Abstract: A soluble foaming composition is provided which contains carbohydrate particles having a plurality of voids containing entrapped pressurized gas and less than two percent protein. The composition may include a surfactant and may be contained in a food product such as a beverage mix or an instant food. In addition, a method is provided for manufacturing the foaming composition in which the particles are heated and an external pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure is applied to the soluble foaming particles. The soluble foaming particles are cooled and the external gas pressure is released resulting in pressurized gas remaining in internal voids of the particles of the foaming composition.

Abstract: A pourable dessert liquid product comprising a protein source; fat; sweetener; stabilizer; flavoring agent; and emulsifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehydrated and aerated food product. The dehydrated and aerated food product includes a plant puree mixture and a hydrocolloid. The plant puree mixture and hydrocolloid combine to form a dehydrated and aerated plant puree foam having a hydrocolloid-based aeration network dispersed throughout the plant puree mixture. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using the dehydrated and aerated food product, and combination food products that include the dehydrated and aerated food product.

Abstract: A liquid cream is caused to include microbubbles by combining the use of a general-purpose agitator and a high-speed, high-shear agitator and thus a triple mixture of liquid, fat globules, and microbubbles is formed, and an increase in cubical expansion and viscosity is achieved. As a result, provided is a liquid cream in which there is no freezing damage arising as a result of freezing and thawing the cream, in other words, freezing damage such as no longer being able to sustain the emulsion, not being able to be whipped or resulting in minute roughness at the surface even if whipping is possible, and forming a heavy whip with low overrun.

Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide aerated food products containing solid particles at the gas bubble interface, and proteins which do not interfere with the solid particles, and of which the texture remains stable during storage. This objective is met by an aerated food product which contains aggregated protein particles which are not surface active.

Abstract: The invention discloses a shelf stable food product. The product comprises a continuous aqueous phase, liquid oil droplets dispersed in the continuous aqueous phase, and protein coated gas bubbles. The continuous aqueous phase constitutes from 20% to 80% by volume (or weight) of the food product and the liquid oil droplets and protein coated gas bubbles are from 0.5 ?m to 10 ?m in diameter. The protein comprises cysteine amino acid residues, but is not a hydrophobin. The invention also discloses a method of forming an aqueous dispersion of protein coated gas bubbles suitable for forming the above food product. The method comprises dissolving a protein capable of forming coated gas bubbles in water with stirring, sonicating the protein solution at a temperature below but within 6° C. of the protein's denaturation temperature in the presence of oxygen, and controlling the temperature within these limits. Any protein debris from the resultant dispersion of protein coated gas bubbles is separated out.

Abstract: Aqueous multiphase compositions are stabilized using a blend of cellulose ether and nanocrystalline cellulose. The multiphase compositions can include particulates dispersed in water, oil in water emulsions, foams, and combinations of these systems. The blend can be used to stabilize aqueous paint systems, personal care products such as shampoos and detergents formed as oil in water emulsions, and foaming products such as detergents, shampoos, other personal care products and edible compositions such as whip cream substitutes. Further, this blend can reduce or eliminate the need for surfactants in many of these multiphase compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides stable whippable or prewhipped food products comprising exudate gums in combination with proteins and optionally comprising cellulosic hydrocolloids; triglycerides; sweetener/bulking agents and water. The whippable liquid product is free of fat-based emulsifiers. The product is stable through processing and freeze/thaw and when whipped the resulting product can be used as icing, topping and filling in a dessert. The prewhipped product further comprises non-hydrogenated fat based emulsifiers but is free of other fat based emulsifiers. This product can be stored frozen and when thawed, can be directly applied as icing, topping and filling.

Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide aerated food products containing hydrophobins, and proteins which do not interfere with hydrophobins, and of which the texture remains stable during storage. This objective is met by an aerated food product which contains aggregated protein particles which are not surface active.

