Abstract: Provided herein are compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, nutraceutical compositions, foods, beverages, cosmetic compositions, diet supplements) comprising deuterated caffeine. The provided compositions may be useful for treating and/or preventing various diseases and conditions, such as obesity, causing weight loss, increasing metabolic rate, reducing appetite, increasing energy expenditure, increasing urine output, increasing sodium excretion, reducing edema, a pain disorder, apnea, hypotension, an encephalopathy, a neurological or psychiatric disorder, and an inflammatory disorder.

Abstract: A food safety related management method includes: allowing a terminal to access an authenticated account; receiving reported data in relation to a defective food product from the terminal; searching a database for piece(s) of highly related data each related to a defective food product and each with a purchase time within a time interval that is defined based on the reported data; searching the piece (s) of highly related data for one (s) with overlapping issues of concern and identical merchant information with the reported data; creating a communication group for communication among accounts used to upload the reported data and said one (s) of the piece(s) of highly related data; and inserting the reported data into the database.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for treating animal carcasses prior to processing for meat consumption include applying acoustic pressure shock waves with a segment parabolic reflector and pseudo-planar shock waves to an animal carcass to reduce contaminants on the carcass for improved safety when distributed as meat.

Abstract: A starch-containing food with improved properties may be obtained by reacting an actinomycete-derived amylomaltase with starch in the raw material.

Abstract: The present application relates to a fermented soybean composition and a method for preparing a fermented soybean composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition with reduced bitterness on the basis of legume proteins, a composition which can be obtained by said method, and uses of same particularly in the agri-food industry and more particularly in the preparation of food formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low methoxyl pectin (LM pectin) and an enzymatic method for producing the same. The LM pectin of the present invention is made using raw materials of female syconium of jelly fig, particularly the three parts of achenes, pedicels, and sepals as a whole. The LM pectin of the present invention can be used to formulate various gel foods, such as diabetic-friendly, sugar-free/low sugar jam and jelly products, and is also a potential biomaterial for biomedical applications.

Abstract: Described herein is a composition for conferring, enhancing, or imparting a vanilla note, the composition including 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde and vanillin imparted compound selected from the group of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde or 4-hydroxy-3-ethoxybenzaldehyde. Also described herein is a perfumed or flavored consumer product including this composition. Moreover, described are an extract including at least 10% of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde, and a method to improve, enhance, or modify the vanilla flavour profile of a composition using such an extract.

Abstract: Steviol glycoside solutions, and methods of making steviol glycoside solutions, are described. The steviol glycoside solutions are clear and stable, and have clear solution stability, for extended periods of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enzyme granulate comprising a carrier and an enzyme, and wherein the granulate comprises from 0.015 to 0.4 wt % of vegetable oil, and a process for preparing an enzyme granulate, comprising mixing a carrier with an enzyme and adding a composition comprising a vegetable oil, wherein the enzyme granulate comprises from 0.015 wt % to 0.4 wt % of the vegetable oil. The invention further relates to the use of the enzyme granulate in the preparation of a food or feed product.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and nutritional compositions for promoting or maintaining postpartum maternal health. The nutritional composition can include sialyllactose, a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (“LCPUFAs”), a probiotic, such as Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), a nut extract, turmeric, fenugreek calcium and/or vitamin D. The nutritional composition is suitable for administration to postpartum mothers. Additionally, the disclosure provides methods for preventing or reducing the severity of postpartum depression and/or anxiety. The nutritional composition(s) provided herein can comprise various combinations of ingredients that provide additive and or/synergistic beneficial health effects to postpartum mothers.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a food processing system (100) comprising: one or a plurality of food containers (111) each comprising a raw food product; one or a plurality of dispensing and reconstituting chambers (112) each linked to at least one of the food containers (111), the dispensing and reconstituting chambers (112) receiving the raw food product from the food containers (111), processing it by hydration and/or texturization, and selectively depositing it in one or a plurality of shapes and/or layers (11); cooking means configured to selectively heat or not parts of the deposited shapes and/or layers (11). The invention further refers to a food container (111) for being used in a food processing system (100) as the one previously described, and also to a method for processing food in a food processing system (100) as described.

