Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a flavoring composition, including the steps consisting of: (i) preparing a fermentation substrate including:—a source of plant origin chosen from the group consisting of oleaginous plants, oleaginous-proteaginous plants, proteaginous plants, cereals, leguminous plants, seeds, tubers and rhizomes and/or leaves of ligneous and non-ligneous forest products and mixtures thereof, and—a liquid of non-animal origin which is immiscible with a fatty phase; (ii) adding a source of fatty acid essentially of plant origin to the fermentation substrate; (iii) fermenting the mixture obtained in step (ii), wherein the mixture obtained in step (ii) is pre-inoculated with microorganisms; and (iv) recovering the flavoring composition obtained.

Abstract: A food including proteins mainly of plant origin obtainable by a method including the steps consisting of: (i) selecting a natural source of plant proteins including nutrients; (ii) extracting vegetable juice from the natural source of plant proteins, the vegetable juice including almost all or all of the nutrients contained in the natural source of plant proteins; and (iii) treating the vegetable juice from step (ii) with transglutaminase, characterized in that the food also includes a food ingredient of non-animal origin when the natural source of plant proteins is made exclusively of soya.

Abstract: The invention concerns a preparation having the property of fixing fats (so as to eliminate from digestion part of the fats ingested during a meal), based on cladodes of cactaceae of the edible type and at least partly non-available. The invention is characterised in that the cactaceae is in the form of powder particles whereof at least 70 wt. % have a size less than 100 &mgr;m (sieve-controlled particle size distribution). Advantageously, the inventive particles of cactaceae cladodes are in the form of granules coated with an acid-resistant film soluble in the intestine and/or with prolonged release. The invention also concerns a method for obtaining such a preparation.