Abstract: The present invention relates to method for purifying proteins naturally occurring in mammalian milk from aqueous protein solution using water-soluble silicate. The silicates form an insoluble precipitate of a silicate-protein complex from which the proteins can be isolated.

Abstract: Product formulations and methods of preparing products having a texture, flavor, and/or nutrition profile similar to meat jerky, with the primary protein source including or being a plant-based protein source.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods carried out during and/or after the weaning period for: 1) for decreasing weaning stress in a bovine calf, 2) for increasing body weight and/or for increasing somatic growth of a bovine calf, 3) for increasing solid feed intake of a bovine calf, 4) for maturing the rumen of a bovine calf, and 5) for improving the gut health and/or the gastrointestinal function of a bovine calf.

Abstract: A pet food product comprising a fat component in an amount of from 2.0 wt % to 8.0 wt % by total weight of the pet food product, and a proteinaceous component in an amount of from 6.0 wt % to 14.0 wt % by total weight of the pet food product, wherein said proteinaceous component comprises polypeptides and free amino acids, wherein the ratio of the fat component to the proteinaceous component is from about 0.45:1.0 to about .0:1.0, and wherein the amount of free amino acids in the pet food product is at least 0.5 wt % by total weight of the pet food product.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of beverages, and relates to a probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree composition containing active bacteria and its preparation method. The composition containing active bacteria is obtained by fermenting fruit and vegetable puree with Lactobacillus casei NCU215. The probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree has the following characteristics: the probiotic fermented fruit and vegetable puree may generate a natural mellow sour, effectively remove an astringency in fruit and a wild Artemisia flavor in vegetable, and neutralize an unpleasant sour in the fruit; with probiotic fermentation, the present invention may improve a content of amino acid in the fruit and vegetable by 20% or more, generate multiple aromatic substances, improve a flavor substance by 30% or more, and effectively improve a taste and a mouthfeel of the product; the present invention prolongs a shelf life of the product and prevents rot.

Abstract: A process for processing mandarin segments with both acidic and alkaline process water being directly utilized uses an organic acid or an inorganic polyacid instead of a monobasic inorganic acid. Mandarin segments, obtained by separating peeled mandarin into the segments, are treated by the organic acid or inorganic polyacid solution, and then subjected to removal of segment membranes in an alkali solution. The acidic and alkaline water after treatment is collected directly. The collected water can then be filtered and mixed for making an electrolyte beverage or a beverage base, containing multiple functional ingredients such as pectin, flavonoid, pigment, and limonin. Also, the collected water can be used to make dietary fiber having an activity of improving intestinal function.

Abstract: Adding (a) transglutaminase, and a gluconic acid salt or lipase to a processed meat food product, or (b) transglutaminase, a gluconic acid salt, and lipase to a processed meat food product with a sodium chloride content of 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % or a processed meat food product with a binding agent content of not more than 0.2 wt % affords a processed meat food product with a reduced sodium chloride content or a reduced binding agent content, with a good elastic texture.

Abstract: The substrates, systems, and methods described herein relate to textured substrates for preparing a comestible meat product. Substrates and methods are described herein for controlling one or more of growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells (e.g., of a cell sheet) on or from the surface of the substrate. A method of preparing a comestible meat product may include applying a plurality of non-human cells to at least one patterned texture substrate, growing the cells on the patterned texture substrate to form the comestible meat product, and separating the comestible meat product from the patterned texture substrate. The patterned texture allows for improved growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells as compared to another surface not comprising the patterned texture. In some embodiments, the cell culture substrate surfaces include a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of patterned textures.

Abstract: The invention provides a process of preparing glucosyl Rebaudioside C composition. The glucosyl rebaudioside C composition is useful as in combination with other caloric and non-caloric sweeteners as well as non caloric sweetener in edible and chewable consumables such as various foods and beverages, confectionaries, bakery products, cookies, chewing gums, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the treatment of a raw material containing thermally inhibited starch and/or thermally inhibited flour as its largest constituent, whereby the moisture content of the raw material is at most 8 wt. %, including a remoistening step wherein between 0.1 and 30 wt. % of an aqueous phase is added to the raw material to form a product containing remoistened starch and/or remoistened flour.

Abstract: Use of a lentil product to increase the bioavailability of non-haem iron in a composition comprising one or more anti-nutritional factors.

