Chia seed derived products and the process thereof
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsAndrea M. Liceaga, José Eleazar Aguilar Toalá, Uriel Urbizo-Reyes
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Abstract
The present application relates generally to a process of manufacturing a plurality of products from chia seeds. The process comprises socking chia seeds in a large volume of water for a period of time followed by sonication at an elevated temperature to remove the soluble fiber, the mucilage of chia seeds using vacuum filtration. The oil component is extracted from mucilage removed chia seeds and the leftover is hydrolyzed in presence of an enzyme to afford a product of protein hydrolysates and a product of insoluble fiber of chia seeds. Both the process and the products are within the scope of this application.
Claims7
A process for manufacturing a plurality of products from chia seeds comprising the steps of:
- a. soaking chia seeds in about 10 to 20 volumes of water for a period of time;
- b. sonicating soaked chia seeds using 75% power input for about 5 minutes at an elevated temperature to afford a mixture;
- c. separating chia seeds from said mixture by vacuum filtration to afford a solution, which is lyophilized to afford a mucilage product of chia seeds, a soluble fiber product;
- d. drying and defatting mucilage-removed chia seeds;
- e. hydrolyzing the defatted chia seeds in an aqueous solution in presence an enzyme;
- wherein the defatted chia seeds do not comprise mucilage;
- and
- wherein the protein hydrolysate of chia seeds is resolved into a plurality of fractions comprising biologically active peptides having a sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8.
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