Spray dried mustard flour
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1. A process for manufacturing mustard flour having a selected degree of pungency versus blandness upon hydration from mustard seed which is known to naturally contain a glucoside and an enzyme which catalyzes a reaction of the glucoside, in the presence of water, to produce a volatile pungent oil, said process comprising:
- a. grinding a first quanta of mustard seed, hydrating this first quanta and heating it sufficiently to disable substantially all of said enzyme contained therein;
b. drying the hydrated first quanta in a heated gas stream to produce a first mustard flour product, which, if re-hydrated alone, is relatively bland due to the disabling of said enzyme;
c. grinding a second quanta of mustard seed;
d. hydrating the ground second quanta sufficiently to produce said reaction therein to produce at least some of the volatile pungent oil potentially producible therein;
e. drying the hydrated second quanta in contact with a heated gas stream, to produce a second mustard flour product, which, if hydrated alone is relatively bland due to the evaporation therefrom during drying of at least a substantial proportion of said volatile oil therefrom;
f. step (d) being carried out at such a cool temperature and step (e) being carried out for such a short time, that a substantial proportion of said enzyme originally present in the second quanta of mustard seed survives in the second mustard flour product; and
g. blending the first mustard flour product with the second mustard flour product to produce a resulting mustard flour product whose characteristic degree of pungency upon hydration is substantially affected by how much of said glucoside of the first mustard flour product is available for producing said reaction, catalyzed by said enzyme of the second mustard flour product.
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A mustard flour of controlled pungency is obtained by mixing separately prepared mustard flours. A first mustard flour is prepared wherein the enzyme is deactivated but the glucoside is retained, whereas in a second mustard flour the enzyme is retained but the glucoside is substantially eliminated. Both mustard flours, alone, are mild in flavor.
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1. A process for manufacturing mustard flour having a selected degree of pungency versus blandness upon hydration from mustard seed which is known to naturally contain a glucoside and an enzyme which catalyzes a reaction of the glucoside, in the presence of water, to produce a volatile pungent oil, said process comprising:
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a. grinding a first quanta of mustard seed, hydrating this first quanta and heating it sufficiently to disable substantially all of said enzyme contained therein; b. drying the hydrated first quanta in a heated gas stream to produce a first mustard flour product, which, if re-hydrated alone, is relatively bland due to the disabling of said enzyme; c. grinding a second quanta of mustard seed; d. hydrating the ground second quanta sufficiently to produce said reaction therein to produce at least some of the volatile pungent oil potentially producible therein; e. drying the hydrated second quanta in contact with a heated gas stream, to produce a second mustard flour product, which, if hydrated alone is relatively bland due to the evaporation therefrom during drying of at least a substantial proportion of said volatile oil therefrom; f. step (d) being carried out at such a cool temperature and step (e) being carried out for such a short time, that a substantial proportion of said enzyme originally present in the second quanta of mustard seed survives in the second mustard flour product; and g. blending the first mustard flour product with the second mustard flour product to produce a resulting mustard flour product whose characteristic degree of pungency upon hydration is substantially affected by how much of said glucoside of the first mustard flour product is available for producing said reaction, catalyzed by said enzyme of the second mustard flour product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A mustard flour product having a selected degree of pungency versus blandness upon hydration, consisting essentially of a blend of:
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a. a first mustard flour in which substantially all of the naturally occurring enzyme in mustard seed which catalyzes the known reaction of naturally occurring glucoside in mustard seed, upon hydration, to produce a volatile pungent oil, is disabled, so that the first mustard flour, if hydrated alone, is relatively bland; and b. a second mustard flour in which a substantial proportion of said enzyme survives, but from which at least some of the volatile pungent oil potentially producible in the second mustard flour upon hydration is missing, having been formed and removed, so that the second mustard flour, if hydrated alone is relatively bland. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A process for producing a mustard flour product having a selected degree of pungency versus blandness upon hydration, comprising:
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preparing a. a first mustard flour in which substantially all of the naturally occurring enzyme in mustard seed which catalyzes the known reaction of naturally occurring glucoside in mustard seed, upon hydration, to produce a volatile pungent oil, is disabled, so that the first mustard flour, if hydrated alone, is relatively bland; and b. a second mustard flour in which a substantial proportion of said enzyme survives, but from which at least some of the volatile pungent oil potentially producible in the second mustard flour upon hydration is missing, having been formed and removed, so that the second mustard flour, if hydrated alone is relatively bland; and blending the first and second mustard flours together. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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