Seaweed flour

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12433308-B2
Application number	US-201917284222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2019
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

The present invention provides a seaweed-based powder. The seaweed-based powder of the present invention has the advantage that it does not deleteriously impact, or it impacts to a lesser extent, the desired colour of a product containing thereof. In addition, the seaweed-based powder of the present invention has the capacity to produce gels having an optimum strength for the intended application. In particular, the invention provides a seaweed-based powder having an aerated bulk density (ABD) of at least 0.20 and a CIELAB L* value of at least 70.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seaweed powder having an aerated bulk density (ABD) of at least 0.20 g/ml and a CIELAB L* value of at least 70, wherein the seaweed powder is essentially free of oxidizing or bleaching agents.

2. The powder of claim 1 , wherein said powder is a naturally processed powder.

3. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the seaweed is a red, a green, or a brown seaweed.

4. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the seaweed is a red seaweed.

5. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the ABD is at least 0.25.

6. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the CIELAB L* value is at least 72.

7. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the powder has a CIELAB a* value of at most 5.0.

8. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the powder has a storage modulus (G′) of at least 10 Pa as determined in an aqueous medium containing 0.3 wt % of the powder relative to the total weight of the aqueous medium.

9. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the powder is not bleached with alkaline bases, oxidizing or bleaching agents, alcohols or combinations thereof.

10. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the powder is free of any whitening pigment.

11. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the ABD is at least 0.40.

12. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the CIELAB L value is at least 76.

13. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the CIELAB L* value is at least 78.

14. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the seaweed is a non-extracted seaweed.

15. The powder of claim 1 , wherein the seaweed comprises polysaccharides in an amount that is at least 70% of the naturally occurring amount of polysaccharides in the seaweed.

16. A composition comprising:
a seaweed powder having an aerated bulk density (ABD) of at least 0.20 g/ml and a CIELAB L* value of at least 70, wherein the seaweed powder is essentially free of oxidizing or bleaching agents; and
a gum, wherein the gum is selected from the group consisting of guar gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, cassia gum, tara gum, konjac gum, alginate, agar, carrageenan, beta 1,3 glucans, starch, and combinations thereof.

17. A food or feed product comprising the powder of claim 1 or the composition of claim 16 .

18. The food product of claim 17 , wherein said product is selected from the group consisting of bakery products, convenience products, beverage products, dairy products, confectionary products, frozen products, savoury products, meat products, dipping products, egg-based products, fat-spread products, seafood-based products, snack food products, and ready made meals and foods.

19. An industrial product comprising the seaweed powder of claim 1 or the composition of claim 16 .

Assignees

• Cargill Inc

Inventors

• Agoda-Tandjawa Gueba
• Leroy Helene Christelle
• Loaec Aurelie
• Mazoyer Jacques Andre Christian

Classifications

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A23C9/1544

  Non-acidified gels, e.g. custards, creams, desserts, puddings, shakes or foams, containing eggs or thickening or gelling agents other than sugar; Milk products containing natural or microbial polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose or cellulose derivatives; Milk products containing nutrient fibres · CPC title

• A23P10/40

  free-flowing powder or instant powder, i.e. powder which is reconstituted rapidly when liquid is added (A23P10/20, A23P10/30 take precedence) · CPC title

• A23L33/105 Primary

  Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives · CPC title

• A23K10/30

  from material of plant origin, e.g. roots, seeds or hay; from material of fungal origin, e.g. mushrooms (obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes, e.g. using yeasts or enzymes, A23K10/10) · CPC title