Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising an effective amount of a dietary metal and a coordinating ligand, wherein the dietary metal is provided as a cationic complex and/or as an anionic complex and wherein the coordinating ligand coordinates the dietary metal cationic complex and/or the dietary metal anionic complex. The composition is used to deliver a dietary metal to a subject in need thereof by administering the composition to the subject, optionally perorally. Examples of the dietary metal include zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co) and combinations thereof. In a particular example, the coordinating ligand comprises cellulose.

Abstract: A method for minimising or preventing the induction of stress-related or stress-induced inappetance or inanition in an animal selected for a marketing or management practice.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the provision of degutted insects, such as black soldier fly larvae and mealworm, preferably live degutted insects. The invention also relates to degutted (live or dead) insects such as larvae and to processed degutted insects such as larvae. The invention also relates to the use of the degutted insect according to the invention or use of the processed degutted insect of the invention for the separation of the degutted insect or of the processed degutted insect in at least a fat fraction and/or at least a protein fraction. In addition, the invention relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is any one of live or dead insect, insect puree, minced insect, insect powder, particulate insect, granulated insect, or insect meal, dried insect, oven-dried insect, lyophilized insect, or oven-dried insect using refractive drying obtained from degutted insect provided with the method of the invention.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a health benefit in an animal comprising administering a food composition to the animal, where the food composition comprises protein, fat, carbohydrates, omega-3 fatty acids, and isoflavones; where the protein to carbohydrate is in a ratio ranging from 3.5:1 to 2.5:1 by weight as fed.

Abstract: A rapid method of brewing malt beverages having 0.0% alcohol by volume with the use of yeast in aerobic conditions. The yeast is inactivated by boiling after undergoing fermentative (minimal yeast contact time) growth, during either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Aspects of the beverage such as sweetness, aldehyde content, flavor-positive components, pH, mouthfeel and heat are controlled to emulate popular styles of beer. The beverage may also be fortified with alcohol to create alcoholic products, such as beer, kombucha, hard seltzer, wine or spirits in a rapid time frame.

Abstract: A natural flavor complex obtained from Stevia plants is described. The natural flavor complex functions to modify the flavors of a consumable product without imparting detectable sweetness to the product.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a decontamination tank and method for treating reducing microbial contamination of a food product. In one embodiment, decontamination tank comprises a first chamber for holding a first antimicrobial bearing liquid for reducing a microbial contamination on a surface of the food product. The decontamination tank further comprises a second chamber for holding a second antimicrobial bearing liquid of different content than the first antimicrobial bearing liquid in the first chamber, for further reducing the microbial contamination on the surface of the food product. The decontamination tank further comprises a first unloader configured to remove the food product from the first antimicrobial bearing liquid in the first chamber and to deposit the food product toward the second chamber. The decontamination tank further comprises a second unloader configured to remove the food product from the second antimicrobial bearing liquid in the second chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a cereal-based product. The method may include i) providing a cereal mixture including a cereal material and an aqueous medium. The method may include ii) treating the cereal mixture with an effective amount of an enzyme composition under a temperature to obtain a treated mixture, the enzyme composition including at least one malto-oligosaccharide forming amylase (MFAse). The method may further include iii) processing the treated mixture from step ii) to obtain the cereal-based product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pea isolate comprising, calculated by weight of dry matter: a. 0-10 wt.% of pea components having a molecular weight of at least 30 kDa; b. 0-70 wt.% galacto-oligosaccharides selected from raffinose, stachyose, verbascose and combinations thereof; c. 0.05-5 wt.% of 5?-inosine monophosphate (IMP); d. 0-1 wt.% of 5?-adenosine monophosphate (AMP); wherein the weight ratio IMP : AMP exceeds 1:1. This pea isolate is a valuable flavouring material that can be isolated from pea whey - an effluent stream that is produced in the manufacture of pea protein isolates - by subjecting the pea whey to ultrafiltration and/or nanofiltration, and by subjecting the pea whey or the filtration permeate to enzymatic treatment with AMP deaminase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an egg substitute and to a method for the production thereof, and to the compositions comprising said egg substitute. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a legume albumin and a pregelatinized starch.

