摘要 |
CRUSHED AND DE-FATTED OILSEED (10) IS EXTRACTED WITH WATER AT NEUTRAL, MILDLY BASIC OR MILDLY ACIDIC PH; AND IS FILTERED. THE FILTER MEDIA ALLOWS PASSAGE OF SMALL FRAGMENTS OF SOLID CELL MEAT INTO THE FILTRATE. THE FILTRATE IS TREATED WITH A BASE (20) TO INCREASE PH TO OVER PH 9, AND SOLIDS (200) ARE SEPARATED OUT. PROTEIN IS SEPARATED FROM OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF THE LIQUID (201) AND CONCENTRATED, FOR EXAMPLE BY HEAT-INDUCED OR ISOELECTRIC PRECIPITATION AND/OR ULTRAFILTRATION. THE REMAINING LIQUID (410) IS RICH IN SUGARS. THE PROCESS RESULTS IN ONE OR MORE PROTEIN PRODUCTS SUITED FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL FOOD INGREDIENTS OR FOR PRODUCTION OF COSMETICS, A SUGAR RICH PRODUCT SUITABLE FOR FERMENTATION OR USE AS A FEED INGREDIENT, AND A FIBER-PROTEIN ANIMAL FEED INGREDIENT.
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