PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE PROPERTIES OF CRUDELY OR FINELY GROUND OIL SEED FLOUR

摘要

1. Process for improving the properties of meals or flours of oily seeds, which comprises treating the crushed or ground seeds with an extraction mixture consisting of ammonia or ammonium hydroxide and an organic solvent of the formula I R1 -(Cn H2n )-OR2 in which either R1 and R2 each are hydrogen and n is 1, 2 or 3 ; or R1 is a hydroxy group, R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and n is 2 or 3 ; and, if necessary, after having removed the extraction mixture, washing the residue of the seeds with water.