Abstract: Embodiments disclose herein an enhanced form of coffee which is infused with herbal supplements to promote health and fitness to the consumer. The proposed methodology involves adding the supplement product in any form and dissolved in water and/or solvent with or without heat. A determined supplement serving amount is added to a mixing container adding the appropriate water and/or solvent appropriate to 100% coffee bean absorption and providing heat if necessary. Once required output is achieved the herbal supplements are combined with processed green coffee beans or left for absorption for maximum output and taste.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of roasting coffee beans with a roasting apparatus (X), said roasting apparatus comprising a control system (80) configured to control the heating device (2) and to reproduce roasting recipes, said control implementing a feedback loop regulation based on the temperature Treg measured by the at least one temperature probe (5), wherein, before roasting coffee beans by reproducing coffee beans roasting recipes defined with one specific master roasting apparatus (M), the feedback loop regulation is adjusted, said operation of adjustment comprising the step applying pre-determined correction KC to the feedback loop regulation.

Abstract: A method and system for producing confectionery, wherein a tray with one or more mould cavities formed in moulding powder, such as starch, is provided. The moulding powder has an initial moisture content. Depositing liquid confectionery in the one or more mould cavities causes the moisture content of the moulding powder to increase. The tray is provided in a conditioning room configured for drying the deposited confectionery. The conditioning parameters of the conditioning room are adapted such that the moulding powder is dried to a desired moisture content, wherein the desired moisture content is such that the moulding powder is suitable for immediate re-use in subsequent confectionery production.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ingredient-stuffed soft candy that provides both of the texture of an ingredient felt during eating and the feeling of integration between the ingredient and a soft candy dough, and the shape retainability of the soft candy and to provide a soft candy that can provide a natural juicy feeling coming from the ingredient. The ingredient-stuffed soft candy includes an ingredient, a center dough containing the ingredient, and an outer-layer dough covering the center dough, in which the ingredient has a hardness of 1050 g or less at normal temperature, and the hardness of the center dough at normal temperature is relatively lower than the hardness of the outer-layer dough at normal temperature.

Abstract: Provided is a novel system, machines and consumables, and method for preparation of cooled edible products from their ingredients, for example, in a portioned amount constituting a defined number of servings which may be 1, 2, 3, etc. are provided. One example of such an edible product is ice cream.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to a method including demineralizing a protein liquor (i.e., a liquid portion of a lysed microcrop (e.g., Lemna) that has been separated to generate the liquid portion and a solid portion and having a composition including a soluble microcrop protein and a Vitamin B12) to generate a demineralized protein liquor. According to some embodiments, demineralizing the protein liquor may include diafiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis filtration, electrodialysis, and/or passing the protein liquor through an ion exchange resin (e.g., an anion exchange resin. a trialkyl ammonium salt having three methyl groups). In some embodiments, a method may further include concentrating a demineralized protein liquor to generate at least one of a milk base and an electrolyte drink.

Abstract: A combination of hemp protein, or whey protein, or whey isolate protein, or pea protein, and mushrooms to increase the health and wellbeing of a person ingesting the combination.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to meat analogue products suitable for the vegan consumer. In particular, it relates to a bacon analogue product and method of making thereof.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a fibrous product comprising protein and having a moisture content of at least 65% by weight by first preparing a homogenous mixture of protein material comprising cheese, a moisture binder material, a calcium-complex forming agent, a hydrocolloid which precipitates with metal cations and water at a temperature from 70 to 90° C. under high shear with the pH of the homogenous mixture being from 6.4 to 7.5. The homogenous mixture has a water content of at least 75% by weight, whilst total protein content is from 5 to 20% by weight. A solution of a metal cation with a valency of at least 2 is subsequently added in order to form the fibrous product. This fibrous product is then isolated and cooled. The fibrous product thus obtained is particularly suitable for use in preparing meat substitute products.

