Processes for products from lotus
OwnerKaren M. Slimakinventor
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Abstract
A variety of different food products, prepared from lotus, arrowhead and buckbean varieties of the families Nymphaeaceae, Alismateceae and Gentianaceae, is substituted for wheat and other grains, milk, eggs, and a partial substitute for nuts.
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A non-grain edible flour possessing the ability to maintain a risen structure in the absence of grain flour, legume flour, or added fiber, said non-grain edible flour consisting essentially of comminuted particles of the entire lotus including substantially all of the starch and fiber content of the lotus, comminuted to a size so that all of said particle pass through a screen of 0.02 inch mesh, wherein said flour has a moisture content of less than 20% by weight.
A non-grain edible flour of lotus of family Nymphaeaceae, wherein the flour consists essentially of the entire lotus, including all of the starch and fiber portions of said lotus, comminuted to a size so that said entire comminuted lotus will pass through a screen of 0.02 inch mesh, said flour having a moisture content of less than 20% by weight.
A non-grain edible flour of arrowhead of family Alismataceae wherein the flour consists essentially of the entire arrowhead including all of the starch and fiber portions of said arrowhead, comminuted to a size so that said entire comminuted arrowhead will pass through a screen of 0.02 inch mesh, said flour having a moisture content of less than 20% by weight.
A non-grain edible arrowhead flour possessing the ability to maintain a risen structure in the absence of grain flour, legume flour, or added fiber, said non-grain edible flour consisting essentially of comminuted particles of the entire arrowhead including substantially all of the starch and fiber content of the arrowhead, comminuted to a size so that all of said particles pass through a screen of 0.02 inch mesh, wherein said flour has a moisture content of less than 20% by weight.
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