Process for treating soybean particulates

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THE PROCESS OF REMOVING CHARACTERISTIC SOYBEAN ODOR AND SOYBEAN TASTE FROM PARTICULATES OF DEHULLED SOYBEAN MATERIAL COMPRISING THE STEPS OF TREATING ABOUT 100 PARTS OF DEHULLED PARTICULATES OF SOYBEAN MATERIAL WITH A TREATING AGENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF CHEMICAL MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF WATER-SOLUBLE, IONIZABLE PROTONIC ACIDS, THE SALTS OF SAID PROTONIC ACIDS, AND MIXTURES OF THE SAME IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION (INITMATELY CONTACTING THE SAID CHEMICAL MATERIAL WITH THE SAID PARTICULATES), SAID TREATMENT INCORPORATING ABOUT 0.5 TO 5 PARTS, BASED ON 100 PARTS OF SAID SOYBEAN PARTICULATES, OF THE CHEMICAL MATERIAL IN SAID SOYBEAN PARTICULATES AND SAID TREATMENT INCORPORATING MOISTURE IN THE PARTICULATES TO A LEVEL OF AT LEAST ABOUT 7% TO NOT OVER 20% OF EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE, HOLDING THE SAID TREATED PARTICULATES AT A TEMPERATURE OF 65*C. TO NOT OVER 100*C. FOR A PERIOD OF A FEW SECONDS TO NOT OVER ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND DRYING THE SAID SOYBEAN PARTICULATES, PRODUCING A SOYBEAN PRODUCT FREE OF SOPYBEAN ODOR AND SOYBEAN TASTE WITHOUT DETRIMENTAL EFFECT TO PRODUCT, COLOR, PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS.