203 results about "Oil seed" patented technology

Oil seed protein isolates, in particular canola protein isolate, having a decreased phytic acid content is prepared by a procedure in which extraction of phytic acid from oil seed meal is inhibited during extraction of protein from the oil seed meal.

In the recovery of canola protein isolates from canola oil seeds steps are taken to inhibit the formation of colouring components and to reduce the presence of materials tending to form colouring components, to obtain a lighter and less yellow canola protein isolate.

Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce at least 8.0% arachidonic acid (ARA) as well as uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications are described.

The present invention provides methods of marker assisted selection for high oleic/low linolenic traits in canola and in other oil seed crop species, as well as isolated nucleic acids for use as molecular markers in such methods. In particular, molecular markers and Brassica nucleic acid corresponding to fad2 and fad3 gene mutations are disclosed. The markers of the present invention are highly useful for the direct selection of desirable fad2 and fad3 alleles during marker-assisted trait introgression and breeding. In a one aspect of the embodiment, two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are provided which correspond to the alleles. Thus, the present invention advantageously permits one of skill in the art to breed for the molecular markers described herein, or derivatives thereof, rather than breeding for a high oleic/low linolenic phenotype.

The present invention provides a method for processing defatted oil seeds, comprising the steps of: (a) solubilizing at least a portion of the protein contained in the oil seeds to produce suspended residual solids and a first solution comprising protein, phenolic-protein complexes, and free phenolic compounds; (b) separating at least a portion of the free phenolic compounds from the first solution and recovering a free phenolic reduced solution; and (c) treating the free phenolic reduced solution to precipitate at least a portion of the protein as a precipitated protein isolate and recovering a treated solution containing a soluble protein isolate. Novel protein products are also disclosed. Food and drink products containing the novel protein products are also disclosed.

This invention relates to a method for the separation of oil, protein, carbohydrates, shell, and minor toxic components from seeds. The oil seed is subjected to a dehulling process to separate out the hull and kernel and the dehulled oil seed is then compressed into flakes under low temperature. The oil seed is then dephenolized and undergo low temperature delintion. In addition, direct hydrolyzation of the oil-complex is carried out. This technology can be used to produce high quality oil and obtain hydrolyzed protein, thereby comprehensively utilizing the oil seed.

The subject invention relates in part to novel steps in canola and other oil seed processing, including milling to achieve a significant particle size reduction, extraction of higher levels of protein from the starting material, the use of presscake as a starting material, and the production of a precipitated protein concentrates containing a nutritionally significant amount of oil. The subject invention also provides optimal pH ranges for extraction and recovery steps in these novel processes. The subject processes can be applied to, and offer similar advantages to, other oilseeds and vegetable matter, such as sunflower seeds and flax seeds. The subject invention also includes novel feed compositions.

The invention relates to a method for extracting grease from oil seeds, in particular to a method for extracting and recycling olive pomace oil from olive pomace. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: (1) drying the olive pomace until the water content is less than 13%, and crushing to 40-80 meshes by a crusher; (2) putting the dried and crushed olive pomace into an extraction kettle, vacuumizing until the pressure is less than 1*10<4>pa, and discharging air in the extraction kettle; (3) injecting a tetrafluoroethane solution into the extraction kettle by a plunger pump until the level of the solution submerges raw materials of the olive pomace by using a sight glass for observation; (4) starting stirring and extracting, wherein the extraction pressure is 1.0-1.2Mpa, the temperature is 40-50 DEG C, and the extraction time is 45min; (5) decompressing, raising temperature, evaporating and separating in a separation kettle, wherein the extraction pressure is 0.1-0.5Mpa, and the temperature is 40-50 DEG C; and (6) after subcritical extraction, centrifuging to separate crude oil by a high-speed centrifuge, and filtering to obtain the final olive pomace oil.

The present invention provides a mechanical extrusion stabilization process for whole grains having a shelf life of at least 12 months. Whole grain food compositions using the stabilized bran of the present invention, and blended compositions are also described.

