Abstract: Collating apparatus for stacking generally flat articles comprises a chute on opposite sides of which are two pairs of conveyor bands carrying supports for the articles. The conveyor bands are driven as two diagonally opposite pairs so that the stack builds on the supports of one pair of bands while a preceding stack built on the supports of the other pair of bands is discharged from the chute. The supports carried by the bands also comprise members which act on the completed stack to compress it before it is discharged.

Abstract: Twin compartment packets, e.g. tea bags, are formed with the compartments connected at the heads of the packet and optionally at the tails. The packets are produced from a pair of compartmented tubular webs that are brought together with the compartments in register, the webs then being interconnected at the compartment end seals and severed at those seals to form the separate packets. Apparatus for performing the process deposits doses of tea at spaced intervals onto the two separate webs before forming them into the tubular compartmented webs, brings the compartments of the two webs into register, interconnects the registered compartments, and separates the interconnected compartments into individual packets while the web advances continously through the apparatus. The process is capable of high production rates because the webs are able to move through the successive stages at a uniform speed.

Abstract: Fat mimetic compositions which may be used in low/no fat salad dressings and processes for their preparation are disclosed employing a unique combination of microcrystalline cellulose, cold water swelling starch and gum to provide excellent fat-like properties.

Abstract: In a process of preparing a tea extract, the extract is adjusted to 20.degree.-80.degree. C., treated with tannase at pH=4-7 and then subjected to ultrafiltration at 2.degree.-90.degree. C. using a membrane with an average molecular weight exclusion point of at least 5000 Daltons (preferably at least 30,000 Daltons). The extract may finally be subjected to an additional filtration, preferably microfiltration. Also an instant a cold-water soluble tea powder or granulate is claimed.

Abstract: A method of preparing an aerated vegetable product comprising starch, oil and a heat-setting material. The method involves mixing the individual components and thereafter aerating with a gaseous material. The method is for example well suited to the preparation of an aerated potato product which has a different taste and texture compared to mashed potato. Other vegetable products can be made from for example sweetcorn, carrot or pea. Furthermore, products made according to the invention can retain their structure after being frozen and subsequently reheated.

Abstract: A fat mimetic composition which may be used in a low/no fat salad dressing and processes for their preparation are disclosed employing a unique combination of microcrystalline cellulose, cold water swelling starch and gum to provide excellent fat-like properties.

Abstract: Twin compartment packets, e.g. tea bags, are formed with the compartments connected at the heads of the packet and optionally at the tails. The packets are produced from a pair of compartmented tubular webs that are brought together with the compartments in register, the webs then being interconnected at the compartment end seals and severed at those seals to form the separate packets. Apparatus for performing the process deposits doses of tea at spaced intervals onto the two separate webs before forming them into the tubular compartmented webs, brings the compartments of the two webs into register, interconnects the registered compartments, and separates the interconnected compartments into individual packets while the web advances continuously through the apparatus. The process is capable of high production rates because the webs are able to move through the successive stages at a uniform speed.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a lysophospholipoprotein (LPLP)-comprising foodstuff by incorporating dried LPLP or dried LPLP-comprising material, preferably having a moisture content of at most 10 wt %, at a level of 0.1-90 wt.% therein. The dried LPLP serves as a texture-modifying agent, a glossing agent, a freeze-thaw stabilizing agent, a heat-stabilizing agent and a syneresis-inhibiting agent.