Abstract: A method for the separation of wheat gluten and wheat starch. A mixture containing wheat starch, wheat protein and water is treated in a hydrocyclone apparatus. The gluten agglomerates in the hydrocyclones and is carried along in the overflow fraction. The bulk of the starch is contained in a fraction separated at the tapping point.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 1977
Date of Patent:
January 2, 1979
Assignee:
Scholten-Honig Research B.V.
Inventors:
Petrus Verberne, Wilhelmus R. M. Zwitserloot, Robijn R. Nauta