Flours produced from fungus myceliated grain
AssigneeBlazei Brazil Ltda.
InventorsHaroldo Cesar Bezerra De Oliveira, Soraia Cristina Britto De Oliveira, John Kennedy Pinho Santos
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present patent relates to a method for producing flours from grain myceliated with macroscopic fungi (mushrooms). These flours can be used to prepare food for human consumption, such as bread and biscuits, and for animal consumption, such as fodder. Active principles (ergosterol, beta glucan, linoleic and oleic acids, lectins), enzymes, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, mineral salts, inter alia, can also be extracted from these flours for use in the chemical, foodstuff and cosmetic industries, for producing phytotherapeutic agents, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper products, pharmaceuticals and fodder for animals.
Claims10
Process for producing myceliated flour, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- a. preparing a growth medium for fungus growth;
- b. inoculating the fungus in the growth medium;
- c. grow in culture for 15 to 40 days at a temperature of 15 to 35° C.;
- d. preparing matrix grains for inoculation of fungi by:
- (i) soaking grains in water for 3 to 15 h, or alternatively boiling the grains for 10 to 20 minutes (ii) storing the grains in a suitable container to ¾ of the volume, (iii) sterilizing the grains in a medium designed to be used with food products (iv) cooling the grains;
- e. Inoculating matrix grains with 0.5 to 2 cm2 of the mycelium grown in the growth medium;
- f. Closing the container and incubating at a temperature between 15 and 35° C. for 15 to 40 days;
- g. Inoculating the grains with fungi obtained in step “f”;
- h. Incubating at a temperature between 15 and 35° C. for 15 to 40 days;
- i. dehydrating the myceliated grains until they are completely dry;
- j. milling the dried grains to produce flour.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.