Abstract: Herein are described processes for the preparation of a cannabinoid adjunct. The process includes contacting a first plant matter having a first cannabinoid to terpene (C/T) ratio with a solvent at a temperature below about 0° C. for at least 1 hour producing a first solvent fraction. The first solvent fraction is separated from the first plant matter and fractionated providing a second solvent fraction, a terpene fraction and a solvent-free cannabinoid fraction. The cannabinoid fraction has a second C/T ratio that is greater than or equal to the first C/T ratio. The cannabinoid fraction can be combined with a soluble fiber thereby producing the cannabinoid adjunct. The cannabinoid adjunct is suitable for use in edible products.

Abstract: A composition for a food supplement comprising a substance capable of exerting an anti-oedemigenous and/or anti-inflammatory action in soft organic tissues, a substance capable of exerting an antioxidant action and at least one substance facilitating penetration, through a cell membrane, of the substance capable of exerting an anti-oedemigenous and/or anti-inflammatory action and/or of the substance capable of exerting an antioxidant action, for use in the treatment of female infertility.

Abstract: A nutritional composition comprising soluble calcium, wherein 0.005 to 20 wt % of the lipids in said composition are polar lipids, wherein the polar lipids comprise one or more glycolipid.

Abstract: Systems, techniques and methods for estimating the metabolic state or flux, e.g., the body energy state (“BES”) of a patient, are disclosed. The BES provides a deep insight into the nutritional needs of the patient, thus allowing for a sort of exquisite glycemic control with regard to the patient. The invention discloses systems and methods for estimating fractional gluconeogenesis. The invention also discloses systems and methods for estimating and targeting patient blood lactate concentration, both as a target itself and as an intermediate step to estimating and targeting patient fractional gluconeogenesis glucose production. Nutritional support methods and formulations are also disclosed. The invention is suitable for any sort of patient, including those who are injured, such as with traumatic brain injury, ill, or have other conditions that stress the metabolic system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for disintegration and unlocking of plant-based starting material with the method steps a) providing a plant-based starting material, b) adding a disintegration solution to the starting material and leaving it in the disintegration solution until disintegration, c) dispensing of the constituents of the disintegrated starting material in a dispensing volume to obtain solid constituents and dissolved constituents of the plant-based starting material, d) separation of solid constituents from dissolved constituents of the plant-based starting material, e) obtaining the separated constituents of the plant-based starting material as materials for further utilization by, e1) Fractionating of cellulose-based fibers from lignin-rich shells of the solid constituents of the plant-based starting material by means of an cyclone separation technique to obtain purified fractions of cellulose-based fibers and lignin-rich shells, e2) aggregation/complexation of dissolved proteins of the diss

Abstract: A food preparation device is disclosed. The food preparation device can include an ingredient combining apparatus to introduce a fluid food ingredient and a solid food ingredient to one another within a package. The food preparation device can also include a mixing apparatus to mix the fluid food ingredient and the solid food ingredient to form a food mixture in the package. In addition, the food preparation device can include a forming apparatus to form the food mixture into a predetermined shape within the package.

Abstract: A method for making a smokeless tobacco article can include combining thermoplastic polymer particles with tobacco particles to form a mixture of particles, compressing the mixture of particles within a pressing apparatus to form the mixture into a predetermined shape, separating the mixture from the pressing apparatus such that it retains the predetermined shape, and heating the mixture outside of the pressing apparatus to at least partially melt at least some of the thermoplastic polymer particles and form a matrix of polymer and tobacco particles.

Abstract: A method for controlling an extruder for kneading and extruding a powdery raw material fed into a casing by rotating a screw to form a kneaded product that is a source of granules. The control method includes a load measurement step that measures the thrust load of the rotating screw and a feed control step that controls the feed of the raw material into the casing based on the thrust load measured in the load measurement step.

