Agents for reducing metal content in food products and methods related thereto
AssigneeAxiom Foods, Inc.
InventorRobert E. Cadwalader
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Abstract
Some embodiments relate to metal binding agents and chelators for preparing food products (including nutritional supplements) from vegetable and plant sources for the reduction of heavy metal content. In some embodiments, the plant sources include rice. In some embodiments, when bound or complexed to a metal to be removed, the metal binding agents and chelators are can be separated (e.g., filtered, etc.) from the food material during processing. In some embodiments, the metal binding agents and chelators are organic certifiable.
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A method for preparing an organic food product with reduced heavy metal content, the method comprising:
- adding an organic certified or organic certifiable binding agent to an organic food product that contains a heavy metal;
- allowing the binding agent to bind to the heavy metal;
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- separating the binding agent from the food product by filtering the binding agent away from the food product to prepare the organic food product with reduced heavy metal content;
- wherein the food product is not a whole grain product;
- wherein the binding agent comprises charcoal or activated carbon.
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A composition comprising a plant protein isolate or concentrate comprising a heavy metal bound to one or more of an organic certified or organic certifiable binding agent and/or an organic certified or organic certifiable chelator;
- wherein the binding agent comprises charcoal.
An intermediate in the production of a nutritional supplement, the intermediate comprising a plant protein isolate or concentrate comprising a heavy metal bound to one or more of an organic certified or organic certifiable binding agent and/or an organic certified or organic certifiable chelator;
- wherein the binding agent comprises charcoal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.