Hemp seed extract
AssigneeOHLY GmbH
InventorsDominik Spickermann, Catharina Kleist, Loi Gia Tu, Mathilde van Rheenen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a hemp seed extract that is useful as a flavoring composition in food and beverages. The method does not involve the use of re-agents that would impair the taste of the resulting extract, in particular organic solvents. The invention also relates to a hemp seed extract that can be prepared by use of the process of the invention. The invention also relates to the use of the hemp seed extract of the invention as a flavoring composition, in particular in food and beverages. Finally, the invention also relates to foods or beverages comprising a hemp seed extract of the invention.
Claims19
A method for preparing a hemp seed extract suitable for use in a food or beverage product, said method comprising:
- (a) providing a mechanically disintegrated hemp seed material having a fat content of at least 15% (w/w);
- (b) incubating the hemp seed material at a temperature of ≥80° C. and a pH of ≤5.0, for at least two hours to release proteins;
- (c) incubating the hemp seed material with one or more proteases to decompose the released proteins;
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- (d) reducing the fat content of the hemp seed material obtained from step (c) to obtain a hemp seed extract,
- wherein the method does not involve the incubation of the hemp seed material with an organic solvent.
A method for preparing a hemp seed extract suitable for use in a food or beverage product, said method comprising:
- (a) providing a mechanically disintegrated hemp seed material having a fat content of at least 15% (w/w);
- (b) incubating the hemp seed material at a temperature of ≥80° C. and a pH of ≤5.0, for at least two hours to release proteins, wherein the hemp seed material is reduced to the pH≤5.0 using citric acid;
- (c) incubating the released proteins with one or more proteases to decompose the released proteins;
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- (d) reducing the fat content of the hemp seed material obtained from step (c) to obtain a hemp seed extract,
- wherein the method does not involve the incubation of the hemp seed material with an organic solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.