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7629011 |
Process for removing the peel from citrus fruit
An efficient process for enzymatically peeling citrus fruit applies a vacuum to perforated fruit and, while maintaining that vacuum, introduces an enzyme solution to the perforated fruit. The fruit...
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7615243 |
Method for peeling agricultural products having skins
A method of peeling agricultural products having skins, including the steps of: immersing the agricultural products to be peeled in a treating solution in a first area of a peeling apparatus, and...
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7595072 |
Process for warm dehulling soya
The invention relates to a method for warm dehulling soya and other bean fruits and for subsequently grinding them, as well as to corresponding installation. The invention can simplify the process...
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7550165 |
Method and apparatus for peeling produce
An apparatus and method of peeling produce is described comprising adding an electrically conductive fluid and a produce having a peel to a container and subjecting the fluid and the produce to an...
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7524522 |
Kernel fractionation system
Specifically, a dry corn fractionation system which operates to produce an endosperm fraction which can be concurrently of greater purity at greater yield than obtainable from corn milling or dry...
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7493852 |
Sheller and method of use thereof
A sheller for vegetables and fruits, particularly for legumes, having a rotatable drum with baffle plates having openings formed therethrough. The baffle plates are disposed such that the openings...
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7488390 |
Corn and fiber refining
Plant materials such as corn kernels which contain starch and fiber comprising cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin are refined. The starch, cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin are...
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7452425 |
Corn refining process
A grain containing starch, such as corn, is refined. The grain is steeped in water at a temperature of about 125 to 160° F., which water is essentially free of sulfurous acid and contains recycled...
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7449209 |
Method and ingredient for increasing soluble fiber content to enhance bile acid binding, increase viscosity, and increase hypocholesterolemic properties
The present invention relates to a method for modifying materials that have low soluble fiber content and high insoluble fiber content so as to enhance bile acid binding capacity by increasing the...
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7445806 |
Process for selective grinding and recovery of dual-density foods
A process for selectively grinding dual-density processed food in a single unit operation in a short-duration manner. Selective grinding as between lower-density and higher-density portions of the...
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7430958 |
Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits
A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as...
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7368140 |
Nut fragments and methods of forming nut fragments
Raw material nuts may be quenched using an extremely low temperature liquefied gas to produce cracks in the raw material nuts. The cracked raw material nuts may then be crumbled along the cracks to...
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7357952 |
Methods for splitting pistachio nuts
The present invention discloses methods for artificially splitting nuts in a manner that ensures that the nuts split in the same manner as naturally split nuts. The methods include placing a batch...
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7141260 |
Apparatus and method for removal of seed pericarp
An apparatus and method for removing pericarp from a seed, such as a corn kernel. The method includes sonicating the kernel to loosen the pericarp and then separation of the pericarp. One example...
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7097871 |
Deflavored vegetable powders, methods of making them, and systems for vegetable milling
The present invention relates to vegetable powders and methods of making them. The methods can include one or more inventive methods of dehulling, steaming, and/or milling and air classifying a...
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7060312 |
Methods and apparatus for processing vegetables
The disclosed embodiments include methods and apparatus for processing vegetables having a root crown including applying opposing forces to the vegetables to separate the roots or portions thereof...
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7060313 |
Citrus peel processing system and method
A method and system for processing citrus peel to produce food grade products and environmentally safe liquid discharge, by cutting mixing, heating, separating, pressing and drying the citrus peel.
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7048957 |
Method and apparatus for processing vegetables
According to certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus relating to an infeed for positioning the green onions in a generally horizontal position on a...
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7045164 |
Soybean processing
Methods are provided for forming soy germ concentrate in a soybean processing operation that produces soy bean oil and soybean meal.
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7022363 |
Process and apparatus for flaxseed component separation
A continuous process for separating components of flaxseed is described. Flaxseed is dried to a moisture content of from about 0.5% to about 3.0%, after which is introduced into a separation...
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7000531 |
Nutcracker
A nutcracker for simultaneously cracking a plurality of similar nuts in a single discreet operation provides a five sided box-like base defining a chamber having an open top, carrying a rigid...
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7001631 |
Low temperature sanitization of human pathogens from the surfaces of food and food packaging
Almonds are often harvested off the ground from around trees which have been fertilized with manure. Potentially hazardous microbes are transferred from the husk to the shells during the dehusking...
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6899910 |
Processes for recovery of corn germ and optionally corn coarse fiber (pericarp)
A process for recovering corn germ and corn coarse fiber from corn in a dry grind process, involving soaking corn kernels in water to produce soaked corn kernels, grinding the soaked corn kernels...
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6887501 |
Alkalized cocoa solids
The present invention is directed to a method of processing a fat-containing bean, e.g., cocoa beans, for producing solids comprising active polyphenols and/or fat-containing products, comprising...
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6861083 |
Process and apparatus for the integral utilization of oil-producing drupes, particularly olives, and specific products obtained
A process and an apparatus for the processing of oil-producing drupes, notably olives, is described comprising at least one device ( 20, 24 ) for the processing of whole drupes which effects a...
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6824804 |
Pecan processing method and system
A pecan processing method and system is described that increases the efficiency of pecan processing. In particular, pecan parts that fall beneath the cracker, secondary cracker product, are...