Abstract: A food composition comprising gas bubbles is provided. It contains based on the food composition at least 10 wt. % of water, optionally fat, wherein the amount of fat and water taken together is at least 60 wt. % and less than 99 wt. %, at least 1 vol. % and less than 70 vol. % of gas, fiber particles and surface active particles. The volume weighted mean diameter of the surface active particles (d2) is smaller than the length of the fiber particles (L). Also a process is provided to prepare the product. The process includes the steps of incorporating surface active particles and fiber particles in a liquid food composition, incorporating gas in said liquid composition and packing the food composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil-in-water emulsion for whipped cream and to a whipped cream obtained by whipping the emulsion. In particular, the present invention relates to a stabilized whippable oil-in-water emulsion upon increasing the trilaurin triglyceride content of its oily phase, and to the stabilized cream obtained by whipping the emulsion. The present invention further relates to the methods for obtaining this emulsion and this cream, and to the uses of an oil-in-water emulsion according to the invention or of the stabilized cream according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of wafers and more particularly to the use of a batter aerating system to obtain wafers with an effective density of at most 0.16 g/cm3, and with sufficient strength to be able to remove them from the wafer baking plates.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coffee composition, in particular, an instant coffee composition which can provide a three-layered coffee drink in one step. The coffee composition having coffee, a foaming agent, a protein source and at least 1.3 wt % (based on the total weight of the composition) of a kappa-carrageenan, iota-carrageenan or mixture thereof. The disclosure also relates to a method for the preparation of such a composition and such a drink.

Abstract: Gas-effusing compositions, particularly, particulate compositions having pressurized gas held within open internal voids thereof, are provided as well as methods of making and using such compositions.

Abstract: A dried confectionery meringue formed from a meringue mixture having a pre-drying moisture level of between about 18% and about 30%, said mixture including a protein foaming agent, sucrose and at least one monosaccharide.

Abstract: A food composition including a carbohydrate rich food base and cyclodextrin mixed with the food base to form the food composition having a volume increase of 15 percent or greater relative to a comparable control composition without the cyclodextrin.

Abstract: A foaming composition includes a powdered carbohydrate-free soluble composition which includes protein particles having a plurality of internal voids containing entrapped pressurized gas. In one form, the foaming composition is produced by subjecting the particles to an external gas pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure prior to or while heating the particles to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature and then cooling the particles to a temperature below the glass transition temperature prior to or while releasing the external pressure in a manner effective to trap the pressurized gas within the internal voids.

Abstract: Methods of making a high gel strength, water-dispersible, stabilizing colloidal microcrystalline cellulose composition are disclosed. This stabilizer composition is useful in many food and non-food applications.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of purifying Rebaudioside D from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract along with Rebaudioside A. The methods are useful for producing high purity Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside A. The invention further provides a low-calorie ice cream containing the purified Rebaudioside D and a process for making the low-calorie ice cream containing the purified Rebaudioside D.

Abstract: An aerated food product is provided which includes hydrophobin. Also provided is the use of a hydrophobin in a method of inhibiting bubble coarsening in aerated food products.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic soybean event MON87705, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a sample, growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for low fat toppings containing fiber and having properties mimicking a higher fat composition. The method comprises preparing the composition such that the fiber is hydrated thereby providing desirable able mouth-feel and organoleptic properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sweet that has a long shelf life and is provided in the form of a soft, creamy, shape-retaining, and foamed mass comprising milk components, edible fats, sugar and/or sugar substitutes, and water. At least one portion of the edible fat is provided in a crystallized form at ambient temperature. The inventive sweet does not contain any lactose crystals that can be perceived by the consumer. The milk protein content amounts to 5.5 to 20% by weight while the fat-free dry milk content ranges between 14 and 55% by weight and the degree of denaturation of the whey protein amounts to ?10%. The inventive sweet is characterized by the fact that the crystallized and non-crystallized edible fat agglomerates have a volume-related particle size D50.3 of 3.5 to 18 ?m.

Abstract: A foaming composition includes a powdered carbohydrate-free soluble composition which includes protein particles having a plurality of internal voids containing entrapped pressurized gas. In one form, the foaming composition is produced by subjecting the particles to an external gas pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure prior to or while heating the particles to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature and then cooling the particles to a temperature below the glass transition temperature prior to or while releasing the external pressure in a manner effective to trap the pressurized gas within the internal voids.

Abstract: There is provided a surface-active material that comprises fibers which have been modified so as to impart surface-active properties onto said fibres and giving it a contact angle between 60° and 120°, wherein the fibres have an aspect ratio of more than 10 to 1,000. The surface-active material can be used for foam and emulsion formation and stabilization, coatings, encapsulation and drug delivery. It can for example be used in the following industries: foods, home and personal care, oilfield, agriculture, textile, construction, emulsion polymerization, leather, plastic, pulp, paper and pharma.

Abstract: From a foamable milk composition consisting of non-fat milk and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, a milk foam is quickly prepared, on demand, as a topping on coffee.

