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AQUEOUS PROCESS FOR PILOT PLANT‐SCALE PRODUCTION OF PEANUT PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
Author(s) -
RHEE KHEE CHOON,
CATER CARL M.,
MATTIL KARL F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1973.tb02794.x
Subject(s) - peanut oil , grinding , raw material , pilot plant , pulp and paper industry , aqueous solution , plant protein , chemistry , food science , environmental science , materials science , metallurgy , engineering , organic chemistry
The feasibility of producing a peanut protein concentrate using an aqueous system has been evaluated on a pilot plant scale. The recovery of oil, which is economically important, was critically influenced by grinding methods and conditions and washing of the recovered solids, thus reducing the oil content of the concentrate and increasing the oil recovery. Under the present operating conditions approximately 92% of the protein in the raw material was recovered as a protein concentrate and 89% of the initial oil as free oil. The cost of production was estimated as 23c/lb of protein.