Abstract: A method for separating a comestible structure into a plurality of comestible structures includes providing at least one comestible structure including at least one score line to a clamping device, clamping a portion of said at least one comestible structure in said clamping device, and separating said portion from a remainder of said at least one comestible structure at said at least one score line via said clamping device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-chewing gum confections and in particular to a confection having at least two textures (dual-textured confectionery). A dual-textured confectionery having a chewy center and a crunchy coating is disclosed. The chewy center may be a gummy candy and the crunchy coating may be a discontinuous coating that comprises small irregular pieces of candy. A method for making the dual-textured confectionery is also disclosed.

Abstract: A frozen product machine that solves problems associated with conventional home ice cream and frozen product machines by prevents loss of product in the chamber and decreases freezing time for a liquid product. A cooling chamber is cooled by a cooling element that provides variable cooling temperatures throughout the cooling chamber. A temperature gradient, progressing from lower temperatures at the bottom of the chamber, or the outlet, to higher at the top of the chamber, or inlet, create a more efficient means of cooling a frozen product. An auger, that may be shaped to match the shape of the cooling chamber may include slots that allow for controlled flow of frozen product through the chamber to promote efficient cooling. Hinged fins may rotate from open to closed within the slot to further enhance flow of frozen product through the frozen product machine.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and protein compositions having advantageous properties, such as a high uncorrected limiting amino acid score as well as favorable amounts of essential amino acids, branched chain amino acids, as well as other amino acids more difficult to find in the regular diet. The protein composition is obtainable as taught herein from algal or microbial biomass. The protein composition produced according to the methods of the invention provides a proteinaceous food or food ingredient that is more nutritionally balanced (and therefore nutritionally superior) to protein compositions otherwise available. The protein material is advantageously used as a food or food ingredient for humans and/or animals. Also provided are methods of producing the protein material from biomass sources.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plant protein isolate containing less than 10 microgram, preferably less than 5 microgram, of the sum of hexanal, 2-pentyl-furan, (E)-2,4,heptadienal and 1-octen-3-ol per gram of dry matter and its method of preparation. The plant protein is preferably obtained from leguminous plant, more preferably from pea or fava bean, most preferably from pea. The method for extracting the plant protein isolate consists of the steps: (a) providing a protein containing seed, (b) milling said seed, (c) suspending the milled seed in water, (d) extracting proteins from said milled suspension and (e) washing the extracted proteins with water at a temperature between 60° C. and 100° C. and at a pH in the range of 4 to 5.5.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a nutritional composition and method of using and making the nutritional composition. The nutritional composition is an intact pea protein based nutrient composition for use in both enteral and oral feeding, and provides a nonallergenic diet for providing optimal nutrition to users. The nutritional composition is made from organic and plant-based ingredients. The nutritional composition has pea protein, phytochemical extracts, fatty acids, organic ingredients free of the top eight allergens and corn, and prebiotic fiber. The nutritional composition is provided in liquid form for enteral and/or oral feeding.

Abstract: The present invention provides a meat analogue processed food product that is inexpensive and has little pastiness derived from starch, a method for producing the meat analogue processed food product, and an additive for the meat analogue processed food product. The meat analogue processed food product, which contains a plant-protein-containing material and has a meat material content of 30 mass % or less, also contains a fat-processed starch as a raw material. The fat-processed starch content is preferably 0.5-10 mass %.

Abstract: Provided is a food composition which include a myceliated high-protein food product and methods to make such compositions, which are mixtures of myceliated high-protein food products and other edible materials. A food composition includes dairy alternative products, ready to mix beverages and beverage bases; extruded and extruded/puffed products; sheeted baked goods; meat analogs and extenders; baked goods and baking mixes; granola; and soups/soup bases. Food compositions also include texturized plant protein which can be used for making meat-structured plant protein meat analog or meat extender products. The food compositions have reduced undesirable flavors and reduced undesirable aromas due to use of myceliated high-protein food products as compared to use of similar high-protein material that is not myceliated.