Abstract: A disclosed food processing assembly includes a plurality of food processing units. Each unit is configured to convey food product arriving at an ingress point to an egress point. The assembly includes rotary valves configured to transfer food product from the egress point of one unit to the ingress point of a subsequent unit while maintaining environmental isolation between the two units. A programmable electronic controller is configured to monitor environmental parameters within each unit and to generate control signals provided to various resources to maintain environmental parameters within each unit at a distinct set of value. The resources may include air compressors, steam generators, vacuum pumps, and the like. In this manner, the assembly enables a multi-step food process to proceed essentially continuously with little or no delay between sequential process steps despite with each step being associated with a distinct set of time, temperature, pressure, and humidity values.

Abstract: A tobacco material having at least about 40% water based on the total weight, and having a storage stability of at least about 25 days is provided herein, wherein the storage stability is defined as an aerobic plate count below about 3,000,000 CFU/g. A method of treating a tobacco material to enhance storage stability is also provided herein, the method including receiving a tobacco material having at least about 40% water based on the total weight and subjecting the tobacco material to a process pressure of at least about 30,000 psi to form a high pressure processed tobacco material, wherein the high pressure processed tobacco material has a storage stability of at least about 25 days, and wherein the storage stability is defined as an aerobic plate count below about 3,000,000 CFU/g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating tobacco material comprising intermittently contacting a tobacco starting material with a heated surface to produce a dried treated tobacco material. Also provided is an apparatus for treating tobacco material. The invention also provides treated tobacco material that is seared and dried, as well as products comprising the same.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising cannabinoids, terpenoids, and other flavonoids. Also provided herein are methods for producing compositions comprising cannabinoids, terpenoids, and other flavonoids at industrial scale. In certain embodiments, the compositions provided herein possess desirable organoleptic properties and therapeutic effects when ingested or topically applied. In certain embodiments, the compositions of the present disclosure have are useful in inhalable, ingestible, or topical products to relieve and treat various acute or chronic illnesses.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing whitened tobacco composition including chemically pulping a tobacco material to form a tobacco pulp, extracting the tobacco pulp with an extraction solution, treating the tobacco pulp with a solution comprising an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp, and drying the whitened tobacco pulp to provide the whitened tobacco composition. Alternative bleaching processes and treatment methods effective for preparing whitened tobacco compositions are also provided herein.

Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, the products including a mixture of a particulate filler component, a cellulose derivative, water, and one or more flavoring agents. The products exhibit greater stability over time with respect to flavor component concentration than comparative products which do not contain a cellulose derivative.

Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, the products including a mixture of a particulate filler, water, one or more organic acids, and one or more flavoring agents, the product having a pH value of less than about 7.0. The products exhibit greater stability over time with respect to whiteness and/or flavor component concentration than products which do not contain one or more organic acids.

Abstract: A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material for use in a smokeless tobacco product, including: (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to provide a tobacco solids material and a tobacco extract; (ii) bleaching the tobacco solids material with a solution comprising a strong base, an oxidizing agent, or a combination thereof to provide a bleached tobacco material; and (iii) drying the bleached tobacco material to provide the whitened tobacco material; wherein the tobacco solids material is not subjected to treatment at an elevated temperature with sulfur-containing reagents, organic solvents, sodium hydroxide, or an acid between the extraction and the bleaching.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat not burn (HNB) consumable comprising a plant product, wherein the plant product is formed into a planar slab (2) such that the consumable has a substantially rectangular transverse cross section. The planar slab of plant product may dosed with an aerosol former and may comprise a hydrophobic or liquid-impermeable outer coating. The consumable may further comprise a rectangular slab filter (4). In another embodiment, the plant product is formed into two planar slabs (2?, 2?) that are aligned and spaced from one another to define a planar recess (27) therebetween such that the consumable has a substantially rectangular transverse cross section. In another embodiment, the plant product is formed into a cuboid brick (9) having a hollow core (10). It also relates to a heat not burn system comprising such a consumable and a core heating element, wherein the core heating element is received in the hollow core. In another embodiment, the plant product is at least partly (e.g.

