Abstract: The invention relates to an agrochemical composition comprising propylene carbonate, up to 10 wt % of water, and compounds I their salts, tautomers, or enantiomers; wherein the variables are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the composition, comprising mixing the propylene carbonate, compounds I, and optionally an acid and/or cyclohexanone. It also relates to a method for controlling pests, which method comprises the application of the composition, or a dilution thereof, to plants, plant propagation material, or the locus of growth of the plants; the pests or their food supply, habitat or breeding grounds. Other objects are the use of cyclohexanone and/or an acid, in particular acetic acid, for stabilizing compositions comprising compounds I; composition for stabilizing water-soluble pesticides as defined in any of claims 1 to 9, comprising 1 to 50 wt % of propylene carbonate, 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazole derivatives of formula to processes for preparing these compounds, to certain intermediates, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.

Abstract: Pyridine compounds of Formula (1) are provided: wherein R1, R2, X, Y and Het are defined. The pyridine compounds can be used to treat or prevent plant diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fungicidal composition and a fungicide for controlling asparagus stem blight, and belongs to the technical field of controlling asparagus stem blight. The composition includes difenoconazole and propamidine; and the weight ratio of the difenoconazole to the propamidine is 20:1-1:20. The fungicide of the present invention includes difenoconazole, propamidine and an auxiliary material; and the difenoconazole and propamidine account for 3%-90% by mass of the total amount of the fungicide. The present invention uses difenoconazole and propamidine as active ingredients, where a combined use of them has a synergistic effect on the pathogenic fungi of asparagus stem blight, and especially has an obvious synergistic effect on the asparagus stem blight in a ratio range of 20:1-1:20.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising 4-[5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-isoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(4R)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-isoxazolidin-4-yl]-2-methyl-benzamide or 4-[5-(3,5-dichloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-isoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(4R)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-isoxazolidin-4-yl]-2-methyl-benzamide as compound I and insecticidal compound II selected from tetraniliprole, cyclaniliprole, triflumezopyrim, fluazaindolizine, 2-[2-fluoro-4-methyl-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethylsulfinyl)phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-triazol-3-amine, 1-[2,4-dimethyl-5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethylsulfinyl)phenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-triazole, 3-phenyl-5-(2-thienyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole, tioxazafen, (2RS)-{[1(4)-EZ]-4-(methoxyimino)cyclohexyl}(3,3,3-trifluoropropylsulfonyl)acetonitrile and 3?-isobutyl-N-isobutyryl-1,3,5-trimethyl-4?-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-methoxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]pyrazole-4-carboxanilide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising 4-[5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-isoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(4R)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-isoxazolidin-4-yl]-2-methyl-benzamide or 4-[5-(3,5-dichloro-4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-isoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(4R)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-isoxazolidin-4-yl]-2-methyl-benzamide as compound I; and 2) one fungicidal compound II, wherein compound II is selected from the group consisting of pydiflumetofen, N-[(5-chloro-2-isopropyl-phenyl)methyl]-N-cyclopropyl-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-fluoro-1-methyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, mefentrifluconazole, picarbutrazox, oxathiapiproline, 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2 oxazol-5-yl}phenyl methanesulfonate, 2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5 yl}-3-chlorophenyl methanesulfonate, N?-(2,5-dimethyl-4-phenoxy-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl-formamidine, N?-[4-(4,5-dichlorothiazol-2-yl)oxy-

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 5-substituted imidazolylmethyl derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions and mixtures comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds; to intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethyloxadiazoles of the formula I, or the N-oxides, or the agriculturally useful salts thereof; and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi; and to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi, the plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula I; and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.

Abstract: In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. Under such circumstances, the development of novel agricultural and horticultural insecticides is desired. The present invention provides an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising a 1H-pyrrolo-condensed heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): {wherein A and A1 each represent a nitrogen atom, R3 and R4 each represent a haloalkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group, R1 represents a halogen atom, and m represents 0 or 2}, an N-oxide thereof or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for using the insecticide.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I), in which X, R1, R2, R3, and n have the meanings given above, to the use thereof as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to methods and intermediates for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of substantially retaining or otherwise preserving the biological activity of a dsRNA, present in a cell, to post-transcriptionally silence the expression of a gene in a target organism, comprising the step of adding to the cell composition a compound having the function of a protein—or amine—cross linking agent and/or an acid. The invention also comprises compositions comprising the cells comprising dsRNA, and protein cross linking agents and/or acids, as well as the use of said cross linking agents and/or acids in the method.

