Abstract: There is provided edible compositions and methods of manufacturing edible compositions comprising a base comprising fruit and/or vegetable matter with a fibrous matrix and a water immiscible nutritional supplement held within, including on the surface of the fibrous matrix. The nutritional supplement can comprise nutritional, functional and/or nutraceutical oils such as unsaturated or partly unsaturated fatty acids from both animal, including fish, plant and algal sources. The composition may also comprise solid nutritional supplements. The fibrous matrix helps to both retain the nutritional supplement to prevent separation of the supplement within the base and further helps to organoleptically mask the presence of the nutritional supplements in the composition.

Abstract: This invention provides a soy sauce powder having a strong and preferable soy sauce-derived flavor with simple operations in an advantageous manner in industrial practice and without the need of a step of, for example, preparing an aromatic substance by distilling soy sauce oil with the use of water vapor. This invention also provides a soy sauce powder having a strong and preferable soy sauce-derived flavor by adding an emulsifier such as glycerin fatty acid ester to soy sauce, mixing the soy sauce with soy sauce oil, agitating the mixture, allowing the mixture to stand still, separating the mixture into an oil phase and an aqueous phase so as to obtain an aqueous phase containing soy sauce-derived aroma components at high concentrations, and subjecting the obtained aqueous phase to spray drying.

Abstract: Hot or Cold soup made fresh from scratch, can or concentrate is prepared in a suitable container and after its preparation is kept cool, blended and re-circulated for long term shelf life until a serving is requested. This serving volume of soup is automatically pumped and heated to serving temperature (hot soup) and served in a suitable container like a cup or a bowl. The entire system where the soup resides is always kept refrigerated. The only portion of the soup that is heated after its preparation is the one dispensed. If it is a soup that is served cold the heating prior to dispensing is by-passed.

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: The present invention provides a tomato-derived thickening agent, said agent being characterized in that, on a dry N weight basis, it contains: 0.1-3 wt. % of lycopene; 14-34 wt. % of protein; 11-35 wt. % of pectin; 17-39 wt. % of sugars selected from fructose, glucose, and combinations thereof. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a tomato-derived thick-ening agent and to the use of such a thickening agent in food products such as tomato ketchup, tomato-based sauces, pizza sauce, tomato soup and tomato juice.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated food-grade particles, preferably coated food-grade acids and/or their salts, wherein the particles are coated food-grade cores with coating comprising partially neutralized polycarboxylic acid. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing said coated food-grade particles and to the use hereof in food applications. The invention also encompasses the use of specific partially neutralized polycarboxylic acids, in particular sodium and/or potassium hydrogen malate, as coating agent. Furthermore, the invention is directed to food and drink products comprising said with partially neutralized polycarboxylic acid coated food-grade particle.

Abstract: Use of dried rehydratable food, such as in a dried soup, a dried beverage, a breakfast cereal, a yoghurt and a dried sauce, is widespread. However it has been observed that when the dried components are fruit and/or vegetable, the components, on rehydration, do not resemble the fruit and/or vegetable before desiccation. That is to say they no longer have a fresh appearance but are discoloured and lack firmness. This transformation is due to cellular damage which occurs during desiccation. In particular, it is thought that phospholipid membranes are destabilised by insertion of cellular amphiphiles, phase transition into the gel phase and membrane fusion. This invention seeks to solve the above-mentioned technical problem by providing, amongst other things, a dried rehydratable food which is a fruit, vegetable or part thereof which, on rehydration, has improved appearance, texture and rehydration properties.

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 Rehaudioside A. The invention further provides a low-calorie soy sauce containing the purified Rebaudioside D and a process for making the low-calorie soy sauce containing the purified Rebaudioside D.

Abstract: An improved processing method and system for producing tomato paste and other food products affected by viscosity. Tomatoes are processed into tomato juice. The juice is provided to a decanter that separates or fractionates the juice into two portions—a thicker, more viscous cake portion and a thinner, less viscous serum portion. The serum portion is concentrated by removing a portion of water using an evaporator such as a thin film or juice evaporator. The cake portion can be concentrated if necessary with a drier. The serum and cake portions are re-combined to produce a tomato paste having improved color, texture, flavor and nutrition.

