Here s how chia seeds may provide options for nutritional foods, capsules ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 18:54 IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): New options for nutritional foods, medicine capsules, and anti-ageing products may be formed with an improved extraction method that involves chia suggest the findings of new research.
A Purdue University team has developed and patented the method to separate mucilage from chia seeds, yielding a protein-rich chia seed flour with improved bioactivity and functionality compared with conventional methods.
This work was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch Act formula funds project 1019794.
Mucilage is a thick and gluey substance that surrounds chia seeds and can make processing the seeds for food or pharmaceutical uses much more difficult or nearly impossible.
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