US4088795A
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Low carbohydrate oilseed lipid-protein comestible
Assignee: Mead Johnson and Co LLC
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Filing: 1976-11-19
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Granted: 1978-05-09
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Expires: 1996-11-19
Abstract
Abstract An oilseed lipid-protein product adapted for food use is prepared by aqueous extraction of fat containing oilseed materials including the ground raw oilseed or full-fat oilseed flour or flake at a pH in excess of the isoelectric range of the protein for the purpose of solubilizing the protein. Insoluble material is removed by centrifugation or filtration, and soluble carbohydrate is removed from the resulting lipid-protein emulsion by membrane filtration.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth C. Goodnight, Jr.
- 👤 Grant H. Hartman, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 01:58
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23J; A23J1/00; A23J1/14; A23C; A23C11/00; A23C11/02; A23C11/10; A23C11/103; A23L; A23L11/00; A23L11/60; A23L11/65
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
The process for preparing an oilseed lipid-protein comestible which comprises: (a) forming an aqueous suspension of edible oilseed containing suspended oilseed lipid, dissolved oilseed protein, and dissolved oilseed carbohydrate at a pH in excess of the isoelectric range of said protein, said suspension being obtained by aqueous extraction of particulate oilseed material containing lipid, protein, and carbohydrate at a pH in excess of the isoelectric range of said protein; (b) separating particulate material from said suspension to yield an emulsion containing suspended lipid, dissolved protein, and dissolved carbohydrate; and (c) separating carbohydrate from said emulsion by filtration employing a semi-permeable membrane which has the capability to retain suspended lipid and dissolved protein as retentate, and to pass dissolved carbohydrate as permeate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
The process for preparing an oilseed lipid-protein comestible which comprises: (a) forming an aqueous suspension of edible oilseed containing suspended oilseed lipid, dissolved oilseed protein, and dissolved oilseed carbohydrate at a pH in excess of the isoelectric range of said protein, said suspension being obtained by aqueous extraction of particulate oilseed material containing lipid, protein, and carbohydrate at a pH in excess of the isoelectric range of said protein; (b) separating particulate material from said suspension to yield an emulsion containing suspended lipid, dissolved protein, and dissolved carbohydrate; and (c) separating carbohydrate from said emulsion by filtration employing a semi-permeable membrane which has the capability to retain suspended lipid and dissolved protein as retentate, and to pass dissolved carbohydrate as permeate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said oilseed is selected from the group consisting of chickpea, rapeseed, coconut, cottonseed, peanut, safflower seed, sesame seed, soybean, and sunflower seed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said oilseed is soybean.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said particulate oilseed material in step (a) comprises ground soybean.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said particulate oilseed material in step (a) comprises fat-containing soybean flour.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said filtration employing a semi-permeable membrane in step (c) includes diafiltration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 6 wherein diafiltration is continued until said retentate has a protein coefficient of at least about 0.8.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said diafiltration is continued until said retentate has a protein coefficient of at least about 0.9.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said emulsion and said retentate in step (c) are maintained at a temperature within the range of about 45° C. to 75° C. during membrane filtration.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said forming an aqueous suspension in step (a) and said separating particulate material in step (b) are conducted at a pH in excess of pH 10.1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 10 wherein steps (a) and (b) are carried out at a temperature in excess of about 10° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 10 wherein steps (a) and (b) are carried out at a temperature in the range of about 15° C. to about 30° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said pH is within the range of pH 11 to pH 12.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said forming an aqueous suspension in step (a) and said separating particulate material in step (b) is conducted at pH 10 or less.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 14 wherein said pH is within the range of pH 7-9.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said filtration employing a semi-permeable membrane in step (c) is conducted within the range of pH 6.5 to pH 7.5.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
116 words
The process of claim 3 wherein step (b) includes heating said emulsion at a temperature of from 60° C. to 150° C. for a period sufficient to: (i) improve the protein efficiency ratio of said lipid-protein comestible, (ii) improve the functionality of said lipid-protein comestible as measured by sedimentation index, nitrogen solubility index, or emulsion stability index, (iii) increase the ultrafiltration flux rate in step (c), or (iv) reduce the microbial population of said emulsion produced in step (b) sufficiently to substantially eliminate spoilage thereof during filtration employing a semi-permeable membrane in step (c) said emulsion having a pH in excess of the isoelectric value of said protein but less than pH 10 during said heating.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 17 wherein said period is from 1 sec. to 30 min.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 17 wherein said heating is at a temperature in the range of from 60° C. to 130° C. for a period of from 45 sec. to 30 min.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
61 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said retentate produced in step (c) is heated at a temperature in the range of from 60° C. to 150° C. for a period sufficient to (i) improve the protein efficiency ratio of said retentate, or (ii) improve the functionality of said retentate as measured by sedimentation index, nitrogen solubility index, or emulsion stability index.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 20 wherein said retentate is combined with additional nutritional ingredients before heating.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 20 wherein said period is from 1 sec. to 30 min.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 20 wherein said temperature is in the range of from 60° C. to 130° C. and said period is from 45 sec. to 30 min.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process for preparing a liquid food product containing oilseed protein and oilseed fat wherein said oilseed protein constitutes the principle protein ingredient of said product which comprises combining said retentate produced by the process of claim 1 with other nutritional ingredients.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said retentate produced in step (c) is dried.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 1.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 3.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 10.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 14.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 17.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 20.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 24.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
9 words
The product produced by the process of claim 25.
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