Selenium-Enriched Wheat Seedling Juice Beverage Preparation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional fruit and vegetable drinks contain pesticide residues and heavy metals due to soil cultivation practices, and existing wheat seedling juice products lack selenium and have low nutrient value due to incomplete processing.
Innovation Solution
A selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedling juice drink is prepared using selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedlings, mineral water, and fresh ginger slices, cultivated through a method involving seed soaking in organic selenium solutions, seedbed paper absorption, and controlled selenium spraying, ensuring high selenium content and retention of root nutrients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional soil cultivation methods are used to grow fruits and vegetables, then yield per unit area is increased, but pesticide residues and heavy metal residues are introduced into the products
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a nutrient solution as an intermediary medium to replace soil cultivation. The nutrient solution contains all necessary minerals and nutrients, allowing wheat seedlings to grow without contact with contaminated soil, thereby eliminating pesticide and heavy metal residues while maintaining high yield through controlled nutrient delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a controlled, sterile hydroponic environment that acts as an inert system free from contaminants. By growing wheat seedlings in a nutrient solution within a controlled culture system, the environment is isolated from external harmful factors such as pesticides and heavy metals present in traditional soil cultivation.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If antiseptic agents and preservatives are added to traditional fruit and vegetable drinks, then storage period is prolonged, but body health is adversely affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and utilizes the natural antimicrobial properties of wheat seedling components themselves, rather than adding external chemical preservatives. The active substances naturally present in the wheat seedlings provide preservation capability, eliminating the need for harmful chemical agents while extending storage period.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheat seedling components themselves provide the preservation function through their natural antimicrobial substances. The system is self-preserving, as the drink contains its own natural protective agents against spoilage without requiring external chemical preservatives or antiseptic additives.
3Ease of manufacture
If only the portion above the rootstock is processed in wheat seedling juice products, then processing is simplified, but nutrient content is reduced due to abandonment of the root
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the processing of both the aerial portion and the root of the wheat seedling into a single integrated juice product. By combining these previously separate components, the invention maximizes nutrient extraction from the entire plant while maintaining processing efficiency through a unified extraction system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies a universal processing method that handles both the aerial portion and root of the wheat seedling through the same extraction and processing system. This multi-functional approach allows the single processing line to efficiently extract nutrients from different plant parts without requiring separate processing streams, thereby simplifying manufacturing while maximizing nutrient recovery.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The drink is rich in organic selenium, vitamins, and minerals, offering improved health benefits, unique taste, and economic advantages by utilizing the entire wheat seedling, reducing production costs, and ensuring ecological sustainability.
Implementation Method 1
the root is still rich in organic selenium and nutrients
Implementation Method 2
soaking the seedbed paper with the organic selenium culture solution
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedling juice drink and a preparation method thereof. The selenium-enriched wheat whole-seedling juice drink comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 60-120 parts of selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedlings, 0-50 parts of selenium-enriched wheat seedling leaves, 250-1000 parts of mineral water, and 5-15 parts of fresh ginger slices, wherein the selenium content of the selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedlings is 0.15-0.25 mg/kg; and the selenium content of the selenium-enriched wheat whole bud seedling juice drink is 0.01-0.05 mg/L.