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US 2025/0081987 A1Published application
Sunflower seed protein concentrate and process for production
AssigneeLouis Dreyfus Company Plant Proteins LLC
InventorsPrasanth Kumar Sasidharan Pillai, Manoj Kumar
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Abstract
Provided herein are Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates with novel characteristics, processes for producing Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates and methods of using the Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates disclosed.
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A sunflower seed protein concentrate process comprising:
- a. extracting in 30-70% ethanol in water (by volume) from de-oiled, desolvented sunflower seed flour having ≤3% oil, the extraction comprising the parameters of:
- i) maintaining a temperature of 30-62° C.,
- ii) at a pH range of pH 4-7.
- b. removing the ethanol from the sunflower protein concentrate and water;
- c. optionally washing the sunflower protein concentrate with water at pH 4-6, then diluting the sunflower protein concentrate with water at pH 7 to create a slurry and homogenizing said slurry,
- d. optionally sterilizing and/or pasteurizing the wet sunflower protein concentrate, and
- e. drying the wet sunflower protein concentrate to a moisture range of 4-10%.
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