US 11,998,029 B2
Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects, and the soft part is then separated into three fractions
Sophie Laurent, Paris (FR); Thibault Sarton Du Jonchay, Chevrières (FR); Jean-Gabriel Levon, Paris (FR); Ceclia Socolsky, Paris (FR); Lorena Sanchez, Juvisy (FR); Nathalie Berezina, Paris (FR); Benjamin Armenjon, Paris (FR); and Antoine Hubert, Alfortville (FR)
Assigned to Ynsect
Appl. No. 16/473,871
Filed by YNSECT, Evry (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2017, PCT No. PCT/FR2017/050554
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/122476, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1663478 (FR), filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0343150 A1, Nov. 14, 2019
Int. Cl. A23K 20/147 (2016.01); A23D 9/02 (2006.01); A23J 3/04 (2006.01); A23K 10/20 (2016.01); A23K 20/158 (2016.01); A23K 40/10 (2016.01); A23L 33/17 (2016.01); C11B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A23K 20/147 (2016.05) [A23D 9/02 (2013.01); A23J 3/04 (2013.01); A23K 10/20 (2016.05); A23K 40/10 (2016.05); A23K 20/158 (2016.05); A23L 33/17 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A23V 2200/13 (2013.01); A23V 2250/511 (2013.01); C11B 1/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
 
1. A process for treating insects comprising the following steps:
separating the cuticles from the soft part of the insects using a separator and without any prior step of grinding the insects, then
separating the soft part of the insects into a fat fraction, a solid fraction, and an aqueous fraction.