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Method for extracting gluten

  • US 20040192896A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2004
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for extracting gluten from flour comprising the following steps:

  • (a) mixing milled flour with water and an agent for breaking chemical bonds between starch molecules and protein molecules, (b) maturing the flour and water mixture in a maturation tank, (c) combining the flour and water mixture into masses of dough consisting mostly of gluten, (d) presenting the masses of dough to at least one rinser having a screen for retaining the masses of dough as starch is rinsed away from the masses composed mostly of gluten, (e) feeding the rinsed masses composed mostly of gluten produced in step (d) through a comminuting machine which forces the dough through a channel wherein the dough alternately encounters at least one set of cutting blades and at least one perforated plate to produce smaller masses composed mostly of gluten, (f) presenting the smaller masses composed mostly of gluten produced in step (e) to at least one rinser having a screen for retaining the smaller masses composed mostly of gluten as a substantial portion of the remaining starch is rinsed away from the smaller masses, (g) drying the rinsed smaller masses produced in step (f) to produce a dry product consisting mostly of gluten protein.

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