HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NOVA SCOTIA; AS REPRESENTED BY THE MININISTER OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA; THE NOVA SCOTIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (NSAC)
发明人:
ABLETT, RICHARD F.
申请号：
CA2668253
公开号：
CA2668253C
申请日:
2009.06.03
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A processes is provide herein for converting waste bio-product pomace to useful bio-product extracts. The process includes the steps of forming a mixture of water as a solvent and a specified quantity of the waste bio-product pomace. Then optionally adding a suitable quantity of citric acid to the water/waste bio-product mixture. Then heating waste bio- product pomace/water mixture to an elevated temperature below the boiling point of water. Then optionally adding a suitable quantity of sodium metabisulfite to the heated waste bio-product pomace/water mixture. Then stirring heated waste bio-product pomace/water mixture for a suitable time to disperse the waste bio-product uniformly in the water solvent. Then cooling the stirred, heated waste bio-product pomace/water mixture to a suitable lower temperature at a rate of about 60° C per hour. Then removing solids from the stirred waste bio-product pomace/water mixture. Then clarifying the cooled stirred water/ waste bio-product mixture. Then concentrating the clarifying cooled stirred waste bio-product pomace/water mixture under the influence of a suitable vacuum and at a suitable increased temperature until the concentrate has a BRIX of about 20 to about 22. This provides a concentrated useful bio-product comprising antioxidant-enriched liquids comprised of the natural elements extracted from said waste bio--products.