Abstract: A system and method for incorporating and releasing a substance into a smokable material is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a smokable element (e.g., a cigarette) includes a first wrapper and a filler (e.g., tobacco, cannabis, etc.) encased by the first wrapper. A capsule is then embedded within the filler and a second wrapper is placed over the first wrapper adjacent the capsule. The capsule may comprise a liquid (e.g., cannabinoids, terpenes, etc.) encased within a shell. By squeezing the second wrapper, the shell can be crushed (or broken open), releasing the liquid into the filler, thereby creating a “splash zone.” Vapors and/or smoke from the splash zone can then be inhaled by a user, enhancing the user's smoking experience.

Abstract: A spill-resistant water pipe, water pipe base, and water pipe assembly for filtering smoldering herbal materials. There is a fluid vessel having a bottom surface, a smoking bowl coupled to the fluid vessel, a neck with a mouthpiece coupled to the fluid vessel, and a base removably coupled to the bottom of the fluid vessel. The base has a rounded/convex bottom with a weight greater than a combined weight of the fluid, the fluid vessel, the smoking bowl, and the neck. There is also an annular bumper member (disc) circumscribing the base and extending laterally outward therefrom, with an exterior wall extending upwardly from a lateral edge of the annular bumper member and a container disposed thereon. There is a power module that powers one or more of: speakers, wireless signal transponders, scent dispensers, clocks, light emitters, light sensors, and position sensors.

Abstract: A vaping kit is disclosed that comprises a storage case, a bowl and one or more smoking implements. The storage case further includes a bowl chamber for storage of the bowl, and at least one storage chamber for each of the smoking implements.

Abstract: A holder for holding an aerosol-generating device and a packet of aerosol-generating articles is provided, including: a back wall, a support structure mounted on a first face of the back wall, and a receptacle mounted on a second face of the back wall, the first face being opposite the second face, the support structure including a first side wall projecting from the first face, and a second side wall projecting from the first face, the second side wall being positioned opposite the first side wall and separated from the first side wall by a predetermined distance such that the first and the second side walls are configured to hold the device and the articles by interference fit, and the first side wall projects further from the back wall than the second side wall projects from the back wall, and the receptacle defines one or more compartments.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device distributing and transmitting power from a battery to two heaters, wherein the aerosol generating device includes the battery, a first heater heating a first aerosol generating substrate, a second heater heating a second aerosol generating substrate, and a controller controlling power supplied from the battery to the first heater and the second heater, wherein the controller controls power to be supplied from the battery to the first heater and the second heater at different times.

Abstract: There is disclosed an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device includes a first aerosol first aerosol sized for pulmonary penetration; and a second aerosol sized to inhibit pulmonary penetration. The second aerosol is transmissible within at least one of: a mammalian oral cavity and a mammalian nasal cavity, and the second aerosol comprising an active component for activating at least one of: one or more taste receptors in said oral cavity and one or more olfactory receptors in said nasal cavity. The second aerosol generator includes a Venturi aperture to generate the second aerosol. There is disclosed a consumable for a substitute smoking device and a substitute smoking system. The consumable includes an airflow passage between an upstream inlet of the consumable and a downstream outlet of the consumable. The consumable also includes a porous member for passive aerosol generation. The airflow passage is constricted by the porous member to form a narrowed portion of the airflow passage.

Abstract: A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device is provided comprising a power supply, a liquid reservoir storing a liquid therein and having a liquid reservoir opening, and an atomizer adapted to atomize the liquid stored in the liquid reservoir when operated by the power supply.

Abstract: A consumable for a smoking substitute device, and a smoking substitute device including the consumable. The consumable comprising: a tank, for storing vapourisable liquid; a heater assembly, the heater assembly having an inlet and two or more outlets; and a connector, which is connected to the heater assembly, and which provides at least two airflow paths, each extending from a respective outlet of the heater assembly to an inlet of an airway tube. Each airflow path has a cross-section, located proximal to the respective outlet of the heater assembly, and a second cross-section, located proximal to the airway tube, and wherein the first cross-section is larger than the second cross-section.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer is provided. The electronic cigarette includes an inner core assembly configured to receive liquid and provide the liquid through at least one opening in the inner core assembly. The inner core assembly includes a heater having a noncylindrical shape, in one embodiment having hexagonal shape in a sinusoidal wave pattern with rounded corners.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokeable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokeable material, wherein the heater is elongate and comprises a plurality of independently controllable heating regions arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater.