Abstract: A food product ingredient formed from a keratinous protein-containing material, e.g, feathers, and methods of making the same. The methods include cleaning the keratinous protein-containing material, combining the keratinous protein-containing material with a cereal bran to form a mixture, and hydrolyzing the mixture to form the food product ingredient. Optionally, of the keratinous protein-containing material is cleaned and/or frozen within 5 hours of collection. The methods generate fewer unpleasant odors, and food product ingredients produced by the method can similarly benefit. The food product ingredient may be incorporated into a food product, such as a pet food product.

Abstract: A product and method of parasitic control, ammonia control, methane inhibition, liver abscess inhibition, and nutritional supplementation in livestock in order to grow healthier and more efficient livestock. The supplement is designed to provide an antibiotic-free and antiparasitic-free feed additive to decrease parasites, inhibit methane production, and ammonia production in livestock, inhibit the incidence of liver abscesses while providing a nutritional supplement to livestock and simultaneously providing for increased weight gain and overall positive health in the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a granular feed additive capable of reducing hygroscopicity and lumping and caking, the additive including a basic amino acid and an anion represented by Formula 1, wherein a molar ratio of the anion to the basic amino acid is greater than 0.1 and equal to or less than 0.52.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pet food may include retorting a composition comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of (i) yogurt, (ii) cheese and (iii) a combination of one or more hydrocolloids and at least one of an animal milk or a plant-based dairy alternative to form the shelf-stable pet food. A product may include the pet food and also a container housing the pet food, the container including instructions to administer the pet food to a pet, preferably a companion animal, most preferably a cat. A method of providing nutrition to a pet may include administering the pet food to a pet, preferably a companion animal, most preferably a cat. The pet food optionally consists of the retorted material. The pet food optionally is low in lactose or lactose-free and optionally includes no added sugar relative to that in the material subjected to the retorting.

Abstract: A pet food is described that has a veneer on a surface that is low in sugar, low in moisture, transport stable, and has a smooth appearance at room temperature. A veneer includes a non-fat solids content of about 40% to about 60% by weight of the veneer, and a fat composition in an amount of 35% to 60% by weight of the veneer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feed additive comprising at least one nutrient, which non-nutrient is incorporated in a matrix, the entirety being encapsulated by a coating comprising at least a plant material whose saponification number is greater than 180. The invention also deals with a method for preparing a feed additive. Finally, the invention also relates to the use of the feed additive to improve the zootechnical performance of a ruminant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to beverage compositions comprising rebaudioside M (Reb M). These compositions provide conditions wherein the stability of Reb M in improved. The present invention also relates to methods of improving the stability of Reb M.

Abstract: A perishable storage unit with means for sanitizing food stuffs having a sanitization unit. The storage unit provides a storage body, a door, and a cooling system, wherein the cooling system is integrated with the storage body to maintain a cooling temperature when the door is in a closed position. The sanitization unit includes a light assembly and a switch, wherein the switch is integrated with a peripheral edge of the storage unit such that the door engages the switch when in the closed position. The light assembly is configured to emit sterilizing wavelengths of light, such as ultraviolet light, and is operably coupled to the switch, such that when the door is actuated from an open position to the closed position, the light assembly is switched from an off state to an on state.

Abstract: Provided is a technique which enables highly efficient, low-cost production of a sufficiently disinfected high-quality rice gel using a rice gel production system and a rice gel production method for producing a rice gel. The present invention is provided with: a heating/stirring unit for heating a rice material with water added thereto in a sealed container under stirring, thereby providing a gelatinized product; and a pulverizing unit for pulverizing the gelatinized product obtained in the heating/stirring unit thereby providing a rice gel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the food industry; it is aimed more particularly at the preparation of food products, namely a range of cream analogues, composed of vegetable ingredients and having functional and organoleptic properties close to those of dairy products.

