US 5,846,593 AGranted

Food materials containing sesaminol triglucoside derived from sesame seeds

AssigneesTakemoto Yushi Kabushiki Kaisha, Corunum Corporation

InventorsMasato Sugiura, Masanori Inayoshi, Shigeo Sakurai, Kenichi Iguchi, Toshihiko Osawa

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Abstract

A food material containing sesaminol triglucoside by at least 3.0 mm per 1 g of its dry component is obtained by subjecting dehulled sesame seeds to an extraction process at an extraction temperature below 120.degree. C. with aliphatic hydrocarbon as extraction solvent to obtain a solution, removing the solution to obtain a solid which contains the extraction solvent by less than 10 weight %, adding water to this solid to obtain a water-containing object, and removing the residual solvent from this water-containing object by distillation at 20-120.degree. C. The food material thus obtained is substantially free of the solvent used in the extraction process and has improved color, flavor and taste.

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Dependent claims

A method of producing a food material;

said method comprising:
a first process of subjecting dehulled sesame seeds to an extraction process at an extraction temperature below 120.degree. C. with aliphatic hydrocarbon as extraction solvent to obtain a solution and removing said solution to obtain a solid which contains said extraction solvent by less than 10 weight %;
a second process of adding water to said solid to thereby obtain a water-containing object;
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a third process of removing remainder of said extraction solvent from said water-containing object by distillation at a distillation temperature of 20-120.degree. C., wherein a food material containing sesaminol triglucoside by at least 3.0 mg per 1 g of dry component and substantially not containing said extraction solvent is obtained.

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