Abstract: A board game apparatus for teaching industrial safety rules and procedures includes a game board, playing pieces, question cards and a score card. The game board includes a representation of various component parts of an industrial organization, and a path connecting the component parts. During the course of the game, the playing pieces are moved along the path and the players answer questions from the question cards relating to various safety topics for the workplaces within the organization. The first player to answer questions successfully to each of the safety topics and return to the start position wins the game.

Abstract: A shelf-stable, uncooked or partially cooked moist pasta is produced by treating freshly extruded or sheeted pasta with steam to set the pasta surface, immersing the steam treated pasta in an aqueous solution containing acidulants and/or humectants, partially drying to remove surface moisture, sealing the pasta in a container, and thermally pasteurizing the pasta while it is in the container using conventional thermal processes or microwave treatment. The pasta thus produced is shelf-stable under non-refrigerated conditions and has an equivalent or better texture, color and flavor than commercially available, fresh refrigerated pastas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coloring agent and process for preparing yeast cell ghosts having a light color and less flavor. The yeast cell ghosts are to be contained as a component of the coloring agent. Further, the yeast cell ghosts contain a proportion of intact yeast cell walls and one color source. The color source is selected based upon the desired color in the coloring agent and in any product in which the coloring agent is used, such as a pigment or dye. Also uses for the coloring agent are disclosed, such as their use in foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The coloring agents must be acceptable for food and pharmaceutical use. The steps for making the yeast cell ghosts are sequential and involve extracting yeast debris having a solids content not exceeding 20% by weight. An acid is used to perform the extraction and further treatment of the extracted debris with an alkali to obtain whole cells and cells having disrupted cell walls.

Abstract: Mayonnaise and dressing products, including reduced-calorie low-fat mayonnaise and reduced-calorie, low-fat, spoonable or pourable dressing compositions, having as a preservative system glucono-delta-lactone and, optionally, acetic acid in sufficient quantity to lower the pH to about 3.5 or less, preferably about 3.3 or less. The compositions have an increased resistance to microbial spoilage and, therefore, extended shelf life compared with currently marketed products, yet do not have the sharp acidic "bite" common to currently available products.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for encapsulating a substance in a biocapsule comprising passing a solution into the biocapsule, then effecting a change in the biocapsule/solution system such that the substance remains encapsulated while a solvent escapes.

Abstract: Dehydrated vegetables are prepared by preparing the vegetables, holding them for a time and at a temperature to activate the endogenous pectinmethylesterase, blanching and drying.

Abstract: Reduced calorie ice cream-type frozen desserts are prepared by replacing some or all of the fat in an ice cream recipe with a butter fat mimetic composition comprised of a fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerin composition. The mimetic composition may be comprised of two or more fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerin compositions in order to obtain a composition having a melting profile similar to that for butter fat. The reduced calorie ice cream-type frozen desserts have a rich, creamy texture and excellent flavor.

Abstract: Gelling agent compositions are provided that comprise xanthan and at least one polysaccharide selected from guar, depolymerized galactomannan and mixtures thereof. The compositions may be used in comestible products and methods of making same and gelled products are also provided.

Abstract: Two cereal extracts are produced by means of a process comprising the steps of milling cereal material, suspending the milled material in an aqueous liquid, treating the suspension with an alkali, acidifying and separating the solid and liquid in the resulting mixture. The liquid and solid may be further purified and are useful as ingredients in comestible products.

Abstract: A wet end additive composition which is used as a sizing agent in a papermaking process, the composition comprising a two phase suspension of swollen starch having a dry substance from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight, a cooked swollen volume from about 1.6 ml./gram to about 100 ml./gram and cooked solubles from about 0.5% to about 50% by weight. The composition is prepared starting with a starch slurry having a relatively low concentration (dry substance) of starch. The slurry is subjected to carefully controlled swelling conditions (temperature and pH) which can vary depending upon the type of starch employed. The dry substance of the slurry also may vary depending upon whether a continuous or batch process is employed. The composition is used in a papermaking process by adding it to the furnish after the refining stage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sprout inhibitor for potatoes which, as the main component, contains rape oil methylester and/or specific long-chain alcohols, eventually in mixture with the medium- and/or long-chain alcohols known for said purpose, and/or ethereal oil and/or the known chemical sprout-inhibitor agents, or to the use of rape oil methylester alone or the use of C.sub.18 to >C.sub.36 -alcohols such as Espum EGA 162 (now Dehysan) alone, or in a mixture with rape oil methylester and/or other known sprout-inhibiting agents.

Abstract: Esterified alkoxylated polyols, particularly a fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerol, which exhibit improved flavor and oxidative stability by the addition of antioxidants to the alkoxylated polyols, either prior to or subsequent to steam stripping, fatty acids or combinations thereof prior to fatty acid esterification, and the products thereof.

Abstract: A process for the production of dimensionally stable, sliceable, starch-containing products, in particular dumplings, in boil-in-bag packages, which comprises at least partially gelatinizing the starch-containing starting material, then freezing it, comminuting the frozen starch sponge, thawing it by pressing and/or drying after dewatering, and packaging it in boil-in-bag packages, the fill quantity and the remaining head space in the bags being dimensioned in such a way that the cooked product completely fills the boil-in-bag packages and dimensionally stable, sliceable, edible products result owing to the pressure of the hydrated contents of the bag against the bag wall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water insoluble coloring agent containing glucan-containing yeast cell ghosts which contain a proportion of intact yeast cell walls and at least one water soluble color source. The color source is selected to give the desired color in the coloring agent and in any product in which the coloring agent is used and may be any dye or pigment. For uses such as in foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, the coloring agents must be acceptable for food and pharmaceutical use.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of tehina sauce which possesses a long shelf life without any added preservatives. The process comprises a heat treatment followed by aseptic cooling, which are applied to the paste produced from raw sesame seeds and also to the stream of the aqueous emulsion containing salt, additives and spices, followed by mixing and packaging the resulted tehina sauce product under aseptic conditions.

Abstract: A process for increasing the rate of plant growth. Plants are treated with one or more acids, which are condensation products of glycolic and/or L-lactic acid. These acids also increase the concentration of chlorophyll, increase the rate of new plant formation when plants are propagated by tissue culture, decrease the amount of added nutrients required for plant growth, and protect plants against the toxic effects of salts. Certain of the acids are useful for increasing the rate of root formation in the plant.The questions raised in reexamination request Nos. 90/002,306, filed Mar. 26, 1991 and 90/003,035 filed Apr. 27, 1993, have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).