Abstract: Provided herein is composition containing a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant with a suppressed off-flavor, and a method for suppressing an off-flavor of a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant. A composition containing a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant and also containing an organic acid salt, an inorganic salt, a sweetener, and/or an acidulant; and a method for suppressing an off-flavor, including blending an organic acid salt, an inorganic salt, a sweetener, and/or an acidulant with a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant, are provided herein.

Abstract: A dietary supplement that comprises caffeine and alpha lipoic acid and optionally other compounds. The dietary supplement is useful for enhancing sensory effects for improvement of at least one of energy, focus, or productivity.

Abstract: A cam roller type horizontal extrusion cracking system for walnuts, including feeding, cracking and falling devices fixed accordingly on a stand. The feeding device includes a feeding box; an intermittent feeding roller is arranged therein; one side of the roller includes a feeding baffle plate, the other side includes an adjustable feeding scraper blade mechanism; and opposing feeding slots are formed in the roller. The cracking device includes an extrusion box body; movable and fixed tooth-shaped extrusion plates are oppositely mounted therein; one side of the movable plate opposite the fixed includes an extrusion cam; the plates have a plurality of tooth gaps; a walnut passes through the feeding device, falls into a gap between the plates; the cam drives the movable plate to do a periodic reciprocating motion, to synchronously cooperate with the fixed plate to perform extrusion cracking on the walnut.

Abstract: A system for processing foodstuff includes a drum and a conveyor for conveying foodstuff to the drum; the drum having a peripheral wall and at least one opening into which, in use, foodstuff enters the drum; the drum having a proximal extremity and a distal extremity; the drum being rotatable about at least one axis of rotation; whereby foodstuff may be tumbled for flavouring and/or seasoning the foodstuff; and the drum being removable; wherein the peripheral wall includes titanium or a titanium alloy.

Abstract: A Kimchi stuffing adding device according to the present invention comprises: a Kimchi stuffing seasoning storage tank; a seasoning transport pump for receiving seasoning supplied from the Kimchi stuffing seasoning storage tank and supplying the seasoning to a transport pipe; a hopper for receiving the seasoning supplied from the transport pipe via a branch pipe that is branched from the transport pipe, and temporarily storing the seasoning; and a spray mechanism installed to be able to selectively spray the seasoning onto an end portion of the hopper. The spray mechanism can be turned ON or OFF and is provided to periodically spray a certain amount of the seasoning when turned on.

Abstract: A method for producing reconstituted tobacco includes comminuting the solid components of tobacco to a particle size of about 20-220 ?m; mixing the comminuted tobacco product with water, at least one binding agent and at least one material to form an aerosol until a mixture with a liquid content of about 30-50% is obtained; subjecting that mixture to a first lamination to obtain a strip of continuous thickness of about 1-20 mm; subjecting the strip to additional rolling passages to obtain a strip having a substantially constant thickness of approximately 90-280 ?m; and drying the strip to bring its liquid content to about 8-15%.

Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a releasable component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include a water-permeable fabric pouch formed so as to define a cavity therein, and a composition contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the composition including one or more releasable components that are released from the composition under mouth conditions and that are capable of movement through the water-permeable fabric pouch. The composition includes nicotine and at least one particulate non-tobacco material. The pouched product also includes at least one capsule contained within the cavity of the water-permeable fabric pouch, the capsule having a capsule wall surrounding an inner payload comprising at least one botanical.

Abstract: This document relates to smokeless products containing one or more non-tobacco plant materials. Certain embodiments described in this document relate to smokeless products containing one or more tobacco-alternative plant materials and having properties similar to tobacco-containing oral products.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a connect portion disposed at one end of the aerosol-generating article in direct abutment with the substrate portion, the connect portion having a tubular empty core structure, the substrate portion having a length of between 20 millimeters and 60 millimeters, and a diameter of between 4 millimeters and 7 millimeters, the aerosol-forming substrate including an aerosol former, and an amount of the aerosol former ranges between 6 percent and 20 percent by weight on a dry weight basis of the aerosol-forming substrate. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device, and a method for manufacturing the aerosol-generating article, are also provided.