Abstract: The use of pectins and/or polymers to prevent nicotine oxidation in tobacco containing products is disclosed. These polymers may be naturally occurring anionic polymers or synthetic polymers. These pectins and/or polymers prevent nicotine from oxidizing into cotinine, nicotine-cis-N-oxide, nicotine-trans-N-oxide, and/or nicotine-1,1-di-N-oxide. Molluscicides, algaecides, pesticides, and stabilized nicotine compositions comprising nicotine and pectin, anionic polymers, or combinations thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: This system is for implementing a method for feeding of a granulated substance, and is provided with: a feeding path through which cut tobacco is fed toward a tobacco band in a cigarette manufacturing machine; a separation device for separating, by winnowing, the cut tobacco into good products and sub-standard products that are heavier than the good products, in the process of feeding the cut tobacco; an adjustment device that is capable of directly and/or indirectly adjusting the velocity of a current of air used for separation through winnowing; a transfer path which receives and transfers the sub-standard products discharged from the separation device; a weighing device which takes a sample of the sub-standard products being transferred on the transfer path and measures the weight of the sampled sub-standard products and outputs the weighing result; and a controller which, on the basis of the weighing result, controls the operation of the adjustment device so as to bring the sampling weight equal to a targ

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate and a plug element disposed upstream of the aerosol-forming substrate, the plug element being cylindrical and formed from a non-inductively-heatable material; a susceptor material arranged in thermal communication with the aerosol-forming substrate; and a layer of inductively-heatable material arranged in contact with the non-inductively-heatable-material. An aerosol-generating system and a method of generating an aerosol from an aerosol-generating article are also provided.

Abstract: Equipment for forming a tubular rod of fibrous material comprises: a gathering station constructed to receive a continuous supply of fibres and to gather the fibres into a bundle as the fibres advance through the equipment; a divider arranged in the path of the fibres through the equipment and constructed to from a cleft along the length of the bundle as it advances through the equipment; a mandrel positioned in the path of the bundle of fibres in alignment with the divider and constructed to form the cleft into a passage through the bundle of fibres as the bundle of fibres advances over the mandrel; and a die constructed and arranged to cooperate with the mandrel to form the fibres in a tubular configuration around the mandrel.

Abstract: A method for adding pre-filtration to a HEPA filter canister of a smoke filtration system, the canister's having holes in the bottom for expelling exhaled breath, the canister having a removable mouth piece lid, the pre-filtration method comprising: adding a mat-type fastener that allows multiple fastening and separation on the bottom side of the mouth piece lid on a small diverter platform; the platform having small slits on the side to create a diverting effect, spreading air flow out before entering the HEPA filter, a piece of water absorbing sponge material with a mat-type fastener in the middle of the sponge material, placed to line up with the mat-type fastener on the small diverting platform; and a screen made hydrophobic material acting as breath barrier, with tabs a user can use to hold it in place during assembly, the outer perimeter of the mesh screen being wider all the way around than the canister opening, causing during assembly that the entire outer perimeter of the mesh screen to become pinche

Abstract: A capsule (3) presenting a wall defining an inside space (33) internal to the capsule containing a volume of smokable material (2), the wall of the capsule including a cup (34) presenting a bottom and an annular peripheral wall of the cup, the annular peripheral wall defining a top opening (34a) of the cup (34), a membrane seal (35) closing the top opening (34a) of the cup (34), and the volume of smokable material (2) being placed in the cup against the bottom of the cup and defining a high level (NH) of smokable material inside the capsule, the high level (NH) being at a distance from said membrane seal (35). The bottom of the cup (34) presents a central zone (Zc) rising above the volume of smokable material and above a high level (NH) of smokable material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are holders of smoking articles that have an external candy attached so that a user can avoid the harmful effects tied to vaping with e-cigarettes, while simultaneously inhaling unadulterated smoke and enjoy an enhanced flavoring from the candy.

Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device may include a first housing comprising an opening at one side, an inner space for accommodating a cigarette inserted through the opening, and a heater disposed in the inner space; a second housing coupled to other side of the first housing and including a controller; a fastening portion configured to couple the first housing to the second housing; a battery coupled to the second housing; and a case coupled to the second housing for accommodating the second housing, the fastening portion, and the battery therein, wherein the fastening portion is prevented, by the case, from being exposed to outside.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body.

Abstract: A cartridge for an electronic smoking device. A housing includes a first reservoir configured to store a first liquid vaporizable material, a second reservoir configured to store a second liquid vaporizable material. A first and/or a second heating element is configured to be selectively heated by electrically energizing one or both of a first and/or a second terminal, respectively, so as to selectively produce an inhalable vapor of single flavor or of a blend of flavors. A base member between the first and second terminals may be electrically engaged by a capital assembly. The base member may define a first and second air aperture in fluid communication with the first and second heating elements, respectively. A third and a fourth terminal may be in electrical communication with the first and heating elements, respectively. The base member maybe configured to electrically energize the third and the fourth terminals.

