Gelatin extraction

US4064008A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Novo Industri A/S · DK

Inventors

• Bent Riber Petersen · Nørresundby, DK
• John Russel Yates · Acacia Hills, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 1976
• Grant date: Dec 20, 1977
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/836
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In the treatment of collagen containing materials for gelatin extraction purposes, conditioning the collagen source enzymatically at pH 7-13 with protease, pH level being selected to match the pH optimum of the protease, for 4-72 hours, at 20.degree. - 40.degree. C.