Systems and methods for extracting and isolating purified wheat embryo products
AssigneesArdent Mills, LLC, Tritica Biosciences, LLC
InventorChris Miller
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Abstract
Methods for producing a purified wheat embryo product are disclosed. In one embodiment, producing a purified wheat embryo product includes the steps of: accelerating a plurality of wheat berries toward an impact surface, impacting each of the plurality of wheat berries against the impact surface, dislodging at least some of the wheat embryos from the wheat berries in response to the impacting step such that the dislodged embryos are intact, and separating the dislodged wheat embryos from the bran and the endosperm to produce an intermediate purified wheat embryo product.
Claims13
A method for producing a wheat embryo product, the method comprising the steps of:
- adjusting a moisture content of a plurality of wheat berries to a predetermined moisture level of 11 to 18 wt.%, each of the wheat berries comprising a wheat embryo, bran, and endosperm, wherein each of the wheat berries has a long axis extending between a first end and a second end, the wheat embryo being disposed at the first end;
- accelerating the plurality of wheat berries toward an impact surface;
- impacting each of the plurality of wheat berries against the impact surface with an impact speed selected from 29 to 86 m/s;
- prior to the impacting step, orienting the wheat berries such that each wheat berry impacts the impact surface at the first end or the second end;
- in response to the impacting step, dislodging at least some of the wheat embryos from the wheat berries such that the dislodged embryos are intact;
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- separating the dislodged wheat embryos from the bran and the endosperm to produce a wheat embryo product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.