Cranberry seed oil, cranberry seed flour and a method for making
OwnerTim Heeg, Bernard G. Lager IIinventors
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Abstract
The present invention includes a cranberry seed oil, a cranberry flour and a method for making cranberry seed oil and flour. The cranberry seed oil comprises beta sitosterol and phosphatidylcholine.
Claims22
A cranberry oil, comprising:
- beta sitosterol and phosphatidylcholine.
A method for making cranberry oil, comprising:
- providing cranberry seeds;
- and
- extracting oil from the seeds at a temperature that does not exceed about 125 degrees F.
A composition comprising cranberry oil and another seed oil or non-oil nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or food product.
A composition comprising cranberry oil and cranberry flour.
A method for treating burns comprising providing a blend of cranberry oil and saw palmetto and applying the blend to a burned area.
A cranberry flour, comprising:
- insoluble fiber in a concentration of about 40 to 50% by weight of the flour.
A method for reducing waste products in a cranberry juicing process, comprising:
- extracting cranberry juice from solid cranberry material, comprising cranberry seeds and cranberry pulp;
- passing the solid cranberry material through an extraction wherein oil is extracted from seeds in the cranberry material at a temperature that does not exceed about 125 degrees F.;
- and
- recovering a flour formed after oil extraction from the cranberry seeds and cranberry pulp.
The method of claim 22 wherein for every 100 lbs of flour and oil recovered, about 10 to 50 lbs are oil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.