The invention relates to an apparatus for the treatment of spent material said treatment including the desolventisation and toasting of said spent material (DT) to yield desolventized spent material and/or the drying and cooling of said desolventized spent material (DC) to yield meal and/or their combination (DTDC), said apparatus being made of stacked trays supporting said spend material said apparatus being equipped with means to provide at least one fluid phase going through said spent material, wherein at least a portion of the said at least one fluid phase is pulsed through said spent material.

A new method describing the preparation of protein concentrates from oilseeds particularly soybeans and soybean meal is disclosed. The method differs from current methods in that the method uses a combination of novel retention times and temperatures. Further, the method can be employed to refrain from the use of solvents such as hexane and ethanol.

The invention relates to a process for cleaning mushrooms intended for human consumption, that comprises the following steps:separation from the mushrooms of the soluble parts through the generation of an extract;cleaning the pulp of insoluble foreign elements;reconstructing by combining the pulp, removed of soluble elements and cleansed of insoluble elements, with the extract; wherein the step of cleaning the pulp takes place at least during and/or after the generation of the extract.

The invention relates to a process for cleaning mushrooms intended for human consumption, that comprises the following steps:separation from the mushrooms of the soluble parts through the generation of an extract;cleaning the pulp of insoluble foreign elements;reconstructing by combining the pulp, removed of soluble elements and cleansed of insoluble elements, with the extract; wherein the step of cleaning the pulp takes place at least during and/or after the generation of the extract.

Process for the production legume meal comprising the steps of: a) providing a wet heat treatment reactor comprising a cylindrical tubular body (1) with horizontal axis, having an opening (5, 6, 10) for the introduction of legume meal and water or an aqueous solution and having at least one discharge opening (7), a heating jacket (4) and a rotor (8) arranged inside the cylindrical tubular body; b) feeding a continuous flow of meal into the reactor, in which the rotor (8) is rotated at a speed greater than or equal to 150 rpm; c) feeding into the reactor, together with the flow of meal, a continuous flow of water or aqueous solution, which is dispersed into minute droplets; d) centrifuging the aforementioned flows against the inner wall of the reactor, thus forming a highly turbulent, dynamic, thin tubular fluid layer, while advancing in substantial contact with the inner wall of the reactor towards the discharge opening (7); e) discharging from the discharge opening (7) a continuous flow of a wet meal (moisture content 20-40%); f) providing a thermal dehydration and treatment reactor, comprising a cylindrical tubular body (101) with horizontal axis, having at least one inlet opening (105) and at least one discharge opening (107), a heating jacket (104) and a rotor (108) arranged inside the cylindrical tubular body (101) and comprising a shaft provided with elements (109) projecting radially therefrom; g) feeding the wet meal into the thermal dehydration and treatment reactor, the inner wall of the reactor being kept at a temperature of at least 100 C. and the rotor (108) being rotated at a speed of at least 150 rpm; h) centrifuging and causing the wet meal to advance inside the reactor by the action of the rotor (108); i) discharging from the discharge opening (107) of the reactor a continuous flow of legume meal having a moisture content of between 2% and 15%.

The present application relates generally to the treatment of peanuts, red skin peanuts and/or peanut skins with an enzyme, in particular an endopeptidase enzyme such as a subtilisin, for example, alcalase, optionally in combination with an enzyme having exopeptidase activity, or in combination with ultrasonic treatment. The peanuts, red skin peanuts and/or peanut skins being treated can be raw, wet or dry blanched, roasted, or blanched and roasted.

A method of intentionally pollinating a Poaceae crop by monitoring one or more environmental parameters and intentionally pollinating said crop at a time based upon the monitored parameters. The correct selection of parameters has been shown to markedly increase seed set, yield, and/or other desirable characteristics, including but not limited to preferred content of oil, starch, protein, and/or other nutritional components. Parameters may include one or more of: temperature, relative humidity, and vapor pressure deficit.

A process for treating a plant and/or raw food material such as a legume raw material without denaturing the proteins of the plant and/or raw food material. The present method includes a steam-stripping step implemented under high vacuum. The present invention further relates to a system for carrying out the method as well as to the product obtained from the method.

A process for treating a plant and/or raw food material such as a legume raw material without denaturing the proteins of the plant and/or raw food material. The present method includes a steam-stripping step implemented under high vacuum. The present invention further relates to a system for carrying out the method as well as to the product obtained from the method.

The present invention relates to a pea protein composition the nutritional quality, and in particular the PDCAAS, of which is improved, as well as to a method for preparing same and to the use of this composition in a food or pharmaceutical composition.