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6814994 |
Method and device to obtain fresh fruit flesh slices
The method includes eliminating the two side caps of the fruit, cutting the remaining portion into slices, optionally classifying by diameter the obtained slices, and finally peeling the slices....
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6787172 |
Method of making flavedo powder for enhancement of orange juice and products thereof
Disclosed are improved orange juice products and processes of preparing the products. Included is a natural enhancement powder which originates from the flavedo of citrus peel such as orange peel...
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6780451 |
Citrus juice vesicle separation method and system
A method for separating juice vesicles from a citrus fruit includes the step of forming a plurality of generally circumferential scores between a stem end and a stylar end of a citrus fruit....
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6777005 |
Foods containing a cocoa polyphenol additive
Disclosed and claimed are cocoa extracts such as polyphenols or procyanidins, methods for preparing such extracts, as well as uses for them, especially as antineoplastic agents and antioxidants....
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6709690 |
Method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains
The invention relates to a method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains. This method according to the invention includes a pretreatment step, wherein the moisture content of the cereal...
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6673379 |
Use of non-alkalized cocoa solids in a drink
The present invention is directed to a method of processing a fat-containing bean, e.g., cocoa beans, for producing solids comprising active polyphenols and/or fat-containing products, comprising...
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6612226 |
Peeling apparatus and associated methods
A peeling apparatus may include a frame, a set of mounts being removably connected to a first end of the frame adjacent at least one first roller opening and each mount including a flange bearing....
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6592921 |
Method of removing the hull from corn kernels
A method of removing the hull from corn kernels wherein the method involves exposing the corn kernels to ammonia (e.g., gas-phase anhydrous) under conditions effective to remove the hull from corn...
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6541057 |
Apparatus for shelling nuts
An apparatus for shelling nuts comprises adjustably opposed, manual or motor-driven, rotary wheel-type rollers that engage nuts and, as they rotate, forcibly crack the shell as the nut is...
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6517881 |
Method for removing skins from a food product
An apparatus for removing skins from a food product ( 11 ), such as produce or fruit, including a pressure vessel ( 14 ) formed to contain a volume of superheated water ( 41 ) for immersion of the...
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6517885 |
Process for preparation of mustard powder and mustard cake
A process is provided for the production of a pressed mustard cake from mustard seed, as well as mustard powder yielded from the milling of the mustard cake of the process. Employing strict...
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6467248 |
Method for processing freshly harvested leafy vegetables and subdivided, peeled fruit
Methods for processing freshly harvested leafy produce, fruits and vegetables comprising cutting such produce, fruits and vegetables from their growth sites, removing the cores of the produce as...
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6428834 |
Self-contained mobile system and method for selectively processing fresh corn
A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing them to a husker for removing...
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6419967 |
Peel material pH level adjustment process and apparatus
A tomato peel material pH level adjustment system ( 10 ) including a plurality of peel material receiving tanks ( 32, 33 ), pumps ( 36, 37 ), acid injection devices ( 71, 46, 48 ), mixing devices (...
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6372267 |
Foods containing cocoa solids having high cocoa polyphenol contents
The present invention is directed to a method of processing a fat-containing bean, e.g., cocoa beans, for producing solids comprising active polyphenols and/or fat-containing products, comprising...
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6372281 |
Process of milling hard white wheat and products thereof
Improved wheat milling processes for the production of white flour involves selecting a hard white wheat variety for milling, milling the hard white wheat into white patent flour, isolating a high...
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6368654 |
Method for making fruit and vegetable purees
A method for making fruit and vegetables purees includes selecting raw produce of the type having meat with a cell structure that is not ruptured by cooking or macerating, and seeds and/or skins....
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6296888 |
Method for the extraction of vegetable juices from vegetable residue and/or from vegetable remnants residue
The invention includes a method of processing solid and pulp-like vegetable remnants obtained by steam peeling into two high value vegetable components, namely, vegetable juice and animal fodder....
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6284300 |
Skin loosening or removal process
A process and apparatus is disclosed for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets...
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6270824 |
High production nutcracking apparatus having improved alignment capability
A high production nutcracking apparatus wherein the nuts are fed from a hopper on a feed conveyor to a cracking apparatus. The cracking apparatus is in the form of a plurality of cracking units...
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6264853 |
Complex containing lignan, phenolic and aliphatic substances from flax and process for preparing
A substanially pure chemically bound complex is derived from flax containing secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, cinnamic acid glycosides and hydroxy methyl glutaric acid. The complex is obtained by...
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6261617 |
Snack cake and method of producing the same
Potatoes are skin pared, pelletized, steamed, dried and inflated into thin bars, sprayed with seasoning without oil or with a limited quantity of oil and dried such that a snack cake containing...
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6254914 |
Process for recovery of corn coarse fiber (pericarp)
A method of recovering corn coarse fiber by flotation, which features the use of a hydrocyclone, or other separating machinery, in which the specific gravity of the slurry contained therein has...
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6224932 |
Cryogenic rheological modification of tree nuts
A method and apparatus for cryogenic rheological modification of tree nuts and other shelled foodstuffs wherein brief cryogenic exposure facilitates further processing, particular shell removal....
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