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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Parabel Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Harvey Weaver, Fellsmere, FL (US);
Girish Kasat, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Lovas, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Lemnature AquaFarms Corporation, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides, according to some embodiments, methods for continuously blanching a microcrop and high-concentration protein products derived therefrom. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of continuously blanching a biomass, the method comprising: contacting a first portion of the biomass with a blanching solution to generate a first blanched biomass; dewatering the first blanched biomass to generate a separated solution; collecting the separated solution; contacting a second portion of the biomass with the separated solution to generate a second blanched biomass; dewatering the second portion of the biomass to generate the separated solution; and drying at least one of the first blanched biomass and the second blanched biomass to generate at least one of a protein concentrate flake and a protein concentrate granule, with the protein concentrate flake or granule having at least 45% DMB protein and with the protein having a PDCAAS value of at least 0.88.