Abstract: Use of a bacterial composition comprising at least one plant growth-promoting bacterium from the Microbacterium genus, for producing biostimulant effects in seeds, seedlings and/or plants, comprising the step of priming said seeds, or seedlings or plants. The bacterial composition particularly comprises Microbacterium strains EC8 and/or all strains sharing >98% nucleotide sequence homology with EC8 at the 16S rRNA gene level (in particular strains EC19 and W283), and/or strains EC6, W211, W236, W219 and W269. The bacterial composition is particularly applied to a plant growth medium, for instance before seedling transplantation. Very good biostimulant effects have been obtained for lettuce, tomato and basil plants.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bacterial inoculants, and methods for their use, to control a fungal root disease in a plant and promote plant growth in water limited conditions. In particular strains of Paenibacillus and Streptomyces are disclosed.

Abstract: Cladosporium sphaerospermum produces at least one volatile organic compound (VOC). When a plant is exposed to the VOC produced by a strain of C. sphaerospermum, the plant has an increase in at least one growth characteristic compared to the growth characteristic of an untreated plant of the same age as the treated plant.

Abstract: Methods of improving characteristics of plants and soil by administering an effective amount of a Ascophyllum based composition in low concentration applications are disclosed.

Abstract: Natural products were screened for their insect repellent activity, and carrot seed essential oil gave very high activity in biting repellent/deterrent bioassays. Analysis of the oil revealed the presence of 47 compounds, mainly mono- and sesqui-terpenes. The sesquiterpene, carotol, constituted more than 75% w/w of the oil. In the initial screening, the essential oil gave high biting deterrent activity and high repellent activity comparable to DEET against both Aedes aegypti and Anophies quadrimaculatus species of mosquitoes. The active fraction mainly comprises pure carotol. The essential oil and the pure compound have a potential to be developed and used as effective repellent against mosquitoes.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a component promoting the growth of leguminous plants. The present invention provides a promoter for leguminous plant growth comprising a glycoside of soyasapogenol B as an active ingredient, and a method for promoting the growth of a leguminous plant using a glycoside of soyasapogenol B as an active ingredient. The glycoside of soyasapogenol B is a glycoside having a hydroxy group at position C-22 of the soyasapogenol B and having a saccharide bonded to a hydroxy group at position C-3 of the soyasapogenol B.

Abstract: A device for forming a dough strip, including a dough supply device, by means of which dough can be introduced into the device, a draw-in roller which can be rotated about its axis, a forming roller which can be rotated about its axis, a discharge roller which can be rotated about its axis, and at least one drive, by means of which the draw-in roller and/or the forming roller and/or the discharge roller can be driven. The axes of the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller are arranged parallel to one another in a mutually spaced manner, and a dough chamber is formed between the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller. The device has two cover shields which laterally delimit the dough chamber, in particular on the end faces of the draw-in roller, the forming roller, and the discharge roller.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of solving problems of the conventional techniques and producing, by an economically advantageous means, fermented milk having hardness to such an extent that the texture of the fermented milk can be kept during distribution. The present invention relates to a method for producing fermented milk, comprising homogenizing a raw material mix under a high pressure to reduce the average particle diameter of a fat and then fermenting the homogenized product. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a method for producing fermented milk using a material that is sterilized at an ultra-high temperature, said method comprising homogenizing a fat in a raw material mix, which contains a material sterilized at an ultra-high temperature, under a high pressure and then fermenting the resultant product; and fermented milk produced by the method.

Abstract: Stackable infusion filtration and storage systems are described herein. Components of the systems may include a first container, a second container, and a cooperating third container. The stackable systems may further include a sleeve component and one or more lids. The stackable systems can concurrently capture liquid as the liquid separates from an infused butter mixture and solidify butter in separate cooperating stackable containers. Methods of use are also described.