Abstract: This perforating drum is provided with a rotating drum which has a holding part that holds a heated-type tobacco product, a perforation unit which perforates the tobacco rod, and a cam which is provided on a rotating drum base part provided on the rotating drum. The perforation unit comprises a slide rod which is provided on the rotating drum, a perforating slider which has a perforation needle arranged opposite of the tip surface of the tobacco rod and which is slidably held on the slide rod, and a cam follower which is provided on the perforation slider and engages with the cam, and which allows the perforation slider to slide along the slide rod, wherein the cam has an insertion section and a withdrawal section.

Abstract: A smoking product jacket is disclosed. The smoking product jacket includes a combustible, hollow cylindrical tube, a side flap attached to an outside surface of the cylindrical tube, and a tip. The smoking product jacket is useful for providing a backflip smoking experience with a flap to burn away for the user's enjoyment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongated smoking article (100) (100) that extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and comprises a cylindrical smoking body (10) with a combustible material (11) that is surrounded by a wrapping paper (12). The smoking article (100) further comprises a filter element (20) that is configured to reduce substances from combustion gases drawn through the filter element (20) from the burning smoking body (10). A first base area of the filter element faces a base area of the smoking body (10) and a second base area (26) is an open base area. A tipping paper (30) is circumscribing the smoking body (10) and the filter element (20) and is attached to external surfaces (13, 21) of the smoking body (10 and the filter element (20).

Abstract: Provided is a feature that, during storage of a heated tobacco product having a tobacco rod formed by filling the inside of wrapping paper with a tobacco filler containing a tobacco raw material and an aerosol-source material, suppresses occlusion of a heater-insertion cavity open on the distal end surface side of the tobacco rod. This heated tobacco product has a tobacco rod formed by filling the inside of wrapping paper with a tobacco filler containing cut tobacco and an aerosol-source material, and is provided with: a heater-insertion cavity that is open on the distal end surface side of the tobacco rod and extends in the axial direction of the tobacco rod, and into which a heater of a heating device is inserted; and a coating layer that is formed on the lateral periphery of the heater-insertion cavity of the tobacco rod, and suppresses occlusion of the heater-insertion cavity.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a hollow tubular segment at a location downstream of the rod, being in longitudinal alignment with the rod, and defining a cavity extending from an upstream end to a downstream end of the hollow tubular segment; a mouthpiece segment downstream of the hollow tubular segment and including a plug of filtration material and a mouth end recess downstream of the plug; and a ventilation zone along the hollow tubular segment less than 20 millimetres from a downstream end of the article and including one or more rows of perforations formed through a peripheral wall of the hollow tubular segment, and the rod including at least an aerosol former and having an aerosol former content of at least about 12 percent on a dry weight basis.

Abstract: Provided is a feature for a heated tobacco product having a tobacco rod formed by filling the inside of wrapping paper with a tobacco filler containing a tobacco raw material and an aerosol-source material, that prevents damage to an electric heater, such as bending or curving, during insertion into the tobacco rod, prevents the tobacco filler constituting the tobacco rod from being pressed toward the mouth end, and prevents the tobacco rod from deforming by buckling. This heated tobacco product has a tobacco rod formed by filling the inside of wrapping paper with a tobacco filler containing cut tobacco and an aerosol-source material, and is provided with a heater-insertion cavity that is open on the distal end surface side of the tobacco rod and extends in the axial direction of the tobacco rod, and into which a heater of a heating device is inserted.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a degradable cigarette filter comprising a cellulose ester and including a catalyst comprising a basic material, an enzymatic material, or combinations thereof. The catalyst, when exposed to water, may deacetylate the bloomed cellulose acetate tow by at least 10% in 20 days or less. The filters described herein therefore degrade more rapidly than other known cellulose acetate tow filters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mouthpiece (10) for an aerosol-generating device. The mouthpiece (10) comprises an inlet portion (12) configured for receiving an aerosol and an outlet portion (14) configured for outflow of the aerosol. An airflow path (16) connects the inlet portion (12) and the outlet portion (14). The airflow path (16) comprises an inner wall (18). The inner wall (18) of the airflow path (16) is at least partially lined with a capillary material (20). The capillarity of the capillary material (20) increases towards the inlet portion (12).

