Method for preparing functional grease through segmented solid-state fermentation of mixed fungi

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11845908-B2
Application number	US-202016916448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2020
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method for preparing functional grease through segmented solid-state fermentation of mixed fungi, and belongs to the field of edible oil processing. According to the disclosure, soybeans are used as a main fermentation substrate, for the requirements for different functional nutrition, the soybeans are matched with other oil seeds, fungus segmented solid-state fermentation is used and combined with a supercritical extraction fractionation technology, so that the purposes of improving the aftertaste of soybean oils and generating different flavors are achieved, and the nutritional value of the grease is improved. The fungus segmented solid-state fermentation of the disclosure can improve the oil yield, improve the fatty acid composition of the grease, and increase the content of main flavor substances such as pyrazines, alcohols and phenols, and the sensory functions such as flavor and color of the grease more meet the requirements of consumers for innovative products. Fermented dregs can be further processed to produce byproducts like functional polypeptides, so that sustainable green development is realized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing functional grease through segmented solid-state fermentation of mixed fungi, comprising the following steps:
(1) powder preparation: after crushing and peeling soybeans, rolling a blank, performing puffing by using a hydraulic conical plug puffing machine at a puffing temperature of 150-160° C. for the puffing time of 1-3 min, and then cooling to 25-35° C. to obtain soybean powder; and husking or peeling other oil seeds, crushing into 50-100 meshes, autoclaving crushed powder at 115-121° C. for 15-30 min, and cooling to 25-35° C. to obtain other oil seed powder;
(2) fungus fermentation: mixing the puffed soybean powder and the other oil seed powder subjected to autoclaving at a mass ratio of 6-9:1-4, putting a mixture into a fermentation tank, adjusting moisture content of materials in the fermentation tank to be 20-30 wt %, adding 0.5-5 wt % of glucose, adding 0.05-0.5 wt % of NaCl, adjusting pH to be 3.5-9, inoculating 10-20 wt % of fungal strains, and performing segmented fermentation at a fermentation temperature of 25-35° C. for the total fermentation time of 3-7 days, wherein the fungi are mold or yeast, the mold comprises Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus niger and Mortierella isabellina , and the yeast comprises Rhodotorula glutinis, Candida albicans and Rhodosporidium toruloides ; and
(3) supercritical CO 2 extraction fractionation: transferring a fermentation product into an extraction kettle, performing supercritical CO 2 extraction, then performing reduced pressure fractionation to prepare nutrition-enhanced grease with different flavors and colors, and filling the grease with nitrogen so as to preserve the grease,
wherein the segmented fermentation is as follows: when the fungi are the mold, the pH is adjusted to be 3.5-9, a dissolved oxygen amount is adjusted to be 30%-40% of a total material volume, firstly the Aspergillus oryzae is added for fermentation for 1-3 days, then 0.1 wt %-1 wt % of glucose is replenished, the pH is adjusted to be 3.5-9, the dissolved oxygen amount is adjusted to be 30%-40% of the total material volume, and then the Aspergillus niger and the Mortierella isabellina are added for culture for 2-6 days; or, when the fungi are the yeast, the pH is adjusted to be 5-9, the dissolved oxygen amount is adjusted to be 25%-35% of the total material volume, firstly the Candida albicans or the Candida albicans and the Rhodosporidium toruloides are added for fermentation for 2-5 days, then 1 wt %-3 wt % of glucose is replenished, the pH is adjusted to be 5-9, the dissolved oxygen amount is adjusted to be 10%-20% of the total material volume, and then the Rhodotorula glutinis and the Rhodosporidium toruloides or the Rhodotorula glutinis is added for fermentation for 1-4 days.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the other oil seeds are any one or more of flaxseeds, hemp seeds, rapeseeds, sesame, peanuts and corn germs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of the soybean powder to the other oil seed powder is 6-9:1-4.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the Aspergillus oryzae to the Aspergillus niger to the Mortierella isabellina is 1-5:1-5:1-5.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the Rhodotorula glutinis to the Candida albicans to the Rhodosporidium toruloides is 1-5:1-5:1-5.