Abstract: A steviol glycoside composition with reduced surface tension. The reduced surface tension steviol glycoside composition includes an aqueous solution of a steviol glycoside and a surface tension reducing compound in an amount effective to reduce surface tension. Method for reducing surface tension in a steviol glycoside solution includes contacting a steviol glycoside and a surface tension reducing compound.

Abstract: Yeast cells having a reductive TCA pathway from pyruvate or phosphoenolpyruvate to succinate, and which include at least one exogenous gene overexpressing an enzyme in that pathway, further contain an exogenous transhydrogenase gene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable emulsion of an aqueous phase in a lipid phase wherein non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids are present in the lipid phase. The present invention further relates to a process for making an emulsion, said process comprising adding the lipid phase in two steps.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are rejuvenating compositions for asphalt applications. In one aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a polymerized oil having a polymeric distribution ranging from about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content and Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12. In another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises an oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C. In yet another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a modified oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid is provided comprising a natural bio-sourced oil and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phosphite compounds. It has been discovered that addition of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phosphite compounds to dielectric fluids comprising oil impart a stabilizing effect that reduces, inhibits or prevents formation of stray gases in the dielectric fluid during ordinary use.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, comprising obtaining a lecithin-containing material, in some aspects derived from a crude refining stream, comprising 20-80 wt % acetone insoluble matter, 1-30 wt % free fatty acid, and less than 10 wt % water, adding a fatty acid or carboxylic source to the lecithin-containing material to obtain a lecithin fatty acid blend or lecithin carboxylic acid blend and incorporating the blend into asphalt or oil field applications.

Abstract: A dielectric fluid is provided comprising an oil and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phosphite compounds. It has been discovered that addition of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of phosphite compounds to dielectric fluids comprising oil impart a stabilizing effect that reduces, inhibits or prevents formation of stray gases in the dielectric fluid during ordinary use.

Abstract: The present application provides for novel anhydride substituted starches and their use in personal and home care products. The natural based starches disclosed are useful for the replacement of chemical surfactants in personal and home care products. The starches demonstrate the unique ability to create and maintain desired properties in these products. The anhydride substituted starches are particularly useful in replicating the foaming properties of standard chemical surfactants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a refined vegetable oil. It relates to a process for reducing the content of free chloropropanols and chloropropanol fatty acid esters in a vegetable oil, and it is comprising the following steps in order: a) refining a vegetable oil, wherein the refining is comprising at least a deodorization step at a temperature below 230° C., and subjecting the refined vegetable oil to a short path evaporation, and collecting a vegetable oil having a content of free chloropropanols and chloropropanol fatty acid esters of not more than 500 ppb and a color expressed as its red component equal or below 3.0.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a process for reducing the MOSH and/or MOAH content from vegetable oil selected from the group consisting of palm-based oil, cocoa butter-based oil and any mixtures thereof, and comprising steps of: a) subjecting the vegetable oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporation temperature in a range of from 235 and 290° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 35 to 102 kg/h·m2, and thus obtaining a retentate vegetable oil and a distillate, b) Contacting the retentate vegetable oil with an adsorbent, and c) Subjecting the bleached retentate vegetable oil to a further refining step.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly, bio-based binder system that is useful for the formation of fiberglass insulation, the system includes: A) an aqueous curable binder composition, which includes a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent; and B) a dedust composition, which includes a blown, stripped plant-based oil and optionally at least one emulsifying agent. The bio-based binder system is typically heated to form a cured binder system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are pigment compositions for meat substitutes and meat substitutes including such pigment compositions. The pigment compositions include a thermolabile EforRed variant polypeptide. The pigment compositions provide a pink and/or red color to a meat substitute composition that transitions to a brown color after cooking. For example, the thermolabile EforRed variant may have a sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 and include (i) an XYG chromophore tripeptide and (ii) a mutation at a position selected from the group consisting of phenylalanine (F) 68, threonine (T) 102, aspartate (D) 119, D130, alanine (A) 139, F163, F206, A214, and combinations thereof relative to SEQ ID NO:1.

Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a meat substitute product comprising a randomly interesterified triglyceride and at least one texturized protein ingredient, wherein the randomly interesterified triglyceride has a content of palmitic acid (C16) and stearic acid (C18) in a range of from 35 to 65 wt %, and a ratio of C18 over C16 in a range of from 1.0 to 15.0. The invention further relates to the use of the corresponding randomly interesterified triglyceride for improving the texture and/or organoleptic properties of a ground meat substitute product. Preferably the meat substitute product is a vegetarian ground meat substitute product that is shaped into a form such as a burger, a patty, a meatball, a nugget or a sausage.

Abstract: Less-than-diploid I. orientalis cells are produced. The cells have at least one unpaired chromosome and may be haploid, i.e., are missing one member of each pair of chromosomes that are present in the wild-type strains. The less-than-diploid cells are useful fermentation strains, performing similarly to diploid strains that are otherwise similarly engineered. The less-than-diploid strains can be mated to produce diploids, which themselves are useful fermentation strains. The less-than-diploid strains are also useful as host strains for producing further genetically modified strains that can be less-than-diploid or mated to produce diploids.

Abstract: A filling, coating or spread for use in food applications comprising a structured fat system, wherein the structured fat system comprises from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of a lipid and from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of an edible porous particle, wherein the lipid is present as a continuous phase in said structured fat system. The use of a structured fat system for reducing the trans- and saturated fat content of a filling, coating or spread, wherein the structured fat system comprises from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of a lipid and from 10 w/w % to 90 w/w % of an edible porous particle, wherein the lipid is present as a continuous phase in said structured fat system.

Abstract: A method of sorting beef carcasses comprises determining the hot carcass weight and the Torso Section Thickness of a plurality of beef carcasses at a Standardized Location on the carcass torso; determining the ratio of hot carcass weight to Torso Section Thickness of individual carcasses of the plurality of beef carcasses and, prior to processing of the carcasses into smaller portions, sorting the carcasses into a groups based on the ratio of hot carcass weight to Torso Section Thickness. In another aspect, the sorting is carried out based on the lean point of the Torso Section of individual carcasses at a Standardized Location on the carcass torso of the plurality of beef carcasses.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to natural oil-based petrolatum compositions and a method of making the same. The natural oil-based petrolatum composition includes the esterification product of: about 5 wt % to about 35 wt % a fatty acid dimer, about 20 wt % to about 55 wt % a C8 to C22 fatty acid substituted with one or more C1-C3 alkyl substituents, about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % glycerin, and about 20 wt % to about 40 wt % hydrogenated natural oil, wherein the natural based petrolatum product has an acid value of less than 10. Natural oil-based petrolatum compositions can be used in personal care products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a meat substitute product comprising a randomly interesterified triglyceride and at least one protein ingredient, wherein the randomly interesterified triglyceride has a content of lauric acid (C12) of less than 5.0 wt %, a content of palmitic acid (C16) and stearic acid (C18) in a range of from 35 to 65%, and a ratio of C18 over C16 in a range of from 1.0 to 10.0. The invention further relates to the use of the corresponding randomly interesterified triglyceride, for improving the texture and/or organoleptic properties of a meat substitute product. Preferably the meat substitute product is an emulsified meat substitute product that is consumed as cold cut.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are rejuvenating compositions for asphalt applications. In one aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a polymerized oil having a polymeric distribution ranging from about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content and Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12. In another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises an oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C. In yet another aspect, the rejuvenating composition comprises a modified oil having a Hildebrand solubility ranging from about 6 to about 12 and a flash point ranging from about 100° C. to about 400° C.