Abstract: A vaporization apparatus configured to support a vaporization rig and a heating element, comprises a body including an interior cavity and a top surface. The interior cavity supports the heating element. The top surface defines a first receptacle sized to support a first portion of the vaporization rig and a second receptacle sized to support a second portion of the vaporization rig. The first receptacle is fluidly coupled to the second receptacle, and the interior cavity and the second receptacle are positioned to align a heatable portion of the vaporization rig with a heat generating portion of the heating element.

Abstract: A vaporizer assembly includes a tube having a first end with an inlet opening and a second end with an outlet opening. The vaporizer assembly also includes a heater element configured to vaporize liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The heater element is at the second end of the tube. The first end of the tube is fluidly connectable with a liquid storage portion. When the first end of the tube is fluidly connected with the liquid storage portion, the liquid aerosol-forming substrate can flow from the liquid storage portion through the inlet opening into the tube. The outlet opening of the tube includes perforations having a width ranging from about 1 micrometer to about 500 micrometers.

Abstract: A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes a heating device arranged in use to heat a body, the body comprising including a vaporisable substance, the heating assembly being arranged in use to supply power to the heating device to heat the body, the vaporisable substance volatilising on heating, the quantity of vaporisable substance in the body thereby reducing on heating; a passage arranged in use to allow gas to be drawn over the body; and a controller arranged in use to monitor and store vaporisable substance quantity information of vaporisable substance quantity in the body by determining the amount of previous usage of the body based on stored time the body has been heated for and/or the stored number of times gas has been drawn over the body during heating.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a sound generator to produce sound. The sound may be described as “high fidelity.” The sound may emulate the sound of one or more conventional uses of different smoking materials, emulate a masking noise, or include information. The sound generated may be modulated based on a user's puff. A user interface may be provided to configure the aerosol-generating device, which may include selection of the smoking material to emulate. The aerosol-generating device may store a library of sounds to use with different types of aerosol-generating substrates. The sound may be retrieved from a plurality of sounds.

Abstract: An e-vaping device includes a liquid storage portion for storing an e-liquid; a memory device storing cartomizer information; a vaporizer including a heating element, the vaporizer being in fluid communication with the liquid storage portion and configured to vaporize e-liquid stored in the liquid storage portion; a power supply configured to provide power to the vaporizer; a controller configured to control provision of power to the vaporizer based on the cartomizer information; and a switching architecture configured to selectively prevent a flow of current through the heating element, when the memory device sends data to the controller.

Abstract: A smoking substitute device having a wireless interface configured to communicate wirelessly with a computing device. The smoking substitute device may be able to send information relating to usage of the smoking substitute device wirelessly to the computing device using the wireless interface and/or to change its behaviour based on instructions from the computing device that have been received wirelessly at the wireless interface. A system including the smoking substitute device is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technique that utilizes the ability of a smoking substitute device to wirelessly connect via a wireless personal area network to a portable communication terminal (e.g. mobile phone) to provide a user with location-related information about the smoking substitute device. The technique may be used to issue a notification upon detection a dropped connection, e.g. to prevent loss or theft of the smoking substitute device. The technique may use other information from the smoking substitute device and/or portable communication terminal to judge whether or not a dropped connection is notifiable. For example, notifications may be suppressed based on any of a duration of the loss of the wireless connection, a presence of a wireless connection between the portable communication terminal and another smoking substitute device, a current location of the portable communication terminal, and historical smoking substitute device usage data.

Abstract: A system for managing a smoking substitute device, the system including: a smoking substitute device, including a main body and a consumable configured to be physically coupled to the main body; wherein the consumable is associated with validity state information from which it can be determined whether the consumable is valid for use with the main body; wherein the system is configured to determine from the validity state information whether the consumable is valid for use with the main body and, if the system determines from the validity state information that the consumable is not valid for use with the main body, inhibit use of the consumable with the main body. An associated method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A smoking article is provided and has opposed lighting and mouth ends. A mouth end portion is disposed at the mouth end and a heat generation portion is disposed about the lighting end. An outer wrapping material is wrapped at least about the heat generation portion and extends toward the mouth end portion, to define a cylindrical rod. An aerosol-generating portion is disposed within the outer wrapping material and between the heat generation and mouth end portions. The aerosol-generating portion is configured to generate an aerosol in response to heat received from the heat generation portion. Heat from the heat generation portion for aerosol formation is provided by igniting a combustible fuel element (e.g., a plurality of parts or pieces of clean burning carbonaceous material) located within an enclosed heat generation cartridge.