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an extraction pressure is 30-40 MPa, a CO 2 flow rate is 15-20 L/h, an extraction temperature is 40-50° C., and the extraction time is 1.5-2 h.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reduced pressure fractionation is divided into primary reduced pressure fractionation and secondary reduced pressure fractionation, the primary reduced pressure fractionation has a pressure of 10-20 MPa and a temperature of 40-50° C., and the secondary reduced pressure fractionation has a pressure of 8-10 MPa and a temperature of 35-45° C.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (1) powder preparation comprises the following steps: after crushing and peeling the soybeans and rolling the blank, puffing the powder by using the hydraulic conical plug puffing machine at the puffing temperature of 150° C. for the puffing time of 2 min, and then cooling to 35° C.; and crushing flaxseeds into 100 meshes, performing autoclaving at 121° C. for 15 min, and cooling to 28° C.;
the (2) fungus fermentation comprises the following steps: mixing the puffed soybean powder and the flaxseed powder subjected to autoclaving at the mass ratio of 8:2, transferring the mixture into the fermentation tank, adjusting the moisture content to be 20 wt %, adding 1 wt % of the glucose, adding 0.05 wt % of the NaCl, adjusting the pH to be about 5.0, and adjusting the dissolved oxygen amount to be 30% of the total material volume; adding the Aspergillus oryzae into the fermentation tank with an inoculating amount of 10%, the fermentation temperature of 35° C. and the fermentation time of 2 days; and reducing the temperature in the fermentation tank to be 28° C. after 2 days, replenishing 0.5 wt % of glucose, and mixing and adding the Aspergillus niger and the Mortierella isabellina into the fermentation tank at a ratio of 1:1 with a total inoculating amount of 10%, the dissolved oxygen amount of 40% of the total material volume, the fermentation temperature of 28° C. and the fermentation time of 5 days; and
the (3) supercritical CO 2 extraction fractionation comprises the following steps: transferring the fermentation product into the extraction kettle with an extraction pressure of 30 MPa, a CO 2 flow rate of 15 L/h, an extraction temperature of 45° C., and the extraction time of 2 h, then performing reduced pressure fractionation comprising primary reduced pressure fractionation with a pressure of 15 MPa and a temperature of 40° C. and secondary reduced pressure fractionation with a pressure of 8 MPa and a temperature of 35° C., and filling the prepared nutrition-enhanced functional grease with the nitrogen so as to preserve the grease.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the (1) powder preparation comprises the following steps: after crushing and peeling the soybeans and rolling the blank, puffing the powder by using the hydraulic conical plug puffing machine at the puffing temperature of 160° C. for the puffing time of 2 min, and then cooling to 30° C.; and crushing flaxseeds into 100 meshes, performing autoclaving at 121° C. for 15 min, and cooling to 30° C.;
the (2) fungus fermentation comprises the following steps: mixing the puffed soybean powder and the flaxseed powder subjected to autoclaving at the mass ratio of 8:2, transferring the mixture into the fermentation tank, adjusting the moisture content to be 20 wt %, adding 5 wt % of the glucose, adding 0.1 wt % of the NaCl, adjusting the pH to be 6.2, adjusting the dissolved oxygen amount to be 30% of the total material volume, and mixing and inoculating the Candida albicans and the Rhodosporidium toruloides into the fermentation tank at a ratio of 1:1 with an inoculating amount of 10%, the fermentation temperature of 30° C. and the fermentation time of 3 days; and reducing the fermentation temperature to be 28° C. after 3 days, replenishing 2 wt % of glucose, adjusting the dissolved oxygen amount to be 15% of the total material volume, adjusting the pH to be 6.0, and inoculating 10% of the Rhodotorula glutinis at the fermentation temperature of 28° C. for the fermentation time of 4 days; and
the (3) supercritical CO 2 extraction fractionation comprises the following steps: transferring the fermentation product into the extraction kettle with an extraction pressure of 30 MPa, a CO 2 flow rate of 15 L/h

Assignees

• Univ Jiangnan

Inventors

• Liu Yuanfa
• Li Jinwei
• Zhai Yinghong

Classifications

• A23B20/30

  Preservation of other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils · CPC title

• C11B1/04 Primary

  of vegetable raw material {(C11B1/025 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A23D9/007

  characterised by ingredients other than fatty acid triglycerides · CPC title

• A23D9/04

  Working-up · CPC title

• A23D9/06

  Human Necessities · mapped topic