A wetting device for cereal grain includes a container with a container inlet and a container outlet that are arranged such that cereal grain which flows into the container inlet gets to the container outlet due to the action of gravity. A plurality of nozzles serve for wetting the cereal grain in the inside of the container. The wetting device further includes a flow guidance device, for example formed by impact elements, in the inside of the container, by way of which flow guidance device a flow of cereal grain which flows into the container inlet and falls downwards is shaped. The nozzles are arranged such that liquid and/or steam which exits through them hits the cereal grain below the flow guidance device whilst the cereal grain is in freefall.

A wetting device for cereal grain includes a container with a container inlet and a container outlet that are arranged such that cereal grain which flows into the container inlet gets to the container outlet due to the action of gravity. A plurality of nozzles serve for wetting the cereal grain in the inside of the container. The wetting device further includes a flow guidance device, for example formed by impact elements, in the inside of the container, by way of which flow guidance device a flow of cereal grain which flows into the container inlet and falls downwards is shaped. The nozzles are arranged such that liquid and/or steam which exits through them hits the cereal grain below the flow guidance device whilst the cereal grain is in freefall.

An electromechanical nixtamalization system consisting of a rotary reactor, which turns on a horizontal axis and has a single-piece inner steel container without internal blades. It has resistors, a ceramic fiber layer, and a detachable stainless steel plate, and is fed by the maize grains introduced into an upper receiving hopper, and a cooling vat with a lid; and an interior and intermediate surface, as well as a cooling chamber located between the interior and intermediate walls, coated in a high-pressure polyurethane lining.

An electromechanical nixtamalization system consisting of a rotary reactor, which turns on a horizontal axis and has a single-piece inner steel container without internal blades. It has resistors, a ceramic fiber layer, and a detachable stainless steel plate, and is fed by the maize grains introduced into an upper receiving hopper, and a cooling vat with a lid; and an interior and intermediate surface, as well as a cooling chamber located between the interior and intermediate walls, coated in a high-pressure polyurethane lining.

Automated grinder systems include several different automatic functions including liquid and substrate soaking, mixing, grinding, fermenting, and cleaning. Example grinders include storages for soaking and draining a substrate for grinding, a water or other fluid reservoir connected to provide soaking material, and a grinder connected to the storage to receive and grind the substrate. A resting unit may receive the ground batter and potentially ferment the same by controlling its temperature, humidity, pH, etc. Jets may be connected to a water reservoir and direct liquid water into the grinder, potentially with soap, to cleanse the same.

The instant application provides methods to increase the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with a Protein Disulfide Isomerase or Thioredoxin.

The instant application provides methods to increase the total starch yield and/or gluten yield from corn kernels in a wet milling process, the method comprising admixing corn kernels or a fraction of the corn kernels with a Protein Disulfide Isomerase or Thioredoxin.

A contact lens for the human eye includes a matrix and polymer nanocapsules mixed in the matrix. The polymer nanocapsule is calculated to decompose by chemical reaction and thereby release oxygen, to prevent corneal hypoxia. A material for making a contact lens is also provided.

This invention treats intermediate wheat grain to enhance detectable characteristics such as a spicy/cinnamon/sweet attribute and/or an increase in readily extractable hydroxycinnamic acids, such as ferulic acid. A process for treating intermediate wheat to enhance its hydroxycinnamate extractability, comprises: providing a starting feedstock comprising grain from Thinopyrum intermedium; treating the starting feedstock in a reactor in the presence of water, for a treatment time selected from 1 hour to 8 hours, at a treatment temperature selected from 10 C. to 35 C., at a treatment pH selected from 5.0 to 8.0, and a mass ratio of water to starting feedstock of at least 1, thereby generating a treated grain. As a result of the treatment, the treated grain is characterized by at least 25% higher hydroxycinnamate extractability compared to the starting grain. The treated grain may be recovered as a milled flour product. Experimental data demonstrate the utility of the invention.

This invention treats intermediate wheat grain to enhance detectable characteristics such as a spicy/cinnamon/sweet attribute and/or an increase in readily extractable hydroxycinnamic acids, such as ferulic acid. A process for treating intermediate wheat to enhance its hydroxycinnamate extractability, comprises: providing a starting feedstock comprising grain from Thinopyrum intermedium; treating the starting feedstock in a reactor in the presence of water, for a treatment time selected from 1 hour to 8 hours, at a treatment temperature selected from 10 C. to 35 C., at a treatment pH selected from 5.0 to 8.0, and a mass ratio of water to starting feedstock of at least 1, thereby generating a treated grain. As a result of the treatment, the treated grain is characterized by at least 25% higher hydroxycinnamate extractability compared to the starting grain. The treated grain may be recovered as a milled flour product. Experimental data demonstrate the utility of the invention.