Abstract: The objective of the current invention is to provide a composition that can be used for making bouillons, soups and gravies, and that is free from kitchen salt. Such composition has now been developed, preferably in the form of a solid or pasty cube, for preparing a bouillon, to which no kitchen salt has been added, and which contains a specific ratio of native starch and maltodextrin and/or glucose syrup. This ratio between these ingredients leads to a good quality composition that can be prepared in the same way as regular compositions for making bouillons that do contain kitchen salt.

Abstract: A depuration process is employed for removing off-flavor contaminants from fish through an advanced oxidation process. Before the fish is harvested, the fish is transferred to a depuration tank or zone containing water. Off-flavor compounds leach from the tissue of the fish into the water in the depuration tank or zone. The water in the depuration tank or zone is circulated through an advanced oxidation reactor that, through an oxidation process, reduces the concentration of the off-flavor contaminants in the water.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides taste-modifying compositions that reduce the salty taste of a sodium salt, such as sodium bicarbonate. In some aspects, the disclosure provides uses of such taste-modifying compositions to reduce the salty taste of a sodium salt. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides compositions (such as comestible compositions or oral care compositions), which comprise a sodium salt and a taste-modifying composition. In some embodiments, such compositions are in the form of a food product, a beverage product, or an oral care product (such as a toothpaste, mouthwash, and the like).

Abstract: Disclosed are nutraceutical formulations, and methods of using these nutraceutical formulations for the mitigation of chronic malnutrition in an infant, wherein the infant is breast feeding from a lactating mother ingesting one or more of said nutraceutical formulations in accordance with a prescribed regimen.

Abstract: A fluidized electric coffee roaster includes a housing; a fluidizing chamber having a predetermined volume into which raw coffee beans are introduced, discharged, and roasted; a heating unit communicating with a lower end of the fluidizing chamber; an air supply unit connected to the heating unit and supplying external air inside the housing to the heating unit; a raw coffee bean injecting unit connected to an upper end of the fluidizing chamber and allowing raw coffee beans to be injected into the fluidizing chamber from an outside; and a coffee discharging unit connected to a lower end of the fluidizing chamber and allowing roasted coffee to be discharged, wherein air heated by the heating unit is supplied to the lower end of the fluidizing chamber and is discharged to an upper end of the fluidizing chamber so that the raw coffee beans are circulated from a lower part of the fluidizing chamber to an upper part of the fluidizing chamber and roasted.

Abstract: A low or no refined sugar, high protein shelf stable food is described. A shelf stable food includes an aggregate component held together with a continuous phase that includes a water soluble protein and a soluble fiber, where the water soluble fiber contributes substantially all binding activity of the continuous phase. Methods of making a shelf stable food are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a frozen cooked rice including a molded cooked rice and a moisture transfer preventing layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the molded cooked rice, in which after the frozen cooked rice is defrosted under conditions of normal temperature and normal pressure for 1 day, the difference between the moisture content of the surface of the frozen cooked rice and the moisture content of a deep part of the frozen cooked rice is 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the frozen cooked rice, and a method for preparing a frozen cooked rice, the method including forming a moisture transfer preventing layer on at least a part of the surface of a molded cooked rice, hardening the at least a part of the surface of the molded cooked rice on which the moisture transfer preventing layer is formed, and freezing the hardened molded cooked rice.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of the food industry, in particular to the production of appetizer or snack products. Specifically, it refers to a healthy appetizer product based on nuts with a novel texture, its method of preparation and its use.

Abstract: Method for producing homogeneous sheets of nicotine-free vegetable fibers includes: crushing up solid components of a raw material containing the nicotine-free vegetable fibers to bring them to a particle size of about 20-220 ?m, mixing the crushed-up product thus obtained with water, at least one binding agent and at least one material to form an aerosol, until a mixture is obtained with a liquid content of about 30-50%, subjecting the mixture to a first lamination to obtain a continuous strip with a thickness of about 1-20 mm, subjecting the strip which has already been subjected to the first lamination to a series of further lamination steps, until a strip having a remarkably constant thickness of about 90-280 ?m is obtained, and drying the strip to a liquid content of about 8-15%.

Abstract: Aerosol generating materials for inclusion in an aerosol provision system, such as an apparatus for heating aerosol generating material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol generating material, the aerosol generating material including a volatile component in solid particulate form, and an active substance.

