Demucilaged flax sprouts and their by-product as well as production and application thereof
AssigneeBiogreen A/S
InventorFerenc Föglein
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Abstract
The present invention relates to demucilaged flax sprouts derived from flaxseeds freed of their mucilage. The flax sprouts according to the invention are easily digestible and can be utilized in different fields, e.g. in food industry, therapy and hus-handry. The invention also relates to the production process and applications of the demucilaged flax sprouts. The present invention further relates to a process for recovering mucilaginous substance generated as a by-product in the production process as well as to various applications thereof.
Claims16
Mucilage-free flax sprouts obtained from completely demucilaged, subsequently sterilized and sprouted flaxseeds.
A process for preparation of mucilage-free flax sprouts comprising the steps of:
- (i) treating flaxseeds with an aqueous enzyme solution containing at least one pectinolytic enzyme and cellulolytic enzyme and optionally a proteolytic enzyme;
- (ii) removing the mucilaginous material separated from the surface of flaxseeds during step (i);
- (iii) washing flaxseeds obtained on this manner to be demucilaged;
- (iv) sterilizing the flaxseeds obtained in step (iii);
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- (v) sprouting the sterilized flaxseeds.
A process for the recovery of mucilaginous material separated during enzymatic treatment of flaxseeds characterized in that a gel-like mucilaginous material separating form the surface of flaxseeds treated in an aqueous enzyme solution containing at least one proteolytic enzyme and cellulolytic enzyme and optionally a proteolytic enzyme is precipitated with an organic solvent suitable for precipitation of polysaccharides, dehydrated, dried and pulverized.
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