh bamboo leaves from an organic certified bamboo forest, using hot air to sterilize and dry bamboo leaves, shredding and packing the dry bamboo leaves, mixing sterilized water steam and the shredded dry bamboo leaves for extracting the dry bamboo leaves essence into a bamboo leaf condensate, filtering the bamboo leaf condensate through sterile filters and devices, mixing in purified water and additives to the filtered bamboo leaf condensate for creating bamboo leaf extract based products for human consumption and use, and packaging the bamboo leaf extract based products including bottled beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and foods, food additives and dietary supplements.
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A method, comprising:
- harvesting bamboo leaves from a bamboo forest;
- using hot air to sterilize the bamboo leaves in a step for drying the harvested bamboo leaves;
- shredding and packing the dry bamboo leaves;
- mixing sterilized water steam vapor and the shredded dry bamboo leaves for extracting a dry bamboo leaves essence into a bamboo leaf extract condensate;
- filtering the bamboo leaf condensate;
- mixing in purified water with the filtered bamboo leaf condensate;
- creating bamboo leaf extract based products from the mixed, filtered bamboo leaf condensate selected from the group consisting of bottled beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, foods, food additives and dietary supplements;
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- packaging the created bamboo leaf extract based products.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a bamboo leaves drying machine for sterilizing and drying bamboo leaves;
- a bamboo leaves shredder hammer mill for shredding the dried bamboo leaves;
- an extraction machine for extracting the shredded, dried bamboo leaves and mixing the leaves with sterilized water steam vapor for providing an extracted bamboo leaf essence;
- a bamboo leaf essence vapor condensing device for condensed bamboo leaf essence vapors;
- a condensate collection tank for collecting the condensed bamboo leaf essence vapors;
- an aseptic filler for filling the bamboo leaf extract condensate into aseptic bags placed in a drum;
- a sieves tower filtration device for filtering the bamboo leaf extract condensate and optionally collecting quality control samples;
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- a bamboo water bottling system for bottling filtered bamboo leaf extract condensate based beverages.
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