The invention relates to a method for treating insects, comprising the separation of the cuticles from the soft part of the insects, the maturation of the soft part of the insects, followed by the separation of the soft part of the insects into an oil fraction, a solid fraction and an aqueous fraction. The invention further relates to powders, in particular a powder obtainable by the method of treating insects according to the invention, and to the use of these powders in food.

Described herein are a method of preparing a vegetable oil, comprising pressing a non-fruit tissue of a date palm offshoot, as well as a vegetable oil and a polysaccharide-containing fraction obtained by such a method. Further described herein is an oil comprising esters of fatty acids, wherein at least 10 weight percent of the fatty acids are linolelaidic acid, as well as compositions comprising a variety of ingredients, such as saccharides and amino acids, as characterized herein, and a method of isolating dihydrouracil from an oil and/or composition described herein. Further described is a method of preparing a vegetable oil, comprising pressing date kernel tissue.

The problem solved by the present invention is to provide a high-stearic acid sunflower line. This problem is solved by a sunflower seed comprising a sequence insertion mutation on the 3′ side from the TATA box and on the 5′ side from the start codon of a stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase 17 (SAD17) gene.

A method and an apparatus for providing coolants and/or extractants for at least one press, and to a pressing apparatus. The reliability and accuracy of the feed of a coolant and/or extractant to an extraction press that are needed for large-scale industrial use can be achieved by the combination of a storage device, a metering device and a distributing device.

A system for dehydrating raw produce without introducing excess heat to the produce, including a first chamber for holding warm, moist air, a second chamber connected in fluidic communication with the first chamber for cooling and drying warm, moist air received from the first chamber, and a filter operationally connected between the first and second chambers for removing suspended particulates from warm, moist air flowing therethrough with a drain operationally connected to the second chamber for removing water therefrom. A third chamber is connected in fluidic communication with the second chamber for receiving cool, dry air therefrom and for receiving raw produce for drying, and a wind current generator operationally connected to the second chamber to urge cool, dry air therefrom and into the third chamber.

A system for dehydrating raw produce without introducing excess heat to the produce, including a first chamber for holding warm, moist air, a second chamber connected in fluidic communication with the first chamber for cooling and drying warm, moist air received from the first chamber, and a filter operationally connected between the first and second chambers for removing suspended particulates from warm, moist air flowing therethrough with a drain operationally connected to the second chamber for removing water therefrom. A third chamber is connected in fluidic communication with the second chamber for receiving cool, dry air therefrom and for receiving raw produce for drying, and a wind current generator operationally connected to the second chamber to urge cool, dry air therefrom and into the third chamber.

A mechanism for transforming rotating into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, comprising first and second annular components (1, 3) located coaxially along a longitudinal axis (ΔA). The first and second annular components are both able to rotate around and reciprocate along the longitudinal axis. A side (A) of the first annular component (1) is in continuous contact, in at least one point, with a neighboring side (Γα) of the second annular component (3) so that the second annular component (3) is able to rotate relative to and in continuous contact with at least one point with the adjacent side (A). The contacting sides are undulated surfaces (A, Γα) such that if the first and second annular components are forced into rotational motion, they remain in continuous contact so that every point of the undulated surfaces will trace, relative to the other, an undulated trajectory and also execute reciprocating motion.

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

Provided herein are methods of recovering oil from microorganisms. The methods are useful, for example, in obtaining nutritional oils and/or lipid biofuels. The methods of recovering oil described herein include contacting a population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms, concentrating the disrupted microorganisms, and extracting lipids from the disrupted microorganisms at high temperature in the presence of a salt and in the absence of solvent.

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.