Abstract: The present invention relates to frozen desserts which can be free of additives. It also pertains to a process for the manufacture of such frozen dessert which process includes the step of fermenting milk proteins with micro-organisms yielding hetero-exopolysaccharides, and thus avoiding the use of additives such as thickeners or stabilizers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for improving the functional properties of a sample, which comprises at least one component that can be modified upon absorbing ultraviolet light, the method including using pulsed light with an emission spectrum of 190-1100 nm and a high content of ultraviolet light to modify the component. The method makes it possible to obtain samples with improved functional properties (hydration, glass transition, solubility, water retention capacity, oil retention capacity, thickening, dispersing, emulsifying, foaming or gelling properties, film formation properties, bulking agent properties, surface properties (wettability, adhesion, etc.)) which are used in the food industry, the cosmetics industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the biomedical industry, the biotechnological industry, the chemical industry and in other industries.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substantially protein-free whippable food product having improved stability characteristics without detectable change in the organoleptic characteristics. The product comprises triglyceride fat, one or more sugars, an emulsifier component, a starch component comprising one or more NOSA starches and one or more hydrophilic starches, and optionally an acid component. This product can be stored frozen or at ambient temperatures for extended periods of time and can also be whipped and displayed at ambient temperatures.

Abstract: An aerated food product is provided which includes hydrophobin. Also provided is the use of a hydrophobin in a method of inhibiting bubble coarsening in aerated food products.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel aerated product having an alcohol content of above 5% (v/v). Said product is particularly suitable for preparing alcoholic hot beverages comprising a cream-like component. The product is stable for several months at refrigerator or at room temperature. Also provided is a method for preparing such alcoholic aerated product.

Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide aerated food products containing solid particles at the gas bubble interface, and proteins which do not interfere with the solid particles, and of which the texture remains stable during storage. This objective is met by an aerated food product which contains aggregated protein particles which are not surface active.

Abstract: The present invention has as an objective to provide protein particles which have strongly reduced surface activity, and can be used as an ingredient in foams and aerated food products while not interfering with stabilisers at the gas bubble interface. This invention provides a method to produce such aggregated protein particles, as well as the aggregated protein particles which have strongly reduced surface activity.

Abstract: A method of forming an agglomerated foaming coffee composition, the method comprising the step of agglomerating a coffee composition, the majority of the coffee composition by weight consisting of particles of foaming soluble coffee, wherein at least some of the particles of foaming soluble coffee have not been milled prior to their agglomeration.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a gel-stabilized foam for use in food products. Foam bubbles are stabilized by either a continuous gel coating or a particulate gel coating created under high shear conditions. The foam is viscous and shelf-stable, and can be combined with a viscous food product to lower its caloric density and improve its organoleptic properties.

Abstract: The present invention resides in an edible aerated water-in-oil emulsion comprising a fat phase; an emulsifier; and an aqueous phase, methods of making such emulsions and confectionery compositions comprising the same. In certain embodiments the emulsion comprises entrapped gas (for example in the fat phase); the fat phase comprises more than one fat (for example one of the fats being cocoa butter); the emulsifier having an HLB <8; and/or the emulsion additionally comprising a powdered component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sweet that has a long shelf life and is provided in the form of a soft, creamy, shape-retaining, and foamed mass comprising milk components, edible fats, sugar and/or sugar substitutes, and water. At least one portion of the edible fat is provided in a crystallized form at ambient temperature. The inventive sweet does not contain any lactose crystals that can be perceived by the consumer. The milk protein content amounts to 5.5 to 20% by weight while the fat-free dry milk content ranges between 14 and 55% by weight and the degree of denaturation of the whey protein amounts to ?10%. The inventive sweet is characterized by the fact that the crystallized and non-crystallized edible fat agglomerates have a volume-related particle size D50,3 of 3.5 to 18 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to fermented dairy products with reduced caloric values, in particular to low-fat, milkshakes and smoothies having reduced amounts in sugar. The dairy products of the invention comprise gelatine. They have high foaming rates and are stable over time. Further, the present invention also relates to processes and kits-of-parts for obtaining said dairy products.

Abstract: Dried soft aerated confections and methods of their preparation are provided having a water activity of about 0.1 to 0.4 and a glass transition temperature of less than 20° C. The confections comprise sugars, a foaming and a structuring ingredient, preferably each gelatin, and about 5 to 15% softening agent. Preferred softening agents include glycerin, polyglycerols and mixtures thereof. The confections are aerated to densities of about 0.1 to 0.5 g/cc. The soft dried aerated confections are particularly suited for addition to children's Ready-To-Eat cereals in the form of pieces weighing about 0.1 to 2 g each. The dried confection pieces maintain their soft texture over time without causing moisture migration to the cereal.