Abstract: Objective of the present invention is to provide polysaccharides which modulate immune response, and which can be used as ingredients in edible products or pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention provides such polysaccharides obtained from the species Camellia sinensis, which comprise a rhamnogalacturonan-I core, and wherein the molar ratio of galacturonyl acid residues to rhamnosyl residues in the backbone of the polysaccharide is close to 1:1. The present invention also provides edible products or pharmaceutical compositions containing such polysaccharides, in order to modulate immune response.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a processed blend from two or more fresh plant materials, including a first fresh plant material containing lipophilic vitamin and a second fresh plant material containing hydrophilic vitamin; said process comprising: A. a first pre-treatment regime comprising: •providing pieces of the first fresh plant material; •cooking said pieces; comminuting the cooked pieces to produce a lipophilic vitamin containing puree; and said first pre-treatment regime additionally comprising the addition of oil; B. a second pre-treatment regime comprising: •providing pieces of the second fresh plant material; and •blanching said pieces to produce a hydrophilic vitamin containing mass; C. combining the lipophilic vitamin containing puree and the hydrophilic vitamin containing mass; wherein the lipophilic vitamin containing puree is homogenised at a high pressure before or after being combined with the hydrophilic vitamin containing mass.

Abstract: Food nanoemulsion compositions comprising a food safe nonionic surfactant, a hydrophobic food flavorant (e.g., an essential oil), a sugar alcohol kosmotrope, and water. The ratio of the sugar alcohol kosmotrope to the hydrophobic food flavorant is at least 8:1 by weight, and the composition advantageously requires little if any monohydric alcohols for stability and is also free of polyols in addition to the sugar alcohol. Such nanoemulsion compositions are formed from microemulsion concentrates with little or no kinetic energy input. The microemulsion phase inverts to the nanoemulsion upon dilution with additional water. Infinite dilution in water and oil is possible. The high ratio of sugar alcohol to flavorant controls the particle size distribution of the nanoemulsion composition and advantageously alters the organoleptic properties of the nanoemulsion to insert perception of the flavorant near the end of the palatal response.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an allergen-free composition (e.g., flours and dough) and baked products made without eggs or any other major food allergen. The disclosed allergen-free flours, dough, and batters overcome the various problems associated with allergen-free baking by appropriate adjustment of the relative amounts of various components that contribute moisture, alkalinity, texture, etc., to the final product. Baked products produced using the allergen-free flours thus have a moistness, springiness, rise, texture, and flavor comparable to products containing major food allergens. Baked products according to the disclosure include, but are not limited to, cookies (e.g., chocolate chunk/chip cookies), cakes (e.g., cupcakes), muffins, pancakes, waffles, pizza crust, pie crust, and bread products.

Abstract: A salad dressing with prime ingredients comprising mayonnaise, ketchup, sugar, mustard, granulated garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce, and vinegar.

Abstract: A frozen dumpling is obtained by applying to a dumpling, a first layer of a batter, and a second layer of water or a seasoning solution, wherein the first layer is present in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight relative to the dumpling, and the second layer is present in an amount of 20 to 100% by weight relative to the dumpling, and then freezing the dumpling. Tray-packed frozen dumplings are obtained by placing the dumplings on a tray, and contacting the dumplings with a first layer of batter, and a second layer of water or a seasoning solution, and freezing the dumplings, wherein the first layer is present in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight relative to the dumpling, and the second layer is present in an amount of 20 to 100% by weight relative to the dumpling.

