Abstract: Fermentation product for adding to a food product, a food supplement or a diabetic food supplement. The product is obtained by fermentation of a medium containing pomegranate juice wherein the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii and Lactobacillus plantarum are used for the fermentation. The fermentation product contains 0.25% to 4% of one or more polyphenols, relative to the total weight of the ferment at the end of the fermentation process and before any optional other transformation, and the sugar content of the fermentation product, measured as percentage of glucose and of fructose, amounts to a maximum of 2% relative to the total weight of the ferment after the end of the fermentation process and before any optional other transformation.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyphenol-rich products of plants and also to a method of producing these products. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the polyphenol-containing products for producing foods, food supplements, dietetic foods and cosmetics; and also foods, food supplements, dietetic foods and cosmetics which contain such a product.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for packaging contaminated or poisonous waste materials. The waste materials are deposited in a plastic bag disposed on a cylindrical opening in a container provided with a lid and having vacuum and filter means for sucking air off the area of the open upper end of the plastic bag when the lid is opened for disposal of waste. Below the lid there is provided a plastic foil and means for moving the plastic foil over the bag opening for sealing the plastic bag by means of a heating structure which is adapted to engage and heat the plastic bag and foil. Before sealing of the bag, however, the vacuum means is energized with the lid closed so that the plastic bag is evacuated and, after sealing and opening of the container cover, may be removed in a compressed, easily manageable state with relatively small volume.