Systems and methods for making spent grain dough products
OwnerThomas Brown, Mark Allgeierinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for the production of dough and bread products made at least in part of spent brewer's grain. The spent grain is removed from a brewing or distilling process, dried, frozen, and then further processed into a spent grain dough product. More specifically, the invention relates to the systems and methods for making frozen pizza dough balls composed at least in part of grain products that have been used in the process of brewing beer or distilling sprits such as whiskey.
Claims23
A method for producing spent grain dough products comprising:
- a. receiving spent grain yielded from an alcoholic beverage production process;
- b. drying the spent grain;
- c. cooling the spent grain during the drying process;
- d. freezing the spent grain after the drying process has been completed;
- e. combining the spent grain with a composition of dry goods and at least one solvent to form a dough mixture;
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- f. freezing the dough mixture.
A method for producing spent grain products comprising:
- a. receiving spent grain yielded from an alcoholic beverage production process;
- b. freezing the spent grain;
- c. combining the spent grain with a composition of dry goods and at least one solvent to form a dough mixture;
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- d. freezing the dough mixture.
A method for processing spent grain generated as a by-product in an alcoholic beverage making process, comprising:
- a. producing in a mashing process, a mash grain product comprising a mixture of at least one type of grain and a liquid;
- b. rinsing the mash grain product with a heated liquid to extract sugars from the grain, resulting in a wort mixture for use in the production of alcoholic beverages, and spent grain;
- c. separating the wort mixture from the spent grain;
- d. rinsing the remaining spent grain with a cool liquid to cool the spent grain to a desired condition;
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- e. storing the spent grain for use in further processing to make a spent grain food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.