Abstract: An inhaler article includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis from a mouthpiece end to a distal end with an endpiece element at the distal end. A capsule cavity is defined within the body and extends along the longitudinal axis. A mouthpiece air channel extends from the capsule cavity to the mouthpiece end. A vortex tunnel is between the endpiece element and the capsule cavity. The vortex tunnel has an air inlet and an air passageway extending from the air inlet to the capsule cavity. The endpiece element is configured to restrict or prevent airflow through the distal end to the capsule cavity and the air inlet and air passageway of the vortex tunnel are configured to enable air to be drawn into the capsule cavity and form a vortex of inhalation air through the capsule cavity.

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a sock having an integrally knit tab positioned between a collar of the sock and a heel of the sock, where the collar defines an opening for a wearer's foot. The base of the tab is integrally knit with a reciprocally knit section to reinforce the structural integrity of the tab, which may be used to assist the wearer in donning and/or doffing the sock by acting as the primary structure by which the wearer pulls the sock around the wearer's foot when donning the sock.

Abstract: Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch.

Abstract: A sports garment includes a cup portion that receives and conforms to a user's breasts, a base portion disposed along a bottom edge of the cup portion, a first strap portion disposed along a first side edge of the base portion, and a second strap portion disposed along a second side edge of the base portion. The first and second strap portions each include a shoulder strap that may be removably coupled to the cup portion to adjust the tension of the sports garment and a side strap that may be removably coupled to a front surface of the base portion to adjust the tension of the sports garment. The first and second side straps may flex between an open position and a wrapped position.

Abstract: The brassiere includes the breast support portion arranged at the chest of the wearer, the belt portion arranged from the lower side of the breast support portion to the back portion, and the body-side support portion connected to the lateral end of the breast support portion and arranged from the body side to the back portion. The stretching property of the body-side support portion in the lengthwise direction is higher than that in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A method for providing a padding relates to using 3D printing by depositing a filament according to a microarchitecture that entails the definition of superimposed matrices that are adapted to define a structure composed of individual open cells, which are mutually connected and arranged mutually opposite and side by side.

Abstract: An article of clothing adapted for use by a wearer, the article of clothing including an outer body and an inner body. The outer body includes a front sheet, a collar portion, a pair of sleeves, each sleeve extending from one side of the outer body. The inner body includes a front sheet, a collar portion, a pair of sleeves, each sleeve extending from one side of the inner body. The collar portion of the inner body is attached to the collar portion of the outer body. The inner body is disposed within the outer body. In one embodiment, a pocket is disposed on the outer surface of the front sheet of the inner body. In another embodiment, a pocket is disposed on the inner surface of the front sheet of the outer body.

Abstract: An illuminated safety garment to improve the visibility of a wearer, such as a public service worker, in low-light conditions. The safety garment features an integrated LED light system that is electrically connected to a power source, and that ensure that the wearer is visible to third parties from a 360 degree vantage point. The LED light system may be hardwired or in wireless communication with an individualized or central controller that enables the user to control multiple aspects or features of the LED light system, as well as those of a number of other accessories such as an audible system, locator system, etc. Use of the illuminated safety garment offers a way to prevent serious accidents and injuries due to low visibility of, for example, public service workers.

Abstract: A horizontally flat-foldable mask includes a main body having, in a folded state, a middle lobe, an upper lobe, a lower lobe, a first fold section extending upward from the middle lobe, horizontally folded from the upper lobe and having a first mid seam line curved or inclined downward from center toward both sides, and a second fold section extending downward from the middle lobe, horizontally folded from the lower lobe and having a second mid seam line curved or inclined upward from center toward both sides, and harnesses fixed to both sides of the main body.