Abstract: A food product comprising menaquinone at a level of 50 to 5,000 ?g per 100 g of product.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a sweet onion sauce and methods of manufacturing the same. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a sweet onion sauce having an improved flavor resulting from natural and healthy ingredients, and methods of manufacturing the same for commercial purposes. In one embodiment of the present invention, a consumable composition consists of: a plurality of onions; water; maple syrup; tomato paste; olive oil; balsamic vinegar; and one of either cayenne pepper, hickory seasoning or hot sauce.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of solid capsules that contain flavours therein, by spray drying of an emulsion of a flavour or fragrance, a natural extract of saponins, water and a water-soluble biopolymer having a molecular weight below 100 KDa. The invention further relates to the solid capsules obtainable by the method and to edible products containing them.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a process of modifying a seed based fiber (SBF) to form an enhanced fiber additive (EFA). The process includes an acid treatment step and optionally at least one fiber modification step. Preferred EFA products and uses are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate composition in the form of a large spherical glassy bead having a cross-sectional diameter greater than 5 mm. The bead comprises an encapsulating carrier composition essentially made of fibrous materials, which are both sugarless and non-cariogenic and an encapsulant, such as a flavor material.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a taste enhancing savoury base comprising:—between 8 to 80% of naturally derived compounds taken in the group consisting of glutamate, IMP and GMP,—naturally food derived compounds such as organic acids and their salts, amino acids, peptides and aroma compounds, wherein said base is obtained through a prokaryotic fermentation with a bacteria taken from the group consisting of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium ammoniagenes, Corynebacterium casei, Corynebacterium efficiens, Brevibacterium lactofermentum and Bacillus subtilis and wherein said base is not purified.

Abstract: Soybeans (Glycine max) possessing a novel genetic allele for the production of reduced trypsin inhibitor in seeds is provided. Such alleles can be readily transferred to other soybean lines and cultivars. In a preferred embodiment a soybean plant possesses the combined presence of the Kunitz allele along with the SG-ULTI mutant allele, the combination of which was found to produce an ultra-low trypsin inhibitor phenotype in the resulting progeny seeds of a cross of a Kunitz allele into the 435.TCS background. A seed or seed product is made possible in this instance that is particularly well suited for consumption without extensive processing to remove trypsin inhibitor.

Abstract: A method for altering the flavor of a food product by impregnating a substance into a food product by exposing the food product to a pressure from 1000 to 6000 bar together with a solid compound containing the substance. The method further includes extracting the substance from the solid compound simultaneously with the step of impregnating.

Abstract: The present invention is related to processes for importing an improved anti-oxidant content with high ORAC values to a food product. Milled high tannin sorghum grain may be ground into flour which is then used as a topping on the food product of choice.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Carnallite salt preparation useful in edible products, such as a food, beverage, dietary supplement, oral care, nutraceutical pet food, animal feed, pharmaceutical and other edible products. The Carnallite salt preparation of the invention is without high levels of sodium chloride and notably low in bromide. The Carnallite salt preparation may be a food grade product with dietary acceptable bromide levels. The present invention further relates to edible products comprising the Carnallite salt preparation, such as reduced sodium food products.

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: The present invention provides soy sauce that comprises significant amounts of peptides, and, in particular, hypotensive peptide Gly-Tyr and hypotensive peptide Ser-Tyr, exhibiting a high degree of angiotensin-I-converting enzyme-inhibitory activity and has hypotensive effects while containing no hypotensive agent. Target soy sauce is obtained by mixing soy sauce koji having protease activity of 20 to 300 U/g koji with an aqueous common salt solution and subjecting the mixture to heated digestion, followed by compression filtration. Target soy sauce with a good flavor is obtained by adding soy sauce lactic acid bacteria and soy sauce yeast cells to the moromi mash after heated digestion, and subjecting the resultant to fermentation and maturation, followed by compression filtration.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a composition by mixing a sweetener and an ingredient, pressing the sweetener and ingredient together to form a pressed mixture in the form of a sheet, briquette, pellet, flake or other form, and reducing the pressed mixture to yield a composition. The composition comprises particulates having a desirable size, where a particulate comprises the ingredient at least partially embedded within the sweetener. The composition can be used in a variety of food, dietary and pharmaceutical products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic sterol- and fat-based particles, which can be dispersed in liquid foods and beverages such as milk. The compositions provided, when consumed, reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and total plasma cholesterol (TC) levels.

Abstract: A packaged savoury food concentrate in the form of a gel, for preparing a bouillon, a soup, a sauce, a gravy or a seasoning comprising: —a gelling system, —a liquid phase comprising a liquid polyol, —from 3% wt to 30% wt of salt, based on the weight of the total food concentrate, wherein the liquid polyol is present in an amount of from 0.1 wt % to 80 wt %, based on the total weight of the food concentrate.

