Abstract: This present disclosure provides compositions of phytotoxic micronutrients and/or combinations of phytotoxic micronutrients and agricultural compositions and their use for selectively and effectively controlling invasive plants. Also, provided herewith is methods of controlling weeds in a plant community by applying granular and/or liquid formulations of said compositions and/or said combinations to soil and/or foliar portions of the plant.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition comprising a nickel compound, an iron compound, and an optional molybdenum compound. Embodiments also describe a treatment composition comprising nickel lactate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of preparing a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition comprising contacting a compound including nickel with a carboxylic acid to form a nickel chelated compound in solution, adding one or more of an iron compound and a molybdenum compound to the solution, and mixing the solution to form a seed, soil, or plant treatment composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing plant growth, comprising treating plant seed or the plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least two lipo-chitooligosaccharides, wherein upon harvesting the plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated plants or plants harvested from untreated seed.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions that include a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and an insecticide. The disclosed compositions may be formulated as incoculants for promoting growth and/or health in plants. The disclosed compositions may be administered to a plant in order to increase tolerance to stress caused by root-feeding pests and/or drought and may include additional components such as fertilizers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel strain for inhibiting a Chinese cabbage soft rot disease from microorganisms isolated from samples of a bacillus source of soil polluted with a soft-rot disease, a culture medium and crude extract using the culture medium, an environmentally friendly plant disease control agent using same, and a method for utilizing same as an environment-friendly preparation biopesticide by using same as a raw material. The present disclosure also relates to a control method for treating soils or plants using an environmentally friendly Chinese cabbage soft-rot disease control agent through various formulation methods by using the strain, a culture medium thereof, and a crude extract thereof.

Abstract: An oven may include a cooking chamber, a user interface, a first energy source, a second energy source and a cooking controller. The cooking chamber may be configured to receive a food product. The user interface may be configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product. The first energy source may provide primary heating of the food product placed in the cooking chamber. The second energy source may provide browning for the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the first and second energy sources. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make a browning control selection via the user interface by providing operator instructions to a selected control console rendered at the user interface. The selected control console may be selected based on a cooking mode of the oven.

Abstract: A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating a baking case opened by longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal food passage ports; a first conveyor extending through the at least baking case, the first conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item therethrough, a second conveyor supported at the oppositely longitudinal end of the baking case, the second conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item longitudinally toward or away from the food passage port; a third conveyor carried by the second conveyor, the third conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item laterally toward or away from the food passage port; a fourth conveyor carried by the third conveyor, the fourth conveyor being adapted for orbiting the food item; and a fifth conveyor carried by the fourth conveyor, the fifth conveyor having food item engaging arms and being adapted for moving the food item upwardly or downwardly.

Abstract: This group of inventions relates to a method for manufacturing and a composition of the rice crispbreads, containing rice grits, water and a flavouring additive, which includes concentrated fruit and/or vegetable juice or a mixture of fruit and/or vegetable juices in a mixture with berry and/or fruit puree, a natural flavour, beta-carotene. A method for manufacturing of the rice crispbreads contains a treatment of the rice grits by purifying them from impurities and subsequent moistening with water; extruding the finished rice grits with simultaneous baking and briquetting; applying the flavouring additive on a surface of the crispbreads by spraying, the components for manufacturing of the crispbreads being taken according to the above composition.

Abstract: An interlocking baked food brick has a top surface with a first stud and a bottom surface with a first recess. The first stud is aligned with the first recess. When one brick is placed on another brick, the first stud of the lower brick fits into the first recess of the upper brick to form an interlocking structure. The interlocking baked food brick may be a waffle or a cake. The interlocking baked food brick may be made in a heated mold. The mold may have a top plate with a base cavity and a recess projection located in the base cavity. The bottom plate may have a bottom cavity and a stud cavity located in the bottom cavity. The recess projection may be aligned with the stud cavity.

