INSECT PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
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Abstract
Provided are insect products and methods for producing an insect product comprising solid insect particles. Methods for producing an insect product can include providing a dried cricket powder, providing a dried insect, or grinding wet-grinding, or shearing at least one insect into a paste or powder; adding water or an enzyme to the paste or powder to form a slurry; and filtering the slurry to produce an insect product. Methods for producing a chitin product are also provided that include providing a dried cricket powder or grinding, wet-grinding, or shearing at least one whole insect into a paste or powder; adding water or an enzyme to the paste or powder to form a slurry; and filtering the slurry to produce an insect product comprising chitin.
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43 Claims
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24. A method for producing an insect product, the method comprising:
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wet-grinding, grinding, or shearing at least one insect into a paste, puree, or powder, diluting the paste, puree, powder, or dried insect with a composition comprising water forming an insect slurry; adding a composition comprising an enzyme into the insect slurry forming an enzyme-containing insect slurry; microfiltering the enzyme-containing insect slurry, wherein the pore size of the microfiltration membrane is sufficient to retain lipids or insoluble sediment, wherein proteins are collected in a permeate; and ultrafiltering of the permeate, wherein the pore size of the filter membrane is sufficient to retain proteins and peptides comprising solid insect matter particles. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for producing an insect product, the method comprising:
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providing an insect; grinding, wet-grinding, or shearing the insect into an insect paste or powder; diluting the insect paste or powder with a composition comprising water forming an insect slurry; adding a composition comprising an enzyme to the insect slurry forming an enzyme-containing insect slurry; microfiltering the enzyme-containing insect slurry, wherein the pore size of the microfiltration membrane is sufficient to retain lipids and insoluble sediment, wherein proteins are collected in the permeate; and nanofiltering of the permeate, wherein the pore size of the filter membrane is sufficient to retain proteins and peptides. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An insect product comprising:
- a composition derived from at least one insect, comprising solid insect particles, wherein the insect product has
a protein content of about 90% to about 99%;
a fat content of about 0% to about50%; a carbohydrate content of about 0% to about 50%; an ash content of about 0% to about 5%; and the solid insect particles have an average particle size between about 0.001 μ
m and about 100 μ
m or between about 0.01 μ
m and about 10 μ
m. - View Dependent Claims (43)
- a composition derived from at least one insect, comprising solid insect particles, wherein the insect product has
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