Abstract: A tomato composition obtained from tomato juice having the following composition in percentage by weight: dry residue>20% up to 99%, water<80% down to 1%; 100% being the sum of the two components, wherein the among of water insoluble solids in the dry residue ranges in percentage by weight from 18% to 70%.

Abstract: The present inventions relates to a method for the production of gellan gum, under mixing conditions, the method comprising a) providing a fermentation broth or other liquid medium containing gellan gum, b) if necessary adjusting the temperature and the pH of the fermentation broth/liquid medium to allow or facilitate enzymatic treatment in step c, c) adding one or more enzymes capable of reducing or abolishing the enzymatic activity of S. elodea derived arylsulfatase and/or ?-glucuronidase, said one or more enzymes being added in an amount sufficient to reduce or abolish the enzymatic activity of S. elodea derived arylsulfatase and/or ?-glucuronidase in the broth/liquid medium, and/or treating the broth/liquid medium at a temperature between 90° C. and 125° C. for a period of time sufficient to reduce or abolish the enzymatic activity of S.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying starches. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of removing off-flavors, off-odors, and off-colors from starches by extraction of the components causing the off-flavors, off-odors, and off-colors with a fluid in the supercritical or liquid phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for producing a soup or sauce composition with an amount of long chain fatty acids. Specifically, the soup or sauce composition comprises an amount of stearidonic acid (SDA) enriched soybean oil that imparts improved nutritional quality with an amount of long chain fatty acids, but retains the mouthfeel, flavor, odor, and other sensory characteristics associated with typical soup or sauce compositions.

Abstract: By allowing a liquid seasoning to comprise from 0.2% to 4% (w/v) in concentration of ammonium ion and from 0.5% to 7% (w/v) in containing amount of common salt and adjusting pH to from 3.2 to 5.4, it became possible to provide a liquid seasoning which is excellent in salty taste and tastiness regardless of its low common salt content.

Abstract: This invention provides a means for reinforcing or enhancing the salty taste of sodium chloride in a food composition and a means for suppressing the offensive taste in a composition containing potassium chloride. This invention relates to a food composition with a reinforced or enhanced salty taste realized with the addition of potassium chloride and acetic acid and/or lactic acid into a food composition containing sodium chloride. This invention also relates to a composition supplemented with potassium chloride capable of suppressing an offensive taste originating from potassium to which at least one selected from glutamic acid and aspartic acid has been added.

Abstract: With a conventional method of causing impregnation of a liquid seasoning into food, it takes many hours for the liquid seasoning to substantially make permeation. Occasionally, impregnation was not at all attained. Such proposals have been made that food soaked in a liquid seasoning is pressurized, or that water content of food is dehydrated. An apparatus and a facility for carrying out processing to food need to be larger in size, thereby taking cost and being not suitable for mass production. Also, uniform permeation of the liquid seasoning in a short time was not achieved. The present invention provides a liquid seasoning used for seasoning food subjected to processing with a micro-nano bubble generating device, thereby enabling the liquid seasoning to have impregnation to food in a short time, particularly, facilitating impregnation of good flavor and taste compositions other than salt.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising sucralose and 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one or salts, solvates, and/or esters thereof and methods of making the compositions by spray drying. The present invention also provides ingestible compositions comprising compositions of the present invention and methods of making such foods. The present invention also includes a process of preparing 2-amino-thiophene derivatives, which are key intermediates for preparing 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one.

Abstract: The present invention provides a soy sauce powder having a favorable flavor and containing 2-phenyl ethanol and succinic acid at high concentrations. The low common salt soy sauce of the present invention is obtained by a method for producing a low common salt soy sauce, which includes adding a carbohydrate raw material to moromi in which the viable soy sauce yeast cell count per 1 g of moromi is 1×107 cells or more, adjusting the common salt concentration of the moromi in a manner such that the common salt concentration in moromi juice after maturation is 4.0 to 12.0 w/v %, and carrying out fermentation and maturation of the moromi. The pH of the obtained low common salt soy sauce is 4.7 to 6.0.