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing aerosol-forming substrate; and a hollow tubular filter portion having an inner diameter of between 0.5 millimeters and 2 millimeters, and the aerosol-forming substrate including at least one aerosol-former selected from the group consisting of: polyhydric alcohols, esters of polyhydric alcohols, and aliphatic esters of mono-, di-, or polycarboxylic acids. A system for generating an aerosol is also provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber and a heating element; and the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating article being configured to be insertable into the heating chamber.

Abstract: A vial for packing a substance to be smoked from the vial and method for making the vial. The vial includes a first chamber. A second chamber is in fluid connection with the first chamber separated from the first chamber by a neck portion having an inside diameter less than an inside diameter of the first chamber and the second chamber. A middle portion is in fluid connection with the second chamber extending from the second chamber to the third chamber. The third chamber is in fluid connection with the middle portion. The first, second and third chambers have inside and outside diameters which are substantially the same. The middle portion has an inside and outside diameter which is less than the inside and outside diameters of the first, second and third chambers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device having a vaporizing chamber housing a vaporizer for vaporizing a vaporizable liquid and a transverse baffle mounted downstream from the vaporizer. The transverse baffle defines at least one aperture for chamber airflow path downstream of the vaporizer and an upstream face of the baffle facing the vaporizer comprises a recessed surface. It also relates to an aerosol delivery device where an upstream face of the baffle facing the vaporizer comprises at least one sloped surface and the at least one sloped surface slopes to at least one gutter on the upstream face of the baffle.

Abstract: There is disclosed an aerosol-generation apparatus having a heater and a fluid-transfer article, the fluid-transfer article including a first region holding an aerosol precursor and transferring said aerosol precursor to an activation surface of a second region of said article, the activation surface being disposed at an end of the article configured for thermal interaction with a heating surface of the heater. The activation surface has at least one channel therein and is configured such that, when the fluid transfer article is arranged with respect to the heating surface for thermal interaction therebetween, the channel(s) opposes the heating surface and opens towards said heating surface. The heater has a substrate forming the heating surface and at least one heating element on a part of that heating surface. The channel(s) opposes a part of the heating surface other than part of the heating surface on which the heating element is formed.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette burner element has a heating wire, a porous ceramic matrix, and outer cover, holes in the outer cover, and a ventilation air passage through the porous ceramic matrix. The heating wire is configured to heat and atomize vape oil. The heating wire is formed with a coil and a pair of leads including a first lead and a second lead. A porous ceramic matrix encapsulates the coil of the heating wire. A heating body is formed when the heating wire is encapsulated by the porous ceramic matrix. An outer cover can be made of metal and can fit over the heating body. A hole is formed on the outer covet to receive vape oil. The vape oil wicks through the porous ceramic matrix like a sponge receiving water. A ventilation air passage is formed along a surface of the porous ceramic matrix.

Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action. A nicotine-containing material, such as tobacco, may be disposed within the capsule.

Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element is formed of a carbon or graphite foam.