Abstract: A fat-containing composition obtained by converting insects or worms into nutrient streams, such as a fat-containing, an aqueous protein-containing and a solid-containing fraction, including (a) squashing insects or worms thereby obtaining a pulp, the insects or worms reduced in size, (b) heating the pulp to 70-100° C., and (c) subjecting the heated pulp to a physical separation step with the proviso that the method does not contain enzymatic treatment of the pulp. The fat-containing fraction contains at least 80 wt. % insect or worm fat with at least 40 wt. % saturated fats. The aqueous protein fraction can be dried to obtain dried protein material, which contains at least 50 wt. % insect or worm protein-derived matter and at most 25 wt. % insect or worm fat based on dry weight. The protein has a pepsin digestibility of at least 50%. The resulting nutrient streams can be used in food, petfood, feed and pharmaceutical industry.

Abstract: Invention includes an energy efficient exhaustless and smokeless roasting apparatus and method that is adapted for roasting products, and, in particular, to an apparatus and method for roasting coffee beans in a manner that eliminates smokes and exhaust and increases energy efficiency while improving the quality of the roasted coffee beans.

Abstract: A coffee brewing system and method brew hot coffee at an elevated temperature by mixing coffee grounds with hot water, filtering the hot coffee to remove at least some of the coffee grounds from the hot coffee to form filtered hot coffee, and rapidly cooling the filtered hot coffee to reduce a temperature of the filtered hot coffee to form cooled coffee. The coffee optionally may be mixed with a gas, such as nitrogen, prior to serving the cooled coffee. The system and method can rapidly produce cold coffee in large amounts without diluting the coffee in water or ice, or waiting for the coffee to cool in a refrigerated environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a print head comprising a nozzle for printing a food product layer-by-layer and a conveyor for conveying food. The invention further relates to a system comprising such a print head and a container containing food in solid state and having a supply line for providing food in solid state to the reservoir of the print head.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a chocolate which has a reduced trans fatty acid content and yet shows a high compatibility with cocoa butter, excellent blooming resistance and high meltability in mouth. A transesterified fat or oil wherein, in the constituting fatty acid composition thereof, the content of unsaturated fatty acids is regulated to not more than 10 mass % and the composition of other fatty acids is controlled to a preset content.

Abstract: A frozen food product dispensing machine includes a housing, and a freezer barrel and a cover defining a food product volume configured to contain food product. The cover defines a passage fluidly coupled to the food product volume. The machine further includes a spigot disposed within the passage and translatable along a longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position, and an actuator coupled to the spigot by an actuator interface. The spigot prevents a flow of food product through the passage when in the first position and allows the flow of food product through the passage when in the second position. The actuator is configured to selectively move the spigot between the first position and the second position. The spigot is configured to be removed from the cover while the cover is coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A novel frozen confection sauce composition comprising from 10 to 18 wt % vegetable fat that is solid at 4° C., from 24 to 32 wt % vegetable fat that is liquid at 4° C., from 5 to 10 wt % nut paste and from 30 to 40 wt % sugar. A novel frozen confection sauce composition for the reduction of sugar bloom.

Abstract: This specification discloses heat moisture treated fava bean protein concentrates having between about 50% and about 73% protein, about 0.1% to about 8% be weight starch, and between about 0.1% and about 9% fat, and use of said concentrates in foodstuffs, including for example emulsions, confectionary spreads, and ice cream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water dispersible formulations of 3-nitrooxypropanol and derivatives thereof as well as to the production of such formulations.

Abstract: The invention aims to provide a pearl-like capsule that can encapsulate a large amount of fatty substances and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the pearl-like capsule is less deformable and/or less shrinkable even under freeze-thaw and thus is convenient for transportation and preservation. The pearl-like capsule includes a droplet having an outer surface and a 0.5 millimeter to 15 millimeter diameter, and a water-soluble macromolecule, fatty substances, a water-soluble multivalent metallic salt, sake lees, and starch. The pearl-like capsule also includes a water-insoluble coating of alginate on the outer surface of the droplet, and a glycerine coating on the water-insoluble coating of alginate, wherein the sake lees include amino acid and are 1% to 10% by weight of the droplet, and the starch is 10% to 20% by weight of the droplet.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating and mixing gas bubbles into an aqueous solution includes a structure defining an interior fluid-flow chamber extending along a longitudinal axis between a liquid input end and a liquid output end. The structure is characterized by a gas injection portion and a mixing vane portion. The gas injection portion is located downstream from the liquid input end and upstream from the liquid output end. The gas injection portion defines a first region of the interior fluid-flow chamber and a gas injection lumen that is surrounded by the interior fluid-flow chamber. The gas injection lumen, which extends along a length of the gas injection portion, is configured to inject gas from the interior of the gas injection lumen into the surrounding interior fluid-flow chamber. The mixing vane portion extends in the downstream direction from the gas injection portion and define a second region of the interior fluid-flow chamber.

