Cargill Inc.

Unilever Plc

Unilever, N.v.

Csm Nederland B.v.

Unilever IP Holdings B.v.

Robert Jan Hamer

Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik Van De Poll

Atze Jan Van Der Goot

Remko Marcel Boom

Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust

Michel Mellema

Markus Alexander Stieger

Martijn Willem Jan Noort

Neeltje Hendrika Molenaar

Johannes Hendrikus Franciscus Bult

The present invention relates to a process for the separation of gluten and starch from wheat flower, wherein in a first step the wheat flour is converted into a dough having a moisture content of less than 50 wt %, based on dry weight of the flour. The dough is in a subsequent step subjected to an essential simple shear flow with a shear stress of at least 1 kPa and a specific mechanical energy input of at least 5 kJ/kg per minute processing time to obtain a processed dough. It is preferred that the apparatus used for performing this step includes a reactor of the cone-and-plate type or the cone-cone-type wherein an absolute velocity profile across the conical gap is present. In a final step, the processed dough is separated into a gluten enriched fraction and a starch enriched fraction. The gluten enriched fraction is very suitable for bakery applications.

Process for the separation of gluten and starch and products prepared from said process

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Amersfoort, Netherlands

Robert Jan Hamer