METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF BROWN ALGAE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry, pharmaceutical industry and cosmetics.

SUBSTANCE: method involves grinding preliminarily prepared brown sea algae and drying in low-vacuum dehydration apparatus; treating with acidic solution and washing with sweet water; processing algae with alkaline solution with pH value of 8-9 for producing of algae mass; subjecting the latter to homogenization in cooker and simultaneously cooking at algae to alkaline solution ratio of 1:1, at temperature of 60-70⁰C for 8 hours while continuously mixing to jelly state; neutralizing to pH value of 6-6.5 by mixing with acidic solution; pasteurizing jelly product and newly pasteurizing with following drying in low-vacuum dehydration apparatus for obtaining of dry product in the form of sheets; grinding in mill to powdered state.

EFFECT: prolonged storage time and improved quality of ready product, provision for keeping of initially available valuable nutritive substances in algae mass, increased safety for workers and wider range of usage of product.

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