Abstract: Aerosol generating material for inclusion in an aerosol provision system, such as an apparatus for heating aerosol generating material to volatize at least one component thereof, the aerosol generating material including an active substance and a volatile component incorporated by infusion. The invention also relates to methods for preparing such compositions and apparatus including such materials.

Abstract: An aerosolized formulation comprising a vapor phase and a liquid water droplet phase, wherein the aerosolized formulation comprises (i) water in an amount of at least 50 wt. % based on the aerosolized formulation; (ii) one or more flavors; and (iii) nicotine; wherein at least 50 wt. % of the one or more flavors is present in the vapor phase. A process for forming an aerosol comprising a vapor phase and a liquid water droplet phase, an electronic aerosol provision system having an aerosolizer for aerosolizing the aerosolizable formulation for inhalation by a user, and a process for improving delivery of flavor to an aerosolized formulation.

Abstract: There is provided a method of extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from tobacco material, the method comprising the steps of: i) providing tobacco material; ii) subjecting the tobacco material to steam distillation; and iii) extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from the tobacco material with a solvent; wherein distillation step (ii) and extraction step (iii) are carried out simultaneously and at a pH of no greater than 2, and wherein the period during which both the distillation step (ii) and the extraction step (iii) are carried out is from about 8 to about 20 hours.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rod-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, including: arranging segments in a row along a longitudinal direction; wrapping a first sheet around at least one of the segments; and wrapping a second sheet around at least one of the segments so as to at least partially overlap the first sheet, such that upon wrapping the second sheet, an electromagnetic information marker is created, the electromagnetic information marker including a first structure provided on the first sheet and a second structure provided on the second sheet. A rod-shaped aerosol-generating article, an aerosol-generating system, and a sheet, are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making a product for the consumption of smokable substances. A conical wrapped paper is secured to a glass filter tip providing a containment for measured amounts of smokable substance. The method includes the use of organic paper applied adhesives which may have enjoyment enhanced substances entrained within.

Abstract: An electronic vaping set, and in particular, an ultrasonic atomizer and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. An embodiment of the The-ultrasonic atomizer comprises an atomization cavity with an air inlet and a vapor outlet, wherein an ultrasonic atomization piece and various elements of the embodiment are arranged such that an inclined upward airflow channel from the air inlet to the vapor outlet is formed above the ultrasonic atomization piece. Embodiments of the present invention can reduce E-liquid droplets in vapor, thereby preventing the E-liquid droplets from being inhaled by a user, and improving the user experience.

Abstract: Aerosol generating material for inclusion in an aerosol provision system, such as an apparatus for heating aerosol generating material to volatilize at least one component of thereof, the aerosol generating material including an active substance and a volatile component incorporated in liquid form. The invention also relates to methods for preparing such materials and apparatus comprising such materials.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating article including a main reservoir to store aerosol-forming liquid; a capillary buffer reservoir in fluid communication with the main reservoir to store the aerosol-forming liquid due to capillary action; and a liquid conduit in fluid communication at least with the capillary buffer reservoir and being configured to provide the aerosol-forming liquid at an interface to an outside of the capillary buffer reservoir and the main reservoir, in which the liquid conduit includes a filament bundle, and in which the filament bundle includes a plurality of first filaments including or being made of a first susceptor material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery devices comprise a control device that includes a battery, a control component, and an outer housing that defines receiving chamber, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece portion, a tank that contains a liquid composition, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The cartridge and the control device each include at least one connector configured to provide a magnetic and an electrical connection between the cartridge and the control device such that the cartridge can be removably and operatively received into the cartridge receiving chamber of the control body, wherein the at least one connector of the cartridge is located on the mouthpiece portion.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device defines a flow path from an air inlet to an inhalable medium outlet. The device includes a container for containing a liquid; a wick for drawing liquid from the container into the flow path, and a heating element, upstream of the wick, for heating inlet air from the air inlet to generate a flow of heated air in the flow path in use. The device is arranged such that, in use, the flow of heated air generated in use passes over the wick to volatilize the liquid to generate, in use, a flow of aerosol in the flow path. The device includes a receiving portion in the flow path, downstream of the wick, for receiving an element for modifying a property of the flow of aerosol. A device including a shield element to shield the wick from a heating element is also disclosed.