The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) prothioconazole and (B) fluxapyroxad and optionally (C) a further fungicidally active compound. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops (e.g. cereals such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet and triticale; soya beans; rice; com/maize; oil seed rape including canola; beans, peas, peanuts; sugar beet, fodder beet, beetroot; potatoes; cotton), and to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.

The invention relates to a method for extracting oil by swelling and pressing low oil content oil seeds and is characterized by comprising the following steps: 1) clearing: impurities are removed from the oil seeds; 2) quality-adjusting: the temperatures and water contents are adjusted for the oil seeds; 3) the oil seeds are pressed and swelled; 4) enzyme killing and drying are carried out for the pressed and swelled oil seeds; 5) most of the oil is pressed from the dried oil seeds; the oil seeds can be crushed and then the quality adjusting can be done after the clearing of the step 1); after the step 2) of quality-adjusting, the bloom rolling can be done to the oil seeds and then the pressing and swelling can be done. The method adds the procedures of pressing and swelling before the traditional one time pressing and obtains pure physical pressed oil with high quality and pressed cakes which can be directly used for feed processing, which increases the processing amount of a press and reduces the power consumption and wearing. The method is mainly used for producing small-scale pressed oil and pressed cakes with good qualities and raw materials of low oil content oil seeds such as soybeans and rice bran.

The invention discloses a method for performing pig manure resource treatment by utilizing hermetia illucens, belonging to the field of solid waste treatment. The method comprises the following technological steps: (1) mixing pig manure with oilseed meals so as to adjust the water content of pig manure; (2) performing primary fermentation to the mixture by adopting bacillus subtilis, and further fermenting with brewer yeast; (3) feeding black soldier fly Hermetia illucens for raising according to a certain proportion; and (4) after the raising period is finished, collecting the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens and ooze. The method is simple to operate, and fast for pig manure resource treatment process. After conducting the above technological treatment, pig manure and oil seed meals are converted into black soldier fly Hermetia illucens and excreta ooze thereof, the residual tetracycline antibiotics (oxytetracycline, chlorotetracycline and tetracycline) in the pig manure cannot be detected in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens and ooze. The method not only can solve the problems of pig manure environment pollution, the antibiotics residues, human health damage and the like, but also can provide black soldier fly Hermetia illucens and ooze with rich nutrients for feed and fertilizer industries.

The present invention relates to a power generation system, which includes a source of a seed oil, a source of alcohol, and a reactor in communication with the source of seed oil and the source of alcohol. The reactor produces a biofuel product. The system has a power source that operates on a biofuel energy source to produce heated exhaust. The power source is in communication with the reactor to utilize a portion of the biofuel product as its biofuel energy source. The system has a heat transfer mechanism that transfers heat from the exhaust manifold to the reactor. The power source also converts mechanical power into electrical power. Also disclosed is a system that involves extraction of oil from an oilseed product. A method of extracting oil from an oilseed product, a method of making a transesterified seed oil, and a method of making a biofuel are also disclosed, as are products obtained thereby.

The invention relates to a method for preparing biodiesel from germinated oil crop seeds serving as a raw material through autocatalysis. The method comprises the following steps of: soaking oil crop seeds in clear water for 12 hours, and performing germination culture on the soaked oil crop seeds in the dark at the temperature of between 15 and 35 DEG C; performing freeze drying on the germinated oil crop seeds at the temperature of between -50 and -20 DGE C for 12 to 48 hours and then crushing the freeze-dried oil crop seeds; adding an organic solvent and short-chain alcohol into the germinated oil seed powder in turn, wherein 1 to 15ml of the organic solvent is added into every gram of the germinated oil seed powder, and the short-chain alcohol accounts for 2 to 10 percent of the mass of the germinated oil seed powder; and putting the mixture in a temperature-controlled reciprocating water bath shaker and performing esterification and ester exchange reaction for 4 to 24 hours to finally obtain the biodiesel, wherein the yield of the biodiesel is between 40 and 70 percent. In the method, a catalyst is not needed, the organic solvent is used as an oil extracting agent for oil seeds and as a protective agent of lipase, and the oil extraction process and the esterification process are combined as one process, so that cost input from oil extraction and refining is eliminated.

