Abstract:
An improved protein beverage which may provide relatively high protein content, ranging from about 0.01% by weight to about 15% by weight, while optionally employing a carbonation concentration between about 0.1 volumes of carbonation (per volume of liquid) to about 6 volumes of carbonation. Preferably the protein is a protein, such preferably as whey protein, or others. The protein beverage may contain juice and/or an additive which provides energy generation enhancement. The protein beverage may be treated to inactivate pathogenic microbes in the presence or absence of carbonation, which may be used to provide taste and mouth feel for the drink. Typically, the treatment for pathogenic microbe inactivation is carried out in the individual package used for storage and handling of the protein drink. The protein beverage may be prepared from a protein beverage concentrate, which may be in the form of a syrup concentrate or a powder concentrate.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a beanless flavor soymilk or okara or a combination thereof, which compares the stages of containing soybeans with deaerated water under an atmosphere of carbon dioxide for a time and a temperature effective to allow said soybeans to soak and swell; washing said soaked and swollen soybeans with water to remove oligosaccharides and ripening enzymes; grinding said washed soybeans under an at atmosphere of carbon dioxide by bubbling in carbon dioxide in a sublimated state to form a slurry; and filtering the slurry to produce raw okara and soymilk.
Abstract:
A method for improving the physical, functional and organoleptic properties of product particles is described for fiber, protein, carbohydrate and cellulosic materials. The method involves modifying the particles within the product to meet certain particle morphology parameters. Products themselves also are disclosed, and these include corn-originating products, specifically including products for producing ethanol, soybean-originating products, and other products.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a beanless flavor soymilk or okara or a combination thereof, which compares the stages of containing soybeans with deaerated water under an atmosphere of carbon dioxide for a time and a temperature effective to allow said soybeans to soak and swell; washing said soaked and swollen soybeans with water to remove oligosaccharides and ripening enzymes; grinding said washed soybeans under an at atmosphere of carbon dioxide by bubbling in carbon dioxide in a sublimated state to form a slurry; and filtering the slurry to produce raw okara and soymilk.
Abstract:
Soy derived materials such as soy milk, soy concentrates, and soy protein isolates, are deflavored by adjusting the pH of an aqueous composition of such soy derived materials using membrane electrodialysis to a pH of about 9 to about 12 to solubilize the soy proteins and to release the flavoring compounds and thereafter passing the pH-adjusted composition to an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cutoff up to about 50,000 Daltons under conditions at which the flavoring compounds pass through the membrane, leaving the retained soy material with improved flavor.
Abstract:
The present invention provides soy meat compositions with improved organoleptic properties and methods of identifying soybeans with improved organoleptic qualities. The invention also provides methods for producing soy compositions with improved organoleptic properties and for creating plants producing soybeans with such characteristics.
Abstract:
The present invention belongs to the field of processing techniques used in the manufacture of soyfoods. The invention relates to methods for preparing a soya fiber particulate from dehulled soybeans of a superior smooth texture, nutritional quality and flavor. The invention can be used to obtain a soya fiber particulate having a particle size in a range of about 0.01 microns to about 100 microns, wherein at least about 50% to about 100% of the soya fiber particulate has a size in a range of about 0.01 microns to about 35 microns. The invention furthermore is concerned with the use in the manufacture of food products which include but are not limited to beverages, dry mixes, yogurts, sour cream, and cream cheese. The invention further relates to fiber particulate compositions made from grains like flax, sunflower, rice, canola, corn, wheat, rapeseed or lupin.
Abstract:
A whole soybean milk or curd is prepared by milling soybeans and homogenizing the milled soybeans via at least two steps of ultra-high pressure micronization, wherein the pressure applied at each step of the ultra-high pressure micronization is at least 500 bar, and the total cumulative sum of the pressures applied during the steps of the ultra-high pressure micronization is at least 2,000 bar.