MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641070666 A) filed by National Institute Of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship And Management Thanjavur Niftem-T on June 05, 2026, for Multi-Source Plant Protein Isolation Process Using Dual-Stage High Pressure Homogenization With Sequential Basket And Tubular-Bowl Centrifugation.
Inventors include Akalya Shanmugam; Mohan L; Vasugi Murugan; Gokul A K; Devadharshini R; and Mullapati Saipranavi.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a multi-source process for producing plant protein isolates using dual-stage high-pressure homogenization. The scalable and continuous process for producing high-quality plant protein isolates from multiple plant sources including legumes, pulses, oilseed cakes, and millets. The process enables multi- source applicability through a unified extraction methodology capable of efficiently processing diverse raw materials comprises legumes or pulses selected from chickpea, yellow pea, and mungbean, millets such as proso, foxtail and brown top millet and oilseed cakes from legumes such as deoiled groundnut cake, soybean oilseed cake, thereby eliminating the need for crop-specific processing systems. The enhanced protein solubilization and extraction efficiency achieved through a first- stage high-pressure homogenization performed during alkaline extraction, which promotes effective cellular disruption and increased protein release. The process additionally enhances functional properties of plant protein isolates, including solubility, emulsification capacity, and foaming ability, through a second-stage high- pressure homogenization carried out after neutralization.
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