US 11,998,029 B2 · Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects, and the soft part is then separated into three fractions

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for treating insects, comprising the separation of the cuticles from the soft part of the insects, followed by the separation of the soft part of the insects into an oil fraction, a solid fraction and an aqueous fraction. The invention further relates to powders, in particular a powder obtainable by the method of treating insects according to the invention, and to the use of these powders in food.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A process for treating insects comprising the following steps:

separating the cuticles from the soft part of the insects using a separator and without any prior step of grinding the insects, then
separating the soft part of the insects into a fat fraction, a solid fraction, and an aqueous fraction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/473,871Filed 10 Mar 2017

Priority

FR 166347828 Dec 2016

Published

US 2019/0343150 A114 Nov 2019

Granted

4 Jun 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A23K 20/147
Amino acids; Derivatives thereof: polymeric derivatives, e.g. peptides or proteins
A23D 9/02
Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils: characterised by the production or working-up
A23J 3/04
Working-up of proteins for foodstuffs: animal proteins
A23K 10/20
Animal feeding-stuffs: from material of animal origin

Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects, and the soft part is then separated into three fractions

Life of this patent

Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects, and the soft part is then separated into three fractions

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Abstract

Claims12