Unhydrolyzed jojoba protein products having high simmondsin concentration and methods of producing the same
View Patent ↗Unhydrolyzed and hydrolyzed jojoba protein having high simmondsin concentration are provided. These jojoba proteins may be in the form of an aqueous dispersion containing a mixture of amino acids, peptides and/or protein fractions derived from the extraction and hydrolysis of naturally occurring jojoba protein, or dried into a powder.
1. A method of extracting unhydrolyzed jojoba protein from defatted jojoba meal comprising the steps of:
forming an aqueous dispersion of said defatted jojoba meal;
filtering said aqueous dispersion thereby producing an unhydrolyzed jojoba protein permeate, and
drying said permeate to produce a dried unhydrolyzed jojoba protein composition, said composition comprising from about 11-18% by weight simmondsin, and from about 10-30% by weight unhydrolyzed protein, said unhydrolyzed jojoba protein composition having an average protein molecular weight that is 200-880,000 daltons.
2. The method of claim 1 , said drying comprises spray drying said permeate.
3. The method of claim 1 including the step of heating said aqueous dispersion to a temperature between about 60-90° C.