Flavio D Galhardo

US Patent:

20080182322, Jul 31, 2008

Filed:

Jan 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/668921

Inventors:

Christopher L.G. Dayton - Bourbonnais IL, US
Flavio Galhardo - Manteno IL, US

International Classification:

C11B 7/00

US Classification:

435271, 554175

Abstract:

A method for degumming an oil composition comprises the steps of (a) providing an oil composition containing a quantity of phospholipids, (b) contacting said oil composition simultaneously with one or more phospholipase A enzymes and one or more phospholipase C enzymes, under conditions sufficient for the enzymes to react with the phospholipids to create phospholipid reaction products, and (c) separating the phospholipids reaction products from the oil composition, the remaining oil composition after the separation being a degummed oil composition, whereby during step (b) the reaction of said one or more phospholipase A enzymes proceeds at a faster rate than it would in the absence of said one or more phospholipase C enzymes.

US Patent:

20060159810, Jul 20, 2006

Filed:

Jan 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/038988

Inventors:

Marialuci Almeida - Bourbonnais IL, US
Flavio Galhardo - Manteno IL, US

International Classification:

A23L 3/32

US Classification:

426237000, 426634000

Abstract:

An oil-bearing biological material such as soybeans is subjected to microwave energy in the presence of an organic extractant. The oil will be expressed into the extractant, leaving soybean meal. The moisture content of the soybeans, the pressure level of the solvent, and the microwave energy density all can be preselected in a single unit process to produce a soybean meal product having a protein dispersibility index value within a preferred range.