Abstract: A shaped vegetarian meat product comprising: 30-80 wt. % water; 5-35 wt. % oil, said oil having a solid fat content at 20 degrees Celsius (N20) of at least 1.5%; 2-25 wt. % protein selected from algal protein, bacterial protein, dairy protein, egg protein, fungal protein, plant protein, and combinations thereof; 0-40 wt. % of one or more particulate ingredients selected from herbs, spices, vegetables and combinations thereof. Wherein the vegetarian meat product contains at least 4 vol. % of oil droplets having an equivalent spherical diameter in the range of 100 micrometer to 1,000 micrometer as determined by means of micro computed tomography.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for improving feed efficiency in poultry, reducing morbidity and/or mortality in poultry from gastrointestinal disease, and reducing pathogen load in poultry and/or reducing pathogen contamination of meat or eggs from poultry, comprising administering Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or compositions made therefrom, e.g., an extract from a culture of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, or a composition comprising optionally dried live cell or cell components and/or supernatant from a Faecalibacterium prausnitzii culture (FPS) to the poultry; together with compositions useful in said methods, and methods of making the same.

Abstract: A method of preventing or treating muscle fatigue from exercise and/or for resistance to muscle fatigue from exercise, the method including orally administering at least one of oleuropein or metabolite thereof to an individual before, during and/or after the exercise. A unit dosage form contains at least one of oleuropein or metabolite thereof in an amount effective for administration of the unit dosage form before, during and/or after exercise to thereby prevent or treat muscle fatigue from the exercise and/or for resistance to muscle fatigue from exercise. A method of making a composition for preventing or treating muscle fatigue from exercise and/or for resistance to muscle fatigue from exercise, the method including adding an effective amount of at least one of oleuropein or metabolite thereof to at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of protein, carbohydrate, and fat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a feed additive for improving intestinal structure of Larimichthys crocea, a feed and use, and belongs to the field of aquatic animal nutritional feeds. The feed additive includes glyceryl monolaurate. The present disclosure further provides a feed containing the feed additive, and a mass percentage of the glyceryl monolaurate in the feed is 0.04%. The present disclosure further provides use of the feed additive in improving the intestinal structure of the L. crocea, and the use lasts for at least 70 days. The feed provided by the present disclosure can effectively improve intestinal morphological change, reduced intestinal villi, reduced intestinal perimeter ratio, and intestinal barrier damage caused by replacement of fish oil with soybean oil; and damage of intestinal antioxidant activity caused by replacement of fish oil with soybean oil is relieved.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of producing animal feed made up of oligosaccharide compositions, as well as methods of producing such oligosaccharide compositions and animal feed compositions, and methods of using such animal feed compositions to enhance animal growth.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a beverage with increased fullness. In particular, the present invention aims to provide a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage with increased fullness. The present invention relates to a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing 2?-deoxyadenosine at a concentration of 1 ppm or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are methodology and apparatus for freezing the exterior crust of products, such as food products, in a manner that does not cause the exterior of the product to adhere to the surface on which it is placed during or after the freezing.

Abstract: A food processing apparatus includes a reaction tank having an internal space for storing a reactant that is in a liquid state and that is used for food, a cooler that cools a reactant stored in the reaction tank, and a catalytic reactor disposed in the internal space. The catalytic reactor includes a reaction tube, a light source disposed in the interior of the reaction tube, and a heat insulator disposed between the reaction tube and the light source. The outer surface of the reaction tube is provided with a photocatalyst. The reaction tube allows light radiated from the light source to pass therethrough. The reaction tube has a first end, and the first end is closed so as to serve as a bottom surface of the reaction tube. The thermal conductivity of the heat insulator is lower than the thermal conductivity of the reaction tube.

Abstract: A method for producing black ginseng concentrate is characterized by including steps of adding red ginseng to a continuous steaming-dryer followed by steaming, cooling, and drying to prepare black ginseng, carrying out extraction by adding alcohol to crushed black ginseng obtained by crushing the black ginseng prepared above followed by filtration to prepare black ginseng extract, and concentrating the black ginseng extract prepared above by using a plate type evaporative concentrator followed by heat treatment, and the present invention also relates to black ginseng concentrate prepared by the aforementioned method.

Abstract: A hydrolysate product from a vegetal matrix is disclosed, the process for its preparation, and its uses in human and animal diet. This hydrolysate contains a high percentage of pentosans with a low molecular weight that thus offers highbiodavailability of soluble fibres. This enables the drawbacks to be overcome that are associated with high consumption of wholefood products, at the same time benefiting from the nutritional components contained therein.

Abstract: A method for processing seeds into a paste-like food product is presented. The method comprises mixing the seeds into the paste-like product by using a mixer, heating the paste-like product by using the mixer, transferring the paste-like product to a tank, and circulating the paste-like