Abstract: There is provided an inductive heating assembly configured to inductively heat an aerosol-forming substrate to a pre-determined operating temperature, the heating assembly including an induction source configured to generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and a susceptor assembly configured to inductively heat the aerosol-forming substrate under influence of the alternating magnetic field generated by the induction source, the susceptor assembly including a first susceptor comprising a first susceptor material and a second susceptor including a second susceptor material having a Curie temperature at least 50 degrees Celsius below an operating temperature of the heating assembly. There is also provided an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating system including the inductive heating assembly.

Abstract: There is provided an inductive heating assembly to inductively heat an aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature, the assembly including an induction source connected to a DC power supply to generate an alternating electromagnetic field to inductively heat a susceptor assembly including a first susceptor and a second susceptor having a Curie temperature below the operating temperature, and a controller operatively connected to the induction source and the DC power supply, to determine an actual apparent resistance of the susceptor assembly indicative of the actual temperature of the susceptor assembly, to determine a minimum value of the apparent resistance occurring during pre-heating of the susceptor assembly, and to control operation of the induction source such that the actual apparent resistance corresponds to the determined minimum value of the apparent resistance plus a pre-determined offset value of the apparent resistance to control heating of the substrate to the operating temperature.

Abstract: There is provided an inductively heating aerosol-generating device configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol-forming substrate, the device including a receiving cavity configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate; an induction source configured to generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and a susceptor assembly configured and arranged to inductively heat the aerosol-forming substrate within the receiving cavity under influence of the alternating magnetic field generated by the induction source, the susceptor assembly including a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the first susceptor including a first susceptor material having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance, and the second susceptor including a second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic susceptor material having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance.

Abstract: There is provided an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article, including an aerosol-forming substrate; and a susceptor assembly configured to inductively heat the aerosol-forming substrate under influence of an alternating magnetic field, the susceptor assembly including a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the first susceptor including a first susceptor material having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance, and the second susceptor including a second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic susceptor material having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device for the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: A liquid supply system for use with an aerosol-generating device, the liquid supply system comprising a liquid retention material (136), a liquid flow channel extending from the liquid retention material and a barrier (125) disposed in the liquid flow channel, the barrier having a threshold temperature between 60° C. and 120° C., wherein the barrier is impermeable to liquid below its threshold temperature and the barrier becomes reversibly permeable to liquid above the threshold temperature.

Abstract: A mouthpiece for attachment to a hollow tubular filter portion of an aerosol-generating article is provided, the mouthpiece including: an inner tubular section having a minimum outer diameter, which is smaller than an inner diameter of the hollow tubular filter portion; an outer tubular section having a maximum inner diameter, which is larger than an outer diameter of the aerosol-generating article; a central airflow channel arranged along a longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece, the airflow channel including a Venturi portion, the Venturi portion including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, the inlet portion being configured to converge in a downstream direction and the outlet portion being configured to diverge in a downstream direction; and a hinge section configured to attach the mouthpiece to an aerosol-generating device. A system including the mouthpiece, and a method for attaching the mouthpiece to the hollow tubular filter portion are also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol delivery device comprises: a flow passage configured to provide fluid communication between a vaporizer and a mouthpiece aperture, so that the mouthpiece aperture receives a flow comprising an aerosol vapor formed from liquid vaporized by the vaporizer in use; and a turbulence inducing element, the turbulence inducing element located in the flow passage and configured to turn the flow towards a circumferential direction of the aerosol delivery device.

Abstract: A vaporization device could contain an amount of vaporization substance that is potentially harmful if ingested. Children may be particularly at risk. Child-resistant covers that releasably engage a chamber of a vaporization device and seal a vaporization substance in the chamber are disclosed. The vaporization device could also include a stem, an atomizer, a base, and a battery compartment. The child-resistant cover could require a user to perform multiple operations to disengage the child-resistant cover from the chamber. These operations could include, for example, one or more of: rotating the child-resistant cover relative to the chamber; pushing at least a portion of the child-resistant cover towards the chamber; compressing a portion of the child-resistant cover; and pulling at least a portion of the child-resistant cover away from the chamber.