Abstract: A Stevia extract made from leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant is described. The extract has desired levels of steviol glycosides and is useful in food, beverage, and other consumable products.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods for producing beverages with low levels of acids, cations and/or sugars. The methods comprise the step of removing acidic ions through an AX-REED membrane stack and optionally removing cations through a CX-REED membrane stack. In certain embodiments, the AX-REED and the CX-REEF membrane stacks are operated in parallel. The methods may also comprise a step of converting sugar to organic acid, while simultaneously removing the generated organic acid through the AX-REED membrane stack. The sugar may for example be converted with the aid of enzymes and/or microorganisms.

Abstract: Product such as food is chilled or frozen in apparatus in which a chilling zone holds a pool of cryogen vapor, and a belt that carries the product through the apparatus passes through a region in the apparatus that is lower than the upper surface of the pool of cryogen vapor.

Abstract: Packaged aquafaba having a protein content by weight of at least 0.5%. The packaged aquafaba is provided in liquid form and packaged in a pouch. Methods of making aquafaba and of using aquafaba and the products resulting therefrom are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing, by fermentation, lipid-rich compositions of microalga flour having optimised organoleptic properties, characterised in that the microalgae are cultured in a minimal culture medium.

Abstract: A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as are lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.

Abstract: A process for making a vegetable composition with an improved flavour and improved colour is disclosed. The process comprises providing vegetable material having a size of 10 to 50 mm, adding up to 5 wt % of water based on the weight of vegetable material, and performing a maturation step: (a) heating the vegetable material to a temperature of 35° C. to 55° C. and (b) maintaining the vegetable material at a temperature between 35° C. to 55° C. during 45 to 480 minutes. The vegetable composition obtainable by the process and a process of making a food product which comprise a step of incorporating such vegetable composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: An oral glucose drink used to diagnose diabetes containing no preservatives, all organic flavoring, and increased tolerability due to natural flavoring. The drink product for diagnosis of a medical condition can include non-GMO dextrose, citric acid, natural flavor and added water.

Abstract: The present invention provides bioactive serum fractions and bioactive extracts derived from an Achachairu (Garcinia humilis) plant. The bioactive serum fractions and bioactive extracts are free of or substantially free of benzophenone and/or free of or substantially free of proteins. The present invention also provides products comprising the bioactive serum fractions and/or bioactive extracts. The present invention further provides methods of making the bioactive serum fractions and/or bioactive extracts.

Abstract: A dry consumable preparation and related methods are disclosed. The preparation has a bulking agent, and a cannabinoid and/or a cannabinoid extract containing one or more cannabinoids plated onto the bulking agent. The preparation also has an effervescence agent. The effervescence agent has sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and at least one acid, the at least one acid having at least one of citric acid, tartaric acid, or malic acid. The effervescence agent further has a ratio of sodium bicarbonate to potassium bicarbonate to the acid(s) that creates a chemical pH buffering system at a targeted pH range when the dry consumable preparation is added to a targeted amount of water.

Abstract: Methods for producing an activated pectin-containing biomass composition are provided. These methods include A) mixing a starting pectin-containing biomass material comprising an insoluble fiber component and an insoluble protopectin component with an aqueous solution of an alcohol to form a mixture; B) activating the starting pectin-containing biomass material to form an activated pectin-containing biomass material comprising the insoluble fiber component and a soluble pectin component by subjecting the starting pectin-containing biomass material to (i) an activating solution formed by adding hydrochloric acid and/or sulfuric acid to the mixture to adjust the pH of the mixture within the range from at or about 0.5 to at or about 2.

