Rice bran was extruded at 130°C and a screw speed of 140 rpm for 20 s to inactivate lipase and prevent lipid oxidation. Although the extrusion process induced further complex formation between phytic acid and protein as well as between phytic acid and starch, nearly 94% of phytic acid in the extruded rice bran could still be removed by solid/liquid extraction conducted at 25°C for 30 min using hydrochloric acid at pH 2 as solvent and a solvent/rice bran ratio of 15. After the extract had been neutralised and phytic acid removed, it was added back to the rice bran solid to replenish the nutritional and functional components of the solid. The mixture was then dried in a drum dryer to yield a powdered product. The dephytinised rice bran product contained most of the protein, fat, dietary ®bre and B vitamins and more than 50% of the oryzanol originally present in the raw rice bran.

An ultrafiltration (UF) process removed more than 96% of the pigments and recovered 45% of steviosides non-nutritive sweetener from an extract of leaves. UF retentate was further processed by diafiltration (DF), and the permeate was concentrated by reverse osmosis (RO). The membrane processes (UF, DF, RO) achieved an overall steviosides recovery of more than 90% with product purity 46%. Final purification was conducted by two consecutive mixed bed ion exchange processes. The ion exchangers improved purity of the final product to 90%.