Mucilaginous materials from flaxseed

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GEL SUITABLE FOR USE IN MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS, WATER PAINTS, MANUFACTURE OF SOLUBLE FIBERS, AND THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES TREATING SUBSTANTIALLY OIL-FREE FLAXSEED MEAL BY MEANS OF AIR SEPARATION TO YIELD A KERNEL PORTION CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% PROTEIN AND A HULL PORTION CONTAINING LESS THAN 20% PROTEIN, SCREENING THE HULL PORTION ON A 35 TO 48 MESH SCREEN, THE MATERIAL REMAINING ON THE SCREEN CONSTITUTING A MUCILAGE CONCENTRATE CONTAINING LESS THAN 15% PROTEIN, TREATING SAID MUCILAGE CONCENTRATE WITH ACIDULATED WATER OF FROM ABOUT PH 4 TO ABOUT PH 6 UNDER SUBSTANTIALLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TO FORM A SOLUTION CONTAINING THE MUCILAGINOUS CONSTITUENTS THEREOF, SEPARATING THIS SOLUTION FROM THE INSOLUBLE RESIDUE, NEUTRALIZING THE SOLUTION, DRYING THE NEUTRALIZED SOLUTION THEREBY TO RECOVER A SUBSTANTIALLY PROTEIN-FREE MUCILAGE THEREFROM AND DISSOLVING SAID MUCILAGE IN WATER IN AMOUNT TO FORM AN AQUEOUS GEL CONTAINING LESS THAN 5% OF SAID MUCILAGE.