| CPC A23G 1/34 (2013.01) [A23G 1/48 (2013.01); A23G 2200/06 (2013.01); A23G 2200/14 (2013.01)] | 27 Claims |
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1. A method for preparing a plant-based solid substrate derived from a ground food stream waste product for use in a chocolate replica, wherein the method comprises:
mixing the ground food stream waste product with a caustic agent and water at a pressure of 0-10 bar, to generate a ground preparation having a pH of about 7 to about 10.5;
drying the ground preparation, wherein the ground preparation comprises the ground food stream waste product, caustic agent, and water;
combining the dried ground preparation with one or more plant oils to generate a mixture;
milling the mixture to obtain particles having a size less than about 75 microns; and
sieving the particles to yield the solid substrate;
wherein the ground food stream waste product is oil seeds, fruit or vegetable seeds, or a combination thereof;
wherein the fruit or vegetable seeds are from a fruit or vegetable selected from the group consisting of apple, breadfruit, breadnut, cashew, citrus fruits, colocynth, date, date palm, guava, grape, kokum, luffa, mango, moringa, melon, olive, papaya, pumpkin, squash, gourd, sapucaia, Spanish lime, seje, tomato, walnut, watermelon, and combinations thereof; and
wherein the oil plant seeds are selected from the group consisting of almond kernels, camelina seeds, cashew nuts, castor seeds, chia seed, cottonseed hulls, corozo seed, macadamia, maize germ, oil palm kernels, rapeseed hulls, rapeseeds, safflower seeds, sal seeds, soybean seeds, sesame seeds, shea kernel, sickle pods, sunflower hulls, sunflower seeds, soybean hulls, walnuts, watermelon seeds, and combinations thereof.
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