De-oiling for plant-based protein extraction
AssigneeNutriati, Inc.
InventorsMichael A Spinelli, Krisan Singh, Reinhold Brand
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Abstract
A method and system provides for for de-oiling and extracting protein from chickpeas prior to generating chickpea protein concentrate. The method and system includes receiving a chickpea flour generated from the chickpeas, including having cortex material removed from the chickpeas and generating an ethanol mixture by mixing the chickpea flour with ethanol to remove at least a portion of the oil content from the chickpea flour. The method and system includes separating the ethanol mixture into a de-oiled chickpea flour and an ethanol recycling stream having organics from the chickpea flour absorbed therein. Therein, the method and system includes extracting a protein concentrate from the de-oiled flour.
Claims20
A method for de-oiling and extracting protein from chickpeas prior to generating chickpea protein concentrate, the method comprising:
- receiving a chickpea flour generated from the chickpeas, including having cortex material removed from the chickpeas;
- generating an ethanol mixture by mixing the chickpea flour with ethanol to remove at least a portion of the oil content from the chickpea flour;
- separating the ethanol mixture into a de-oiled chickpea flour and an ethanol recycling stream having organics from the chickpea flour absorbed therein;
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- extracting a protein concentrate from the de-oiled flour.
A system for de-oiling and extracting protein from chickpeas prior to generating chickpea protein concentrate, the system comprising:
- a mixing device receiving a chickpea flour generated from the chickpeas, including having cortex material removed from the chickpeas and generating an ethanol mixture by mixing the chickpea flour with ethanol to remove at least a portion of the oil content from the chickpea flour;
- a separating device separating the ethanol mixture into a de-oiled chickpea flour and an ethanol recycling stream having organics from the chickpea flour absorbed therein;
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- an extraction device extracting a protein concentrate from the de-oiled flour.
A method for removing oil content from a plant-based source material and extracting protein therefrom, the method comprising:
- milling the plant-based source material to generate milled flour;
- generating an ethanol mixture by mixing the milled flour with ethanol to remove at least a portion of the oil content therefrom;
- separating the ethanol mixture into a de-oiled flour and an ethanol recycling stream;
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- milling the de-oiled flour to generate milled de-oiled flour;
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- generating a protein concentrate from the milled flour using an air classifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.