Abstract: A filter device for filtering a fluid may include a flat filter element. The flat filer element may extend flat in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction. The filter element may include at least one pleated filter medium through which a flow path of the fluid leads in a height direction. The at least one filter medium may include a top side and a bottom side facing away from the top side. At least one strainer may be arranged on the top side. The at least one strainer may extend flat parallel to the filter medium and may include a strainer material having multiple passages such that the flow path leads through the strainer in the height direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to textured milk proteins (TDP) that can be obtained by virtue of: (a) a mixture containing or consisting of (a1) milk proteins and (a2) a fibrous material and/or plant protein, wherein (b) said mixture is extruded in the presence of water and/or whey with a temperature gradient of approximately 20 to approximately 200° C. and a pressure in the range of 1 to approximately 200 bar being applied, and (c) the extrudate is subsequently expanded.

Abstract: A use of texturized dairy proteins is suggested, obtainable or obtained by providing (a) a mixture, containing or consisting of (a1) about 25 to about 75% by weight dairy proteins, and (a2) about 75 to about 25% by weight a plant protein and/or a fibre material with the proviso that the quantities add up to 100% by weight, (b) the mixture is extruded in the presence of water and/or whey, applying a temperature gradient of about 20 to about 200° C. and a pressure in the range of 1 to about 200 bar, and (c) subsequently expanding the extrudate, as a substitute for carbohydrates and as a source of protein in foods.

Abstract: The invention relates to textured milk proteins (TDP) that can be obtained by virtue of: (a) a mixture containing or consisting of (a1) milk proteins and (a2) a fibrous material and/or plant protein, wherein (b) said mixture is extruded in the presence of water and/or whey with a temperature gradient of approximately 20 to approximately 200° C. and a pressure in the range of 1 to approximately 200 bar being applied, and (c) the extrudate is subsequently expanded.

Abstract: A use of texturized dairy proteins is suggested, obtainable or obtained by providing (a) a mixture, containing or consisting of (a1) about 25 to about 75% by weight dairy proteins, and (a2) about 75 to about 25% by weight a plant protein and/or a fibre material with the proviso that the quantities add up to 100% by weight, (b) the mixture is extruded in the presence of water and/or whey, applying a temperature gradient of about 20 to about 200° C. and a pressure in the range of 1 to about 200 bar, and (c) subsequently expanding the extrudate, as a substitute for carbohydrates and as a source of protein in foods.

Abstract: Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents being an extract of a bacterium, or a bacterium, selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesive to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.

Abstract: Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents being an extract of a bacterium, or a bacterium, selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesive to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.

Abstract: The proposal is for a protein composition intended for use as a cheese substitute and obtainable by (a) dewatering fermented, sour or acidified milk or corresponding milk products, (b) adding flavourings and/or colourings and also, optionally, further food additives to the dried composition thus obtained, and (c) allowing the resulting mixture to swell with water or steam.

Abstract: Disclosed are food compositions, comprising aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm) and/or its active principle rosmarinic acid. Methods of preparing a food composition, and of making a medicament, both methods comprising rosmarinic acid and/or aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel strains of probiotics for use in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet. The probiotics of the present invention are capable of fermenting starch to produce lactic acid and/or hydrogen peroxide anti-pathogenic metabolites. The present invention also provides a novel method for identifying the effectiveness of a pet probiotic in vitro. The method simulates the introduction of a probiotic candidate in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet and measures the anti-pathogenic effectiveness of the probiotic.

Abstract: Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents are extracts of a bacterium, or a bacterium and are selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesion to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.

Abstract: Bacterial agents for preparing compositions which are for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or veterinary use and which are intended to stabilize and/or regulate the cutaneous ecosystem of mammals. These bacterial agents being an extract of a bacterium, or a bacterium, selected for their adhesion to skin cells and anti-adhesive to pathogens of the cutaneous system. The invention also relates to compositions containing such agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling mechanism (1), in particular for cooling oil in a motor vehicle, with a housing (2) having a bracket (3), by means of which housing (2) the cooling mechanism (1) is connected to an internal combustion engine, a transmission fluid cooler (10), and an engine oil cooler (7). Pertinent to the invention is that the cooling mechanism (1) is designed in a sandwich-type manner having an intermediate module (11) positioned between the engine oil cooler (7) and the transmission fluid cooler (10), which intermediate module (11) has at least one supply/removal assembly (12) that communicates with the engine oil cooler (7) and has corresponding supply/removal lines or connections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are food compositions, comprising aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm) and/or its active principle rosmarinic acid. Methods of preparing a food composition, and of making a medicament, both methods comprising rosmarinic acid and/or aqueous extracts of Melissa officinalis, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lactic acid bacterial micro-organisms that have been isolated and selected for their probiotic potential and their use for the preparation of petfood compositions intended to improve the health of pets, and to compositions containing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling mechanism (1), in particular for cooling oil in a motor vehicle, with a housing (2) having a bracket (3), by means of which housing (2) the cooling mechanism (1) is connected to an internal combustion engine, a transmission fluid cooler (10), and an engine oil cooler (7). Pertinent to the invention is that the cooling mechanism (1) is designed in a sandwich-type manner having an intermediate module (11) positioned between the engine oil cooler (7) and the transmission fluid cooler (10), which intermediate module (11) has at least one supply/removal assembly (12) that communicates with the engine oil cooler (7) and has corresponding supply/removal lines or connections.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel strains of probiotics for use in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet. The probiotics of the present invention are capable of fermenting starch to produce lactic acid and/or hydrogen peroxide anti-pathogenic metabolites. The present invention also provides a novel method for identifying the effectiveness of a pet probiotic in vitro. The method simulates the introduction of a probiotic candidate in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet and measures the anti-pathogenic effectiveness of the probiotic.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel strains of probiotics for use in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet. The probiotics of the present invention are capable of fermenting starch to produce lactic acid and/or hydrogen peroxide anti-pathogenic metabolites. The present invention also provides a novel method for identifying the effectiveness of a pet probiotic in vitro. The method simulates the introduction of a probiotic candidate in the gastrointestinal tract of a pet and measures the anti-pathogenic effectiveness of the probiotic.