The present invention relates to a protein preparation produced from almond seeds and a cost-effective method for the preparation thereof. The protein preparation has a protein content of more than 50% by mass, an oil content of less than 6% by mass, a sucrose content of less than 8% by mass and a brightness L* of greater than 70. The taste of the protein preparation is neutral, it has a light colour and is of high quality, so that it is suitable for food applications, such as emulsions and baked good, that are demanding in terms of colour and taste.

A method of identifying a selected pollination window in a Poaceae crop by monitoring one or more environmental parameters and identifying a selected pollination window 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 system and method for anti-nutritional removal includes generating a feed stock from a plant-based protein source, the plant-based protein source having anti-nutritionals disposed therein. The system and method includes generating an ethanol slurry by combining the feed stock with an ethanol wash containing a first volume of ethanol and processing the ethanol slurry through an extractor to generate an ethanol matrix and a feed stock mass. The method and system further includes providing the feed stock mass to a desolventizer and generating a desolventized feed stock mass therefrom. Therein, the method and system includes drying the desolventized feed stock mass to generate a clean feed stock with at least a portion of the anti-nutritionals removed therefrom. In one embodiment, the feed stock may be fava beans with the removal of vicine and covicine as anti-nutritionals.

A method provides for removing oil content from a source material and extracting protein from the source material prior to generating a protein concentrate, including decorticating the source material, the source material having a protein and an oil content therein, the decorticating to remove a cortex from the source material. The method includes creating a flour from the source material having the cortex removed therefrom, removing at least a portion of the oil content from the flour by generating a solvent mixture by mixing the flour with a solvent and extracting a de-oiled flour from the solvent mixture, including oil and sugars extracted from the flour. The solvent may include supercritical CO2, subcritical CO2, ethanol, or a combination thereof. The method includes drying the de-oiled flour using at least one dryer and extracting a protein concentrate from the de-oiled flour.

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 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.

Provided herein are processes for separating seed oil from seed flour that is economical and produces a de-oiled flour that maintains the native form of proteins in the flour.

Provided herein are a processes for producing a canola protein concentrate (CPC) from de-oiled canola flour that is economical and produces canola protein concentrate that has unique composition and functionality.

Provided herein are Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates with novel characteristics, processes for producing Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates and methods of using the Sunflower Seed Protein Concentrates disclosed.

The present invention relates generally to improved processes for the production of sunflower protein concentrate and sunflower protein flour. In some aspects, the sunflower protein concentrate and sunflower protein flour are characterized by one or more of improved protein dispersibility, high protein content, neutral taste, an essential absence of allergens, high water holding capacity, good gelling properties, improved color.