Abstract: An atomization core, including a ceramic heater and a plurality of heating wires. The ceramic heater is cylindrical and includes a first heating element and a second heating element disposed side by side and electrically connected in parallel. The first heating element and the second heating element include a first axial center through hole and a second axial center through hole, respectively. The ceramic heater includes a bottom wall, and the plurality of heating wires is in parallel disposed on the bottom wall and extends along an axial direction of the ceramic heater.

Abstract: An atomization core, including a ceramic heater and a plurality of heating wires. The ceramic heater includes a side wall and a bottom wall, and the plurality of heating wires are disposed on the side wall and the bottom wall. The ceramic heater includes an axial center through hole and a plurality of ceramic heating elements stacked upon one another and connected in parallel.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating device having an aerosol generating space for receiving aerosol generating material, an induction coil extending around the aerosol generating space and a controller. The aerosol generating system further includes a susceptor which is inductively heatable in the presence of a time varying electromagnetic field. The susceptor is separable from aerosol generating material located, in use, in the aerosol generating space and includes a tubular member positioned, in use, in the aerosol generating space. The aerosol generating material is located, in use, inside and outside of the tubular member.

Abstract: This application relates to a vaporization device including a housing, a top cap and a heating assembly. The housing further has a storage chamber and a channel. The top cap further has a first top cap component and a second top cap component. The first top cap component has at least one through hole configured to suppress a flow rate of tobacco tar flowing from the storage chamber into the heating assembly.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid transfer element, a power supply, and a heating element operably coupled to the power supply and configured to heat the aerosol generating substrate. The system also includes a cover over the liquid storage portion.

Abstract: This application relates to a vaporization device including a housing, a top cap and a heating assembly. The housing further has a storage chamber and a channel. The top cap further has a first top cap component and a second top cap component. The first top cap component has at least one through hole configured to suppress a flow rate of tobacco tar flowing from the storage chamber into the heating assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an atomizer and an electronic cigarette. The atomizer includes a housing, an atomization component, a base and a dry-wet separation component. An internal space of the housing is divided into an e-liquid storage chamber and an atomization chamber. The atomization component is provided inside the atomization chamber. The dry-wet separation component is provided inside the housing; one end of the dry-wet separation component is fixed to the base, the dry-wet separation component is capable of stretching and contracting in a direction perpendicular to the base. The atomization component is not in communication with or is in communication with the e-liquid storage chamber along with stretching and contracting of the dry-wet separation component.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a heater assembly and a manually operated pump. The pump includes a hollow member with an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion of the hollow member is configured connectable with a liquid storage portion. The outlet portion of the hollow member is in fluid communication with a dispensing assembly. The pump is configured to dispense a liquid material onto the heater assembly. The pump is configured to pump the liquid material from the liquid storage portion via the dispensing assembly and onto the heater assembly.

Abstract: aerosol generation device aerosol generation device Provided is an aerosol generating device that can accurately detect the shortage or exhaustion of an aerosol source at low cost. The aerosol generating device includes: a reservoir (116A) that stores an aerosol source or an aerosol base that holds an aerosol source; a load (132) that atomizes the aerosol source with heat generated by using power supplied from a power source (110); a sensor (112) that outputs a value related to the temperature of the load (132); and a control unit (106) configured to determine the occurrence of exhaustion of the aerosol source in the reservoir (116A) or the aerosol base on the basis of the cooling velocity derived from the output value of the sensor (112) in a cooling process after the load (132) has been heated to a temperature higher than or equal to a temperature at which the aerosol source can be atomized.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device with which it is possible to inexpensively observe a heater cooling process with high accuracy, and also possible to inexpensively detect a shortage or depletion of an aerosol source with high accuracy. An aerosol generation device includes an aerosol storage source; a load that atomizes the aerosol source by generating heat by power supplied from a power source, and has an electrical resistance value that changes depending on the temperature; a sensor that detects the electrical resistance value of the load; and a control unit that is configured so as to monitor the cooling process of the load after the temperature of the load has risen to or exceeded a temperature at which the aerosol source can be atomized.

