Proteins are obtained from soy milk by concentrating the soy milk while increasing the dry matter content. A water-soluble organic solvent is added to the soy milk to form an organic-aqueous suspension in such a way that a shift in the solubility equilibrium occurs due to the addition of the organic solvent and a displacement extraction takes place. The volume of added organic solvent in step iii is selected such that the content of organic solvent of the organic-aqueous suspension is at least 15% by volume. The suspension is adjusted to a pH value of less than pH=7, forming at least one protein phase. The protein phase, with a residual oil content of less than 5 wt. %, based on the dry substance content of the protein phase, is separated from the suspension.

The invention relates to pea proteins having improved flavour, a method of producing same involving wet grinding, and the use of these proteins in a food or pharmaceutical composition.

The present disclosure provides for improved oilseed extraction methods using sequential extractions with polar solvents and non-polar solvents or extractions with an azeotrope of a polar solvent and a non-polar solvent to produce oilseed meal concentrates having increased protein content and reduced soluble carbohydrate and anti-nutritional compound content.

A process for producing a protein concentrate from oilseed from a plant of a family selected from the group consisting of Brassicaceae, Cannabaceae, Pedaliaceae, Rosaceae, and Fabaceae, preferably Brassicaceae. The method comprises the successive steps of: a) providing a presscake from at least partially dehulled oilseed; b) washing said presscake by mixing it with a first hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a washed presscake, and eventually separating said washed presscake from said first hydrous-alcohol solvent, to obtain a washed, an eventually separated, presscake, wherein said first hydrous-alcohol solvent has an alcohol concentration ranging from 60 to 75% w/w; and c) washing said washed, and eventually separated presscake by mixing it with a last hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a protein-containing solid and separating said protein-containing solid from said last hydrous-alcohol solvent to obtain a protein concentrate, wherein the alcohol concentration of the final hydrous-alcohol solvent is about the concentration of the azeotrope.

This invention relates to a process for the continuous production of vegetal protein concentrates by removing the soluble carbohydrates by an aqueous alcohol from a defatted vegetable material said process requiring no frequent production interruptions for cleaning operations. The innovative process includes the steps of removing at least a fraction of the soluble carbohydrates by solvent extraction, the solvent being aqueous alcohol, to obtain a solvent wet protein rich vegetable material and a miscella; removing the aqueous alcohol form the solvent wet protein rich vegetable material to obtain a vegetable protein concentrate; wherein the solvent extraction takes place in a moving screen solvent extractor equipped with a cleaning means of the moving screen on its return journey and for which no plugging takes place for extended period of time.

The present disclosure relates to pongamia compositions having low concentrations of karanjin and other active chemical components intrinsic to pongamia oilseeds, methods of preparing and using said pongamia compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of analyzing pongamia compositions, as well as uses of the pongamia compositions.

Methods and systems for producing improved hemp seed products, such as proteins and oils are provided.

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.

In a method of obtaining cold-pressed core oil at an industrial scale, grains of an oil-containing seed are hulled, and hulls are separated from a low-hull grain fraction of the oil-containing seed. The cold-pressed core oil is pressed from the low-hull grain fraction. A cake temperature in a press cake being generated in pressing is limited to 70° C. A part of the press cake is temporarily heated up to above 100° C. Pressurized steam is supplied to the part of the press cake and the part of the press cake and the pressurized steam are expanded to form collets. Alternatively, the press cake is compressed to form pellets. The collets or pellets are mixed with the low-hull grain fraction prior to the pressing. The collets or pellets are cooled down to a temperature below 60° C.; and the cooled collets or pellets mixed with the low-hull grain fraction are pressed once again.

A process and product that solves the problems with regard to hemp protein isolation, raw material input preparation, and processing of the raw material input, in order to produce a superior hemp protein meat and dairy analog. The composition and process include a process for hemp grain protein isolation, pasteurization, formation of a liquid solution, gel formation, texturization and meat and dairy analog production. The process of the present disclosure results in a structured protein food product, or meat analog, having superior properties when compared to existing products or similar products manufactured using known technology.