Reconstitutable and water soluble chia product and related method of manufacture

摘要

A method provides a reconstitutable and water soluble free flowing powder product that includes non-mucilaginous, non-oily free flowing chia grains having a size of between approximately 80 and 90 microns, a PH range of between 6.5 and 7.5, 3% average moisture, and a centipoise of between approximately 1,000 and 1,500 cp with 50% water solution.

主权项

1. A method of preparing a reconstitutable and water soluble chia composition, said method comprising:
providing clean, dry, whole chia grains; combining the chia grains with an aqueous carrier to create a mixture; heating the mixture to approximately 175° F.; agitating the mixture for a first period of time; processing the mixture through a rotor/stator workhead to reduce a particle size of the grains within the mixture to approximately 140 microns, and to remove a mucilaginous property of the grains; processing the mixture through a bead mill to further reduce the particle size of the grains within the mixture to a first sub-micron size; heating the mixture to approximately 180° F.; processing the mixture through a two-stage homogenizer to reduce the particle size of the grains within the mixture to a second sub-micron size, said second sub-micron size being smaller than the first sub-micron size; drying the mixture to create dry flakes having a moisture level of between approximately 2% and 3%; and milling the flakes to create dry grains having a size of approximately 80-90 microns.