Abstract: A system for processing meat pieces includes a radiation inspection apparatus configured to receive a primary stream of meat pieces conveyed by a conveyor and to detect trim products containing undesired objects; a reject device; a control unit configured to operate the reject device using the detected undesired objects as an operation parameter such that the meat pieces containing the undesired objects are separated from the primary stream of trim products; an object remover configured to remove the undesired objects from the meat pieces separated from the primary stream of trim products; and a recirculation apparatus configured to receive the meat pieces after undergoing the object remover and recirculate it as a secondary stream into the radiation inspection apparatus. The secondary stream is separated from the primary stream, and the radiation inspection is configured to detect whether any remaining undesired objects are in the secondary stream.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a simple technology capable of preserving sea foods, crustaceans or the like without decomposition over an extended period of time. As shown in FIG. 3, a sheet carrying calcium oxide powders and/or calcium hydroxide powders is laid down on the bottom of an enclosure while crustaceans or sea foods are placed on the top surface of the sheet, and water is then filled up within the enclosure. It is preferable that after the water is filled up within the enclosure, the sheet and the sea foods/crustaceans, etc. are frozen by rapid cooling to create an ice body including them for storage.

Abstract: This invention relates to agriculture, more specifically, to processing of grain, pulse and cereal crop grains, in particular, to a composition for the treatment of grain, pulse and cereal crop grains before processing wherein the composition includes a combination of enzyme preparations containing cellulases, cellobiohydrolases, xylanases, catalases, phytases, peroxidases, oxidoreductases, laccases, esterases and antioxidants. An object of the present technical solution is to increase the output of flour or grit mills with a concurrent gain in the quality and dietary value of the milled products.

Abstract: A dairy product comprising a sweetened dairy composition with a mass ratio of lactose to glucose equal to 1.0:2.7 to 2.6:1.5 and a mass ratio of lactose to galactose equal to 1.0:2.2 to 2.6:1.1. In a second aspect, a method comprises hydrolyzing lactose in the starting dairy composition in a lactase-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction and deactivating the reaction to provide a lactose percent conversion of 46 to 80 wt. %. In a third aspect, a dairy product comprises a fermented sweetened dairy composition comprising a lactose:glucose mass ratio of 0.01:2.4 to 1.0:1.0 and a lactose:galactose mass ratio of 0.01:2.7 to 1.0:1.0. In a fourth aspect, a method comprises hydrolyzing and fermenting lactose in a starting dairy composition, thereby providing a fermented sweetened dairy composition with a lactose percent conversion of 80 to 100 wt. %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel strains of Streptococcus thermophilus, compositions comprising said strains and to methods for the preparation of such compositions.

Abstract: A method for roasting coffee beans comprising the steps of a) heating the coffee beans until the temperature of the coffee beans is at least 180° C.; b) injecting a stream of oxygen-containing gas into the flow of hot air after the burner; and c) maintaining the injection of the stream of oxygen-containing gas until the end of the roasting process to mitigate the concentration of carbon monoxide in the roasting chamber, and wherein the coffee beans are roasted in a rotating fluidized bed roaster.

Abstract: The present invention discloses beverage compositions comprising probiotic Bacillus coagulans and water soluble prebiotic fibers that have been subjected to treatments under extreme stress, temperature and pressure conditions like brewing or aeration wherein the spore viability is maintained post said treatments.

Abstract: Edible chocolate products are provided. They comprise chocolate and a dry powdered fermented plant product. The dry powdered fermented plant product may be a sourdough. The edible chocolate product may be either liquid or solid. Preferably, it is solid. It may be used as food, or as an ingredient in foods.

Abstract: A method for preparing a caramelized product, a kit for a caramelizable composition, a food product comprising a caramelized composition, and a caramelized sauce are disclosed. The caramelized product may be a caramel, a brittle, or a syrup. The method includes mixing a sugar alcohol and/or a non-metabolizable sugar and a dietary fiber to form a mixture, and heating the mixture at a temperature and for a length of time sufficient to caramelize the mixture. The kit includes a container and a sugar alcohol/non-metabolizable sugar and a dietary fiber in the container. The sugar alcohol/non-metabolizable sugar and the dietary fiber are present in a ratio by weight or by volume such that a mixture thereof, when heated to a temperature of from 270° F. to 350° F. for a sufficient length of time, is caramelized.

