Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus

Neste Oyj

Olavi Myllymäki

Ilkka Lehtomäki

Perttu Koskinen

Ossi A Pastinen

Simo Laakso

Heidi Vainio

Mika Sipponen

Ville Pihlajaniemi

Heikki Aro

Veli Hietaniemi

Juha-Matti Pihlava

Anu Kaukovirta-Norja

The present disclosure relates to a method for obtaining sugar and lignin fractions from lignocellulosic materials and to a method for producing fermentation products using the sugars obtained from the lignocellulose. The present disclosure relates to a method for improving the sugar yield in the enzymatic hydrolysate by introducing a pre-treatment step of hydrothermal hydrolysis and an alkaline delignification step.

Method of processing lignocellulosic material using an alkaline delignification agent

The invention relates to a method of preparing functionally valuable products, such as &#x3b2;-glucan, protein, starch and lipid concentrates from oat. The invention also relates to products thus obtained and to the use thereof. The invention further relates to the use of non-heat-treated or slightly heat-treated oat fat-extracted with supercritical extraction for preparing said products by using dry milling, sieving and air classification.

Method for fractionating oat, products thus obtained, and use thereof

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cereal bran product containing beta-glucan. According to the method, a plastic mass is formed from cereal bran by means of a thermo-mechanical treatment, and the mass is brought into contact with an enzyme that breaks up beta-glucan, with or without an enzyme that breaks up starch. After inactivating the enzyme, the bran is dried and, when so needed, ground. The cereal bran product manufactured according to the method has an essentially inextensible structure in a water environment. The product is suitable to be added to aqueous foodstuffs or to foodstuffs, the manufacture of which employs water.

Method of producing a bran product

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