The invention discloses a NIR method for fatty acid content of oilseeds, including: selection of oilseed samples, and analyzing the oilseed samples by an near infrared spectrometer to obtain NIR spectra; preprocessing of NIR spectra and establishment of a NIR spectral database of oilseeds; establishment of a fatty acid database of oilseeds based on gas chromatography; establishment of prediction model of fatty acids in oilseeds; acquiring NIR spectrum of a sample to be tested by the near infrared spectrometer, and importing the preprocessed NIR spectrum into the prediction model of fatty acids to obtain the predicted fatty acid content of the tested sample. The method is simple and rapid to operate and is non-destructive, and the detection time of the sample is greatly shortened and the detection cost is reduced.

A method and system for the production of fibers for use in biocomposites is provided that includes the ability to use both retted and unretted straw, that keeps the molecular structure of the fibers intact by subjecting the fibers to minimal stress, that maximizes the fiber's aspect ratio, that maximizes the strength of the fibers, and that minimizes time and energy inputs, along with maintaining the fibers in good condition for bonding to the polymer(s) used with the fibers to form the biocomposite material. This consequently increases the functionality of the biocomposites produced (i.e. reinforcement, sound absorption, light weight, heat capacity, etc.), increasing their marketability. Additionally, as the disclosed method does not damage the fibers, oilseed flax straw, as well as all types of fibrous materials (i.e. fiber flax, banana, jute, industrial hemp, sisal, coir) etc., can be processed in bio composite materials.

The present invention relates to the selective extraction of proteins over oil from oil seed meal, preferably from cold pressed oilseed meal, for the purpose of producing protein isolates composed of native proteins. More specifically, the invention describes a method for producing from oil seed meal an intermediate aqueous protein solution having a fat to protein ratio of at least 1:12 comprising subjecting oil seed meal to aqueous extraction under minimal shear conditions and optionally collecting the resulting intermediate aqueous protein solution.

Methods for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from fatty acid biosynthetic pathways using a 3-hydroxy acyl ACP thioesterase, a PHA synthase, and an acyl CoA synthetase, have been developed. Methodology for enabling PHA production from fatty acid biosynthetic pathways in non-native bacterial PHA producers and plants using an enzyme having the catalytic activity of 3-hydroxy acyl ACP thioesterase, an acyl CoA synthetase with substrate specificity for medium chain length 3-hydroxy fatty acids, and a medium chain length PHA synthase, has been developed. Acyl CoA synthetase activity can be supplied either by the endogenous acyl CoA synthetase of the host organism, when sufficiently expressed, or the host organism's activity can be supplemented by the expression of a recombinant acyl CoA synthetase gene. New strategies are described for plant based PHA production in the chloroplasts, cytosol, and peroxisomes of biomass crops as well as the plastids, cytosol, and peroxisomes of oil seed crops.

Oil seed protein isolates, particularly canola protein isolate, are produced at a high purity level of at least about 100 wt % (Nx6.25) by a process wherein oil seed protein is extracted from oil seed meal, the resulting aqueous protein solution is concentrated to a protein content of at least about 200 g/L and the concentrated protein solution is added to chilled water having a temperature below about 15 DEG C. to form protein micelles, which are settled to provide a protein micellar mass (PMM). The protein micelar mass is separated from supernatant and may be dried. The supernatant may be processed to recover additional oil seed protein isolate by concentrating the supernatant and then drying the concentrated supernatant, to produce a protein isolate having a protein content of at least about 90 wt %. The concentrated supernatant may be mixed in varying proportions with at least part of the PMM and the mixture dried to produce a protein isolate having a protein content of at least about 90 wt %.