Abstract: A vaporizer includes a storage storing a liquid aerosol generating material, a wick extending in one direction and absorbing the aerosol generating material through both end portions thereof that are connected to the storage, and a coil surrounding the wick a plurality of times at different winding intervals and heating the aerosol generating material absorbed by the wick, based on an absorption rate profile of the aerosol generating material which changes in the wick along the one direction.

Abstract: A heater arrangement for an aerosol generating device includes a tubular heating chamber including a cavity arranged to receive an aerosol generating substrate, a layer of insulation wrapped so as to circumferentially surround the heating chamber and an insulation support assembly including a rigid surround arranged around the heating chamber; wherein the insulation support assembly is arranged to engage the heating chamber and the insulation layer to hold the insulation layer in position around the heating chamber. Devices utilising such a heating arrangement display improved thermal insulation performance and allow for greater freedom in selecting insulating materials. The heater arrangement is also lower cost compared to conventional insulated heaters, for example those utilising vacuum tubes, as well as being lower weight. The insulation support assembly reduces heat transfer from the heater and also improves ease of assembly.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes a susceptor arranged to surround an aerosol generating article, and comprising a first layer including a magnetic material and a second layer including a first non-magnetic metal material; an induction coil configured to form a time-varying magnetic field in the susceptor assembly; a battery configured to supply power to the induction coil; and a processor configured to control the power supplied to the induction coil from the battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new type of atomizer which can solve the problems that the structure of the existing atomizer needs to be assembled many times, and oil leakage and atomized liquid pollution are easy to occur. The atomizer comprises: a central rod, a first sleeve, a suction nozzle and a first seal; the first sleeve is sleeved on the central rod, and the annular gap formed between the first sleeve and the central rod forms a storage tank; the suction nozzle is set on the top of the center rod and blocks the top of the first sleeve; the suction nozzle and the center rod are integrally formed; the suction nozzle is arranged with an oil filling port; the first seal is arranged between the first sleeve and the central rod, and is used for blocking the oil injection port.

Abstract: A component for use in an aerosol provision system is disclosed. The component includes a region through which, in use, an aerosol from the aerosol provision system passes, the component being configured to enable selective interaction of the aerosol with a substance locatable in the region.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an aerosol generating apparatus includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure in the accommodation portion, and a controller configured to determine whether the aerosol generating article is inserted into or removed from the accommodation portion and whether a user's puff has occurred on the aerosol generating article, based on whether pressure detected by the pressure sensor is increased or reduced from a reference value.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aerosol generation apparatus and a control method therefor, which relate to the technical field of smoking sets. The method includes: detecting whether a user smokes according to a real-time voltage value and a preset voltage threshold of a heater; and when it is detected that the user smokes, calculating smoking duration when the real-time voltage value is greater than or equal to the preset voltage threshold. Whether the user smokes is detected by means of the real-time voltage value and the preset voltage threshold of the heater, and then the smoking duration is calculated. On one hand, smoking of the user is detected without using a flow sensor and a temperature sensor, which reduces the cost; and on the other hand, the size of a printed circuit board is reduced, which facilitates product miniaturization.

Abstract: A device for air conduction heating, which includes: a heating conduit, a temperature detection module and a main control module. An inner cavity of the heating conduit is provided with a separation screen, the separation screen is configured to divide the inner cavity into a smoke chamber and a heating chamber in which a heating device is provided. The temperature detection module includes a first temperature sensor arranged on the smoke chamber and a second temperature sensor arranged on the separation screen. The main control module is electrically connected to the heating device and the temperature detection module respectively, and is configured to adjust a working power of the heating device according to a relationship between a preset temperature threshold temperature and a detection temperature collected by the temperature detection module. The detection temperature includes a temperature of the smoke chamber and a heating temperature.

Abstract: A sock or similar garment includes a foot part and a leg part, the foot part being designed to overlap the foot of a user and the leg part being designed to overlap at least part of the leg up to below the knee. Optionally, the foot part is closed by a toe part. The sock has, in one or more areas of its surface extension, one or more structural modification elements of at least one layer of the knitting that forms the wall of the stock. Those modification elements may be applied with different techniques, for example, printed with silk-screen, or incorporated or intertwined into or on the structure of the sock's mesh, and are configured to enhance the functionality of the leg and foot according to biomechanical, circulatory and neurological aspects, harmonizing those effects with each other, obtaining therapeutic efficacy and providing prevention and performance enhancement.