Abstract: Bound salads and other food products can enjoy decreased separation with the addition of a source of glucomannan, especially at from 0.1 wt % glucomannan and higher. Glucomannan absorbs substantial amounts of moisture released by the inclusions such as tuna fish, potatoes, vegetables etc, and as such, prevents “watering out” of the salad. Moreover, glucomannan is resistant to certain enzymes released by the inclusions such as carrots, cabbage, vegetables, fruits etc. Particularly important in this respect are amylases. By virtue of its resistance to amylase, glucomannan can thicken dressings in light products such as light mayonnaise, which often include starches subject to degradation by amylase, with little or minimal “watering out” in extended use.

Abstract: A process for preparing a shelf-stable dairy-based sauce comprising oil/fat and a diary component (e.g. cheese or cream), which sauce is low in reducing sugars, and wherein the composition, prior to packing, is not subjected to temperatures above 50° C.

Abstract: A fiber extracted from a fruit or vegetable byproduct is provided, the extracted fiber having a molecular weight of between about 5000 grams/mol (g/mol) and about 8000 g/mol, or a pectic oligosaccharide having a molecular weight of between about 300 g/mol and 2500 g/mol. The fiber may be extracted using physical methods or a combination of a physical method to break the fruit or vegetable byproduct cell walls and enzymatic hydrolysis. Also, a comestible containing the extracted fiber is provided. A method for producing a soluble fiber is further provided including reducing the particle size of a fruit or vegetable byproduct, subjecting the byproduct particles to a physical process to break cell walls of the particles, adding one or more enzymes, mixing or agitating the particles, and filtering the byproduct particles to provide a retentate and a permeate. The permeate contains the soluble fiber, which is optionally a prebiotic fiber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an allergen-free composition (e.g., flours and dough) and baked products made without eggs or any other major food allergen. The disclosed allergen-free flours, dough, and batters overcome the various problems associated with allergen-free baking by appropriate adjustment of the relative amounts of various components that contribute moisture, alkalinity, texture, etc., to the final product. Baked products produced using the allergen-free flours thus have a moistness, springiness, rise, texture, and flavor comparable to products containing major food allergens. Baked products according to the disclosure include, but are not limited to, cookies (e.g., chocolate chunk/chip cookies), cakes (e.g., cupcakes), muffins, pancakes, waffles, pizza crust, pie crust, and bread products.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a means for obtaining a novel soy sauce with less soy sauce smell and having a rich flavor although it is a brewed soy sauce. More particularly, it is intended to provide a process for producing such a brewed soy sauce, comprising: preparing a soy sauce koji; preparing a soy sauce moromi by adding an aqueous common salt solution to the soy sauce koji at a ratio of water within 170% to 450% (V/V); fermenting and maturating the soy sauce moromi; adding either a soy sauce koji alone or a combination of a soy sauce koji and an aqueous common salt solution to the soy sauce moromi during the fermentation and maturation; and further fermenting and maturating the soy sauce moromi after the addition thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides the packed soy sauce-containing liquid seasoning, containing the following (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) sodium ?2.7 to 5.1% by mass (B) potassium ?0.8 to 4% by mass (C) proline 0.28 to 1% by mass (D) isoleucine ?0.2 to 1% by mass.

Abstract: A composition comprising a nutrient encapsulated in a coating and a condiment is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to prevent that food products, which have a decreased concentration of salt, which can be considered to be unhealthy when consumed in large amounts, from having negative taste attributes. The present invention provides such food products containing two sections, wherein the two sections are visually the same, and wherein the two sections contain a salty tastant at different concentrations in the two sections.

Abstract: A process for obtaining chopped or creamed garlic, which includes the steps of: separating the bulbs of garlic into cloves, peeling the cloves and mixing and chopping them with vegetable oil, salt and citric acid. The process being a cold process, and involving no application of heat by pasteurization or boiling or heating of the garlic or the mixture so obtained.

Abstract: Hot or Cold soup made fresh from scratch, can or concentrate is prepared in a suitable container and after its preparation is kept cool, blended and re-circulated for long term shelf life until a serving is requested. This serving volume of soup is automatically pumped and heated to serving temperature (hot soup) and served in a suitable container like a cup or a bowl. The entire system where the soup resides is always kept refrigerated. The only portion of the soup that is heated after its preparation is the one dispensed. If it is a soup that is served cold the heating prior to dispensing is by-passed.