Abstract: A heat-transforming ceramic roasting cylinder and a coffee bean roaster using the same are provided. The ceramic roasting cylinder is made by grinding and mixing ball clay, kaolin clay, mullite, spodumene, and an energy ceramic material into a clay blank; molding the clay blank into ceramic green bodies; and sintering the ceramic green bodies at 1250˜1320° C. for 18˜24 hours. The ceramic roasting cylinder has an internal roasting space where coffee beans are loaded. The ceramic roasting cylinder also has evenly distributed capillary pores through which heat can circulate to induce the energy ceramic material in the roasting cylinder to release negative ions and far-infrared rays. The far-infrared rays can reduce the van der Waals forces between the oil molecules in the coffee beans instantly, splitting large oil molecules into smaller ones, ensuring the oil in the beans are released sufficiently, evenly, and rapidly to the vicinity of the bean surface.

Abstract: A way of dealing with challenges to the pepper processing industry and pepper growers is to mechanize pepper processing, including the de-stemming of whole peppers. The present example provides a method for mechanically de-stemming whole peppers. The method provides for the recognition of a pepper's shoulder and or interior regions and stem in order to generate a control signal to initiate a process to de-stem the pepper. In particular, several implementations of the method are provided that may include a mechanical system, a laser system, a machine vision system, a combination of a machine vision system and the laser system, and other equivalent implementations. Additionally disclosed, are methods of processing whole peppers utilizing automated de-stemming.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for applying granular material on an outer side of a foodstuff product (P). This process comprises the steps of: providing a mould (2; 102) having a mould cavity (S; S?) that is delimited, at least partially, by at least one mobile wall (22B; 106); positioning the product (P) in said mould cavity by setting said outer side (p1) in a position facing and at a distance from said mobile wall (22); introducing granular material in the gap (24; 112) comprised between said mobile wall (22B; 106) and said outer side of said product; and moving said mobile wall (22B; 106) towards said outer side of said product so that it comes to press said granular material against said outer side (p1) of said product (P).

Abstract: An adjustable breading machine for applying a coating material onto a food product, the machine includes a frame and a breading chamber enclosure through which the food product travels along the food path to receive a coating material. The adjustable breading machine may also include a hopper fixedly connected to the frame to deliver a coating material into the breading chamber enclosure. At least partially within the breading chamber enclosure is a main conveyor and an outfeed conveyor. In a first mode of operation, the outfeed conveyor lies in the food path and receives food product from the main conveyor. The adjustable breading machine includes a drum assembly operatively disposed above the outfeed conveyor having a rotatable drum for transporting food product and coating material to the outfeed conveyor. The adjustable breading machine also includes a drum adjustment assembly for moving the drum assembly between modes of operation.

Abstract: A control unit controls a food printer configured to extrude printing compound from a container onto a tray in order to print a food. The control unit is configured to determine spectral data relating to the printing compound in the container. The spectral data is dependent on a transmission degree and/or on a reflection degree of the printing compound for electromagnetic radiation of at least one wavelength. The control unit is furthermore configured to control the food printer in dependence on the spectral data. A food printer having the control unit and a method for controlling the printer are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for aerating a pasty product. The apparatus comprises a housing (1) with an inlet (4) for the pasty product to be aerated and an outlet (5) for the aerated product. The apparatus comprises at least a first set of a rotor and a stator (21) and a second set of a rotor and a stator (22). The apparatus further comprises a gas injector (6) for injecting, upstream of the first set of a rotor and a stator (21), a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further comprises an intermediate mixing chamber (7) provided in the housing between the first and the second sets of a rotor and a stator (21, 22). A secondary product introduction means protrudes into the intermediate mixing chamber (7) so as to issue into said intermediate mixing chamber (7). A method for aerating a pasty product is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for crimping a sheet of material (6), the apparatus comprising: a first (9) and a second (10) facing crimping rollers defining a first (1) and a second (22) rotational axis, respectively, the first and second axis being parallel to each other, wherein at least one of the first and second crimping roller includes a plurality of corrugations; an angle changing device, the angle changing device being adapted to change a crimping angle (11) formed between a fixed reference plane (12) and a movable plane (13) containing the first and the second rotational axis.