Title: Food supplement from vegetable pulp and method of preparing same

Abstract: A bland food supplement which can be used as a filler, extender, or protein binder in a variety of food products is made from water-extracted vegetable pulp such as sugar beet pulp. The pulp is contacted with an aqueous bleaching solution selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, an alkali metal peroxide, ammonium persulfate, sulfur dioxide, sodium hydrosulfite, sodium chlorite, sodium hypochlorite, chlorine, chlorine dioxide and combinations thereof. The bleached pulp is separated from the bleaching solution, and is then dried to obtain a stable, free-flowing, food supplement comprising about 4% to 8% by weight water, about 7% to 9% crude protein, about 15% to 25% crude fiber, about 60% to 70% nitrogen-free extracts, and about 2.5% to 5% ash.

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Inventors: Farag, Souly A. (Moses Lake, WA, US)
Hayes, John E. (Seattle, WA, US)
Norman, Lloyd W. (Wahpeton, ND, US)

Application Number: 905059
Filing Date: 1978-05-11
Publication_date: 1980-12-23
Assignee: U and I, Incorporated (Salt Lake City, UT)
Primary Class(es): 426/258 426/259, 426/431, 426/640
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US Patent Ref:

345159	Jul, 1886	Maul	426/259.
2367771	Jan, 1945	Hampel	162/80.
2430674	Nov, 1947	Hampel	426/253.
3574634	Apr, 1971	Singer	426/804.
3676150	Jul, 1972	Glicksman et al.	426/804.
3928121	Dec, 1975	Castillo	426/431.
3998976	Dec, 1976	Pernod	426/804.

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Primary Examiner: Hunter, Jeanette M.
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Attorney: Criddle & Western