Back to results
US 12,653,212 B2Granted
Ultraviolet treatment of transformed coleoptera larvae for vitamin D3 enrichment
AssigneeNutri'earth
InventorsJérémy Defrize, Charles-Antoine Destailleur, Thomas Dormigny
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a beetle powder comprising a light treatment step in which at least one light source emits ultraviolet radiation toward transformed beetle larvae.
Claims23
A process for preparing a vitamin D3-fortified beetle powder comprising:
- transforming beetle larvae by slaughtering, dehydrating, and grinding the beetle larvae to produce a dry powder;
- and
- a light treatment in which at least one light source emits ultraviolet radiation toward the dry powder to increase a concentration of vitamin D3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.