Abstract: The present invention is a candy that warms with an exothermic composition in the mouth of the consumer sufficient to not heat the candy past the candy's melting point or body temperature. This creates a gentle warming sensation in the mouth of the consumer increasing satisfaction with the candy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a frozen confection product comprising the steps of: a. rotating a receptacle about a substantially vertical axis and depositing a continuous stream of one or more frozen confections into the receptacle; b. depositing into the receptacle a batch of solid inclusions independently from the continuous stream of frozen confection of step a.; and c. cooling the product of step b. to ?5° C. or lower; wherein, the duration of steps a. to b. is 2.0 seconds or less.

Abstract: The method and system for processing meal from oilseeds after oil extraction includes biotransformation of meal and its cascade, sequential refining leading to the separation of the product or products with high added value, and finally obtaining the remaining biomass with an increased nutritional value compared to the original post-extraction meal material.

Abstract: A method for the production of non-ruminant animal feed from plants and/or plant parts of the family of Poaceae includes the steps of: harvesting plants and/or plant parts; extracting protein and fructan from said plants and/or plant parts; separating protein for feeding non-ruminant animals; and separating fructan for feeding non-ruminant animals. The fructan stimulates bacterial growth and protein production in the large intestine of the non-ruminant animals and reduces the concentration of amino acid catabolites in the large intestine.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for metabolic health in an animal comprising administering a non-ketogenic composition to the animal, wherein the non-ketogenic composition comprises about 5% to about 25% carbohydrates, about 30% to about 60% protein, and about 10% to about 40% fat. Additionally, the composition can have a protein to carbohydrate ratio of at least 2:1.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for increasing the quality of crop plant silage that are consumed by milk and meat-producing animals. The methods involve the following steps: 1) treating plants with a gibberellin; 2) producing silage from the plants treated according to step 1); and 3) feeding silage produced according to step 2) to milk and/or meat-producing animals. Applicants' methods result in higher quality meat from the meat-producing animals and increased milk from the milk-producing animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage powder comprising water-soluble porous particles comprising a tastant, the particles being able to float on water. Further aspects of the invention are the use of a beverage powder to reduce the quantity of tastant in a beverage and a bottled beverage.

Abstract: A recipe industrially produces vegetable gnocchi, and, in particular, cauliflower gnocchi, and a production process thereof. Moreover, the gnocchi is obtained by the process in order to provide a food product that is nutritionally advantageous and easy to produce on an industrial level without any disadvantages.

Abstract: A food product and a method for manufacturing thereof, in particular, manufacturing of a snack food product obtained by extruding and formed as chips, containing rice and corn grains, a natural flavoring additive with olive oil and rosemary, with cheese, with tomato and basil, with nacho cheese, with paprika and chili, the method including treating the rice and corn grits by purifying them from impurities and subsequent moistening with water, extruding the finished mixture of the grits with simultaneous baking and briquetting with double pressing, applying the flavoring additive on the surface of the chips by spraying.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for producing egg-free simulated egg food products. The composition comprises whey protein, a soy material comprising a lipoxygenase inactivated soy flour and a pH modifying agent effective to alkalinise the composition upon hydration. A simulated egg food product having organoleptic properties similar to those of the egg food product if produced using hen eggs is produced upon hydrating and then cooking the composition.

Abstract: A method for producing caviar or a caviar-like product from live, mature eggs of fish or crustaceans, wherein the eggs are in a fertile but unfertilized state and have a natural potassium content in the egg plasma, includes: treating the eggs in a saline solution which does not damage the eggs and subsequently treating the live, mature eggs in a solution of water and potassium in a concentration which does not damage the eggs and does not change the eggs' potassium content. The water is deionized prior to the addition of a potassium donor for forming a cationic component in the solution, the solution has a temperature that does not damage the eggs, and the eggs are treated in the solution for a duration of a potassium exposure time until an egg membrane of the eggs obtains a desired elastic stabilization.

Abstract: A process for producing an infused honey composition having a moisture content of 15% to 19% w/w is described. The process generally includes adding an infusing agent to honey to form an infused honey composition. The honey may be dried prior to addition of the infusing agent, after addition of the infusing agent, or both before and after addition of the infusing agent. The infusing agents are generally not-from-concentrate components of a plant including an extract or juice, fruit, seeds, skin, stems, roots, or leaves.