Abstract: A technology is provided that can flexibly adjust power consumption in a system in which a charging device for charging an aerosol generation device communicates with a terminal device, the power consumption being due to said communication. An operating method for a terminal device communicates with a charging device for charging an aerosol generation device. The method includes a step in which charging information relating to a battery of the charging device is acquired from the charging device; a step in which a charging status of the battery is evaluated on the basis of the charging information; and a step in which the possibility or impossibility of communication between the terminal device and the charging device is determined on the basis of the charging status.

Abstract: The method includes electrically connecting a power supply to a heater in an e-vaping device, where the power supply and the heater are in an electrical circuit. The method further includes configuring the electrical circuit to be selectively electrically connectable to a grounding terminal to complete the electrical circuit.

Abstract: A boxer brief includes first and second side panels and a pouch. The pouch includes a first pouch panel and a second pouch panel. The first pouch panel and the second pouch panel each have a first side edge that is attached to a front edge of the first side panel and a second side edge that is attached to a front edge of the second side panel such that the second pouch panel is disposed over the first pouch panel to define a pocket therebetween. The first pouch panel defines a hole therethrough that is configured to receive genitalia therethrough. The pouch is configured to secure a bladder system within the pocket. The second pouch panel defines a top and bottom opening of the pocket that are each capable of permitting the bladder system to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A garment for postnatal women for absorbing postpartum bleeding and providing soothing effects during post-partum recovery. The maternal under garment includes an exterior layer having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. An interior layer overlaps the exterior layer along a front panel and a rear panel of the garment. An upper perimeter of the front panel includes a V-shape, wherein a nadir of the V-shape is centrally positioned on the front panel to comfortably rest below a stomach area of a woman. The maternal under garment includes an adjustable waist band to retract as the stomach area becomes smaller postpartum. Multiple layers are disposed between the interior and exterior layer, such as an absorbent layer for absorbing postpartum bleeding, a cooling layer for soothing genitals during postpartum recovery, and an antibacterial layer for assisting with pain relief and the healing process after birth.

Abstract: An expansion sock includes one or more expansion zones formed of a different type of knitted fabric than adjacent zones. The expansion zones permit the sock to be used on a person's bandaged foot because the bandaged portions of the foot can be accommodated without either increased pressure on the bandages while minimizing excess, bunched material adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A method for treating a knitted foot garment that provides added cushion to the knitted material of the sock includes the steps of heating a liquid polymer mixture, forcing gas into the mixture, agitating the mixture to create a bubble infused mixture, injecting the bubble infused mixture into a polymer template, attaching the polymer template to the outer sole of a knitted foot garment, and cooling the gas infused polymer mixture. A knitted foot garment includes upper, heel, toe, and sole knitted fabric portions integrally woven together to define a chamber. A plurality of encapsulated polymer pads are attached to and protrude from an outer surface of either the heel, toe or sole portions. The polymer pads contain gas bubbles to provide increased cushioning to the sole of the foot garment.

Abstract: A garment with configurable shoulder sections is disclosed. The shoulder sections may generally be configured in at least an open configuration and a closed configuration. This may allow the garment to be placed on a person's body without having to manipulate the person's arms through the sleeves.

Abstract: An aid and support device for accommodation and cradling, so that it upholds and supports the bulging belly of pregnant women or women undergoing pregnancy, whose object includes the maternal health during the last trimester of pregnancy. It specifically comprises a feminine support device or garment for the pregnant mothers' accommodation, that comprises an adjustment garment (1) corresponding to a one-piece body that includes a chest area (2), an abdomen area (3), and a hip area (4); a wide girdle (5) arranged toward the protruding belly's area in the abdomen zone (3), comprising a strap of elastic fabric that is part of the one-piece body (1) and surrounds the body from the waist, arranged toward the protruding belly's area from a reinforcement strap (6) that vertically extends following the end silhouette of the one-piece body from the chest area (2) below the armpit area in a vertical direction toward the hip area (4) of the one-piece body (1).

Abstract: Counterbalancing methods, systems and apparatus that balance breast weight load to a user's back. A body portion is supported along the user's back, and a plurality of pockets reside one the body portion. Elongated flexible connector straps extend up from the body portion, over the shoulders, and connect to a bra cup. One or more weights retained within the plurality of pockets pull the bra cup portion upward and lift up the breasts. The weight measure of these weights is substantially equivalent to a combined breast weight measure to equilibrate the breast weight to the combined weight measure across the user's body to correct for breast weight load imbalance at the user's front and improve posture.