Abstract: An aerated food product comprising at least 0.05 wt %, and preferably at most 50 wt %, of hydrophobic denatured protein particles whereby at least 50% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 3 micron, and preferably less than 10% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 300 micron.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electrostatic complexes. Embodiments of the present invention relate to food-grade electrostatic complexes containing at least one milk protein and at least one glucosinolate and to the uses of such complexes, e.g., to reduce the perceived bitterness of glucosinolates and/or to form and stabilize emulsions and/or foams.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means for preventing syneresis and imparting freeze/thaw stability to a food composition containing pureed soybean curd such as tofu puree and water. A first aspect of the present invention relates to a food composition containing pureed soybean curd (A), a foaming agent (B), a heat-coagulable substance (C), a stabilizer (D) and water, solidified by a heat treatment and having air bubbles dispersed therein, and a method for producing the same. A second aspect of the present invention relates to a food composition, containing pureed soybean curd (A), a heat-coagulable substance (C), carrageenan (D) and water, solidified by a heat treatment and containing water in an amount of 45 to 75% by mass, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a foamer, creamer, topping base or whitening powder (or whitener), containing 0.05-5 wt % of one or more phosphopeptide(s), based on the total dry weight of the powder. The powder may be characterized in that, upon addition of a liquid, it provides said liquid with a creamy, foamy and/or whitened appearance; it contains conventional amounts of fat, protein and carbohydrate. The phosphopeptides preferably comprise casein phosphopeptides (CPP).

Abstract: A whippable food product and a method of making the same are disclosed. The finished product is packaged by an aseptic packaging process. It is shelf-stable (ingredients do not degrade or segregate during storage) at ambient temperatures for an extended period of time, and it whips stiff to form a uniform creamy topping in a short period of time. The product is free of dairy and animal products/by-products, thus suitable for vegan, kosher, or vegetarian consumption. Also, the product does not contain soy products and/or questionable ingredients such as processed oils or chemical additives, etc. Fruit juice or another acidulant is added to the product for extending the whipping potential of the food product and adding fruit flavoring.

Abstract: Algal flour and algal biomass are disclosed. Food compositions comprising algal biomass or algal flour with a high lipid content are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food having photodegradation-resistance, which has good taste and flavor with less deterioration such as off-taste and off-flavor even when irradiating light from a fluorescent lamp, etc. The first embodiment thereof is an oil-in-water type emulsion for light-exposing food containing fat and nonfat milk solids, wherein the fat is non-milk fat, or non-milk fat and milk fat, and the non-milk fat has such a constituent fatty acid composition that the total amount of lauric acid and palmitic acid is not less than 40%, the total amount of oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 50% and the total amount of linoleic acid and linolenic acid is not more than 5%; and the ratio of milk fat/total fat is not more than 0.95.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing novel spread and edible oil having excellent characteristics as a spread or an edible oil. An edible oil and a suitable emulsifier, in a water-in-oil type emulsion is filled with a suitable gas propellant into an aerosol container, and the emulsion is discharged as mousse form at the time of jetting.

Abstract: A foaming composition includes a powdered carbohydrate-free soluble composition which includes protein particles having a plurality of internal voids containing entrapped pressurized gas. In one form, the foaming composition is produced by subjecting the particles to an external gas pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure prior to or while heating the particles to a temperature of at least the glass transition temperature and then cooling the particles to a temperature below the glass transition temperature prior to or while releasing the external pressure in a manner effective to trap the pressurized gas within the internal voids.

Abstract: An aerated food product comprising hydrophobin and a surfactant is provided, the aerated food product containing a population of gas bubbles, wherein at least 65% of the gas bubbles have a diameter of less than 20 ?m. Processes for producing such an aerated food product are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a whipping agent comprising at least one fat, at least one protein and at least one emulsifier, wherein the amount of all emulsifiers present in the whipping agent is at least 0.1% by weight of the whipping agent, and wherein the amount of unsaturated fatty acid moieties present in the fat is at least 10% by weight of all fatty acid moieties present in the fat. Furthermore the present invention relates to an instant powder for making an instant powder dessert comprising the whipping agent, a food that comprises a foam that is obtained by whipping, wherein the foam comprises the whipping agent, a process for making the whipping agent and the use of the whipping agent for making a food that comprises a foam that is obtained by whipping.