Abstract: A sweetener composition comprising xylose, a sugar alcohol and brown seaweed extract in solid form, preferably powdered or crystalline form. The sugar alcohol is preferably an erythritol and the brown seaweed extract is preferably obtained from Laminaria japonica. The sweetener composition can further comprise one or a combination of additional vitamins, minerals, probiotic cultures, and other plant-based extracts.

Abstract: A sugar substitute composition comprises a digestion resistant soluble fiber and a stevia leaf extract. The sugar substitute composition may include a natural masking flavor. The digestion resistant soluble fiber may be an isomalto-oligosaccharide.

Abstract: The present invention provides table salts. The said table salts contains 50 to 600 mg/kg of strontium. The strontium-rich table salts provided by the present invention has significantly higher strontium content than traditional common table salts. As one of the essential trace elements, strontium plays an important role in human health. The said table salts provided by the present invention are rich in strontium, which can be assimilated by human body during taking the said table salts. Moreover, the strontium content in the table salts provided by the present invention ranges from 50 to 600 mg/kg, which enables human body to get enough strontium to meet human needs when taking normal amount of the said table salts daily.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vegetable powder, a process for preparing the powder and its use in food products. The vegetable powder may be used to improve a food product, in particular to improve its taste, flavour or texture. An improved food product according to the invention shows one or more of the following improvements in comparison to the food product to which no powder has been added: a rounder flavour profile, less off-notes, a sweeter taste, more umami taste, more kokumi taste or more creaminess. The powder according to the invention allows for clean and clear-labelled food products.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an edible composition comprising water and/or at least one edible oil and a surface-reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.

Abstract: A thickening powder promotes safe swallowing of a composition by an individual with dysphagia and can be used in methods of treating dysphagia, promoting safe swallowing of a composition, and mitigating a risk of aspiration during swallowing of a composition. The powder contains beta-glucan and a carrier ingredient that is a carbohydrate that is neutral toward or enhances the extensional properties of the composition. The carrier ingredient is preferably at least one of isomaltulose or a low molecular weight carbohydrate such as sucrose or lactose. The powder can be diluted in a liquid comprising at least one of water or milk to form at least a portion of a composition such as a nutritional product and to improve the cohesiveness of the composition.

Abstract: A thickening powder promotes safe swallowing of a composition by an individual with dysphagia and can be used in methods of treating dysphagia, promoting safe swallowing of a composition, and mitigating a risk of aspiration during swallowing of a composition. The powder contains beta-glucan and maltodextrin in an amount that is neutral toward or enhances the extensional properties of the composition. Optionally the thickening powder can also include a low molecular weight carbohydrate such as sucrose or lactose. The powder can be diluted in a liquid comprising at least one of water or milk to form at least a portion of a composition such as a nutritional product and to improve the cohesiveness of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides nutritional supplements comprising alginate, in combination with pectin, which will form hydrogels in the stomach when exposed to the low pH of the gastric juice. The formation of a hydrogel will lead to delayed release of sugars and other active ingredients in the stomach. The nutritional supplements can comprise high concentrations of sugars and complex carbohydrates without causing unwanted gastrointestinal symptoms.

Abstract: Gender specific synthetic nutritional compositions comprising gamma tocopherol in concentrations reflecting those found in human milk produced by mothers of infants of the corresponding gender at the corresponding stage of lactation, and nutritional systems comprising them.

Abstract: A composition may include a fine particle composite comprising at least 0.1 mass % of an insoluble dietary fiber. A total fat/oil content of the composition may be less than 20 mass % and the composition may have a maximum particle size that is larger than 100 ?m and a modal diameter of 5 to 400 ?m. When the composition is ultrasonicated, the ultrasonicated composition may have a modal diameter of 0.3 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing fat oxidation or energy expenditure or satiety in an animal comprising administering a non-ketogenic composition to the animal, wherein the non-ketogenic composition comprises about 5% to about 25% carbohydrates, about 30% to about 60% protein, and about 10% to about 40% fat. Additionally, the composition can have a protein to carbohydrate ratio of at least 2:1.