Abstract: A bib has a body portion made of hydrophobic, liquid-repelling material, the body having a neck aperture, a pocket for catching inadvertently dropped food and drink, and a spring member sewn into at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the body and/or pocket. The spring member may comprise a memory whereby the spring member resists deformation and returns to an extended shape when removed from the pouch. The body of the bib may have two ends that fasten together to form the neck aperture, allowing a user to easily wear and remove the bib. Additionally, the bib may further have a pouch coupled thereto wherein the liquid-repelling material may be folded and stored when not in use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brassiere including a brassiere front part including brassier left and right cups adapted to cover the left and right breasts of the brassier wearer and a left wing and a right wing correspondingly extending from the brassiere left cup and brassiere right cup, the front part defining a brassiere upper edge and a brassiere lower edge connected to a brassiere underhand including an brassiere underhand adjustor operable to adjust the brassiere underhand length to reconfigure the brassiere when breast pumps are positioned between the brassiere wearer breasts and the brassiere wearer side of the brassier cups to increase pumping efficiency or mitigate movement of breast pumps during expression and collection breast milk from the brassiere wearer.

Abstract: A swimsuit comprising a swimsuit body; a waistband extending from the swimsuit body and defining a waistband volume; and, an inflatable drawstring arranged at least partially within the waistband volume and configured to be removed therefrom.

Abstract: A back protection device for the practice of sporting activities includes a plate covering at least partially the surface of the back and in the thickness of which recesses are made intended to ensure the flexibility of the plate. The plate comprises a longitudinal ridge, the axis of which is intended to extend along the spine by delimiting, on either side, two right and left parts, each composed of an upper zone and a lower zone. The four zones are movable relative to each other, each being provided with recesses in the form of slots opening onto at least one face of the plate and being oriented with an inclination angle that is variable relative to the axis of the longitudinal ridge, so as to dissociate the flexibility of said zones.

Abstract: A wrist guard and a gloved wrist guard are disclosed for providing coverage and protection of the radiocarpal joint including the distal end of the radius, the ulna and the carpal bones as well as the dorsal aspect of the metacarpals.

Abstract: A disposable mask or optically transparent mask comprising a mask body is provided. The disposable mask includes a periphery, and straps attached to the mask body proximate the periphery for releasably retaining the mask on a user's face, the mask body including: an inner layer, which is a polymeric plastic material with a plurality of passageways therethrough, and which has an inner surface and an outer surface; and a porous glass filter which is functionalized with a visible light photocatalyst and abuts the outer surface of the inner layer. Apparel comprising fiberglass which is functionalized with a visible light photocatalyst is also provided.

Abstract: An object is to provide a mask frame capable of allowing a mouth to be less likely to be constrained by a frame at the time of talking while preventing a mask from coming into contact with a part around the mouth and a nose and capable of fitting to a face regardless of the face shape of each person and a method of using the mask frame.

Abstract: A surgical mask having partitions that isolate the respiration from the nose and mouth of a wearer into two separate compartments or volumes.

Abstract: In one aspect, a knitted loop for a mask or garment is formed by a process including providing a yarn, knitting the yarn to form an individual loop, cutting the individual loop to form two ends, and attaching at least one end of the two ends to a garment. In another aspect, a knitted loop for a mask or garment is formed by a process including providing a yarn, knitting the yarn to form a fabric tube, cutting the fabric tube into at least one individual loop, and attaching the at least one individual loop to a garment.

Abstract: The sealed face shield for playing musical instruments invention is a modified standard face shield that is closed off at the top and sides with one or more access ports through which musical instruments can be placed. The shield includes a flexible, clear, plastic film that covers the face from the forehead to past the chin and up to the front of the ears. The sides of the shield are pulled flush to the side of the head by a chin strap, ear loops, or a second head strap leaving only the bottom area of the face shield open. Openings are cut through the front or side of the shield for musical instruments to pass through. The holes are then replaced or covered with a material that allows the instrument to pass through the shield while still minimizing any aerosol from spraying outward during playing.

Abstract: A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield.