Introduction to the specific process flow of domestic mealworm health care products industry in 2022 [Figure]
Mealworms are rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, the protein content is much higher than eggs, beef, mutton and other conventional animal foods, and easy to digest and absorb, is an excellent protein food.
After processing, mealworms can be made into mealworm powder, mealworm protein powder, mealworm amino acid oral liquid, mealworm enzymatic hydrolysis into capsules, and the preparation of chitin and chitosan.
Mealworm powder is made of mature mealworm larvae by cleaning, degreasing, decolorization, etc., and using spray drying and other processes. It is rich in protein, trace elements and vitamins, which is suitable for preparing nourishing and strengthening beverages and various cold diets.
The specific process flow of yellow mealworm powder processing
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The mealworm is cleaned and removed, sterilized, dried, crushed, and then the protein of the worm body is fully dissolved by salt or alkali method, and then isoelectric point, salting out or dialysis is used to condense and precipitate the protein, and then the precipitate is dried to obtain mealworm protein powder.
The specific process of preparing mealworm protein powder is as follows:
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With the improvement of people's living standards, people's requirements for the intake of nutrients are getting higher and higher, especially the healthy growth of young children and adolescents, the rehabilitation of disease patients, are in urgent need of high-quality nutrients, so the effective development of amino acid food is very necessary, and the amino acid composition of the protein in mealworms is reasonable, and amino acid products can be prepared. It can also be further used in the processing of health care products, food fortifiers, and can also be used as drugs for the treatment of amino acid deficiency. The general hydrolysis methods include acid hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis three methods, and most of them now use enzymatic hydrolysis.
The specific process flow of the preparation of mealworm amino acid oral liquid is as follows
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Mealworm enzymatic hydrolysis into capsules: first add enzymatic hydrolysis to mealworms to decompose proteins into amino acids, on the basis of which some functional food and medicine raw materials are added, and then concentrated, spray dried (or lyophilized) and other processes to finally make capsules.
The bones, elytra, epidermis and pupal shell of adult mealworms are all composed of chitin, which can remove protein and fat from mealworms to prepare chitin, and further deacetylation of chitin to obtain soluble chitin, that is, chitosan.
The specific process flow of the preparation of chitin and chitosan is as follows:
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Chitin and chitosan and their derivatives have the characteristics of non-toxic, tasteless and biodegradable, and can be used as flocculants, fillers, thickeners, decolorizing agents, stabilizers, preservatives and artificial casings and fresh-keeping packaging films in food.
For more detailed research and analysis of this industry, please refer to the "2023-2029 China Mealworm Health Products Industry In-depth Investigation and Investment Strategy Consulting Report", which is an authoritative professional industry research and consulting institution.