Patent ID: 9386795
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A23L

Claim Text:
1. A method of preparing a reconstitutable and water soluble chia composition, said method comprising: providing clean, dry, whole chia grains; combining the chia grains with an aqueous carrier to create a mixture; heating the mixture to approximately 175° F.; agitating the mixture for a first period of time; processing the mixture through a rotor/stator workhead to reduce a particle size of the grains within the mixture to approximately 140 microns, and to remove a mucilaginous property of the grains; processing the mixture through a bead mill to further reduce the particle size of the grains within the mixture to a first sub-micron size; heating the mixture to approximately 180° F.; processing the mixture through a two-stage homogenizer to reduce the particle size of the grains within the mixture to a second sub-micron size, said second sub-micron size being smaller than the first sub-micron size; drying the mixture to create dry flakes having a moisture level of between approximately 2% and 3%; and milling the flakes to create dry grains having a size of approximately 80-90 microns.