Claims
- 1. A method of extracting unhydrolyzed jojoba protein from defatted jojoba meal comprising the steps of:
forming an aqueous dispersion of said defatted jojoba meal; and filtering said aqueous dispersion thereby producing an unhydrolyzed jojoba protein permeate.
- 2. The method of claim 1 including the step of drying said permeate into an unhydrolyzed jojoba protein powder.
- 3. The method of claim 2, said drying step comprising spray drying said permeate.
- 4. The method of claim 2, wherein said unhydrolyzed jojoba protein powder comprises from about 10-30% by weight protein.
- 5. The method of claim 2, wherein said unhydrolyzed jojoba protein powder comprises from about 11-18% by weight simmondsin.
- 6. The method of claim 1 including the step of heating said aqueous dispersion to a temperature between about 60-90° C.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a division of Ser. No. 10/340,072, filed Jan. 10, 2003.
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
10340072 |
Jan 2003 |
US |
Child |
10818969 |
Apr 2004 |
US |