Abstract: Synthetic nutritional compositions tailored for infants of specific ages comprising gamma tocopherol in concentrations reflecting those found in human milk produced for infants at a corresponding lactation stage, and nutritional systems comprising them.

Abstract: A beet washing system features a defoamer dosage controller having a signal processor configured to receive signaling containing information about a volumetric percent of entrained air in a process water used for washing beets; and determine corresponding signaling containing information to control a dosage of defoamer provided to the process water to regulate the amount of foam in the process water used for washing the beets.

Abstract: A particulate matter supply device capable of suppressing leakage of particulate matter includes an accommodation region formed so as to penetrate a rotating member along a facing direction in which a spiral member and a fixing plate face each other. The spiral member includes a level-off portion that levels off particulate matter in excess of the capacity of the accommodation region when the rotating member moves from a position where the accommodation region communicates with a flow path for supplying particulate matter to the accommodation region to a position where the accommodation region communicates with a discharge port.

Abstract: A peeling method includes a first decompression step, a pressure-heating step, and a second decompression step. In the first decompression step, an object with a skin to be peeled is placed in a pressure chamber being sealed, and an inside of the pressure chamber is decompressed to a predetermined first negative pressure state. In the pressure-heating step, the inside of the pressure chamber is pressure-heated to a predetermined pressure-heating state after the first decompression step. In the second decompression step, the inside of the pressure chamber is decompressed to a predetermined second negative pressure state after the pressure-heating step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to unwind a sheet of material wound in a bobbin, the method comprising: providing a bobbin of a coiled sheet, the bobbin defining an outer surface and comprising a free portion of the sheet unwound from the bobbin; arranging a compressing element on the outer surface of the bobbin, so as to define a contact line, the contact line being the line separating the free portion of the sheet from the rest of the bobbin; pressing by means of the compressing element the outer surface of the coiled sheet at the contact line with a force comprised between about (4) Newton and about (16) Newton; and unwinding the sheet from the bobbin pulling the sheet in the unwinding direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparation of compositions comprising novel mogrosides from fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii. The compositions have superior organoleptic properties compared to known mogroside compositions and are useful in wider range of consumables including foods and beverages.

Abstract: There is provided a method of extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from tobacco material, the method comprising the steps of: i) providing tobacco material; ii) subjecting the tobacco material to steam distillation; and iii) extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from the tobacco material with a solvent; wherein distillation step (ii) and extraction step (iii) are carried out simultaneously and at a pH of no greater than 2, and wherein the period during which both the distillation step (ii) and the extraction step (iii) are carried out is from about 8 to about 20 hours.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (100) and a method to fetch an end portion of a sheet (40) of material wound in a bobbin (152), the apparatus including: a rotatable bobbin holder (150) adapted to be inserted in a bobbin; an articulated arm (180); a suction device (110) having a contact surface (124) including a first portion (130) capable of exerting a first suction power and a second portion (132) capable of exerting a second suction power different from zero, wherein the first suction power is higher than the second suction power, the suction device being attached to the articulated arm; and a control unit (190), adapted to command a movement of the articulated arm so that the first portion of the contact surface of the suction device contacts the bobbin. The invention also relates to a method to fetch an end portion of a sheet of material wound in a bobbin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for marking a wrapping paper for smoking articles, comprising the following steps: (A) providing a wrapping paper for smoking articles, the wrapping paper comprising pulp fibers, and (B) producing markings on the wrapping paper by means of at least one of the following steps: (B.1) removing material from the wrapping paper, (B.2) mechanically changing the wrapping paper, (B.3) treating the surface of the wrapping paper with laser radiation having an energy density y in J-m?2, to which the following applies: y=k?x. x is the enthalpy of combustion per volume of the wrapping paper in J-m?2 ?m-1, and k is at least ?8 ?m, preferably at least ?7 ?m and especially preferably at least ?6 ?m, and at most ?1 ?m, preferably at most ?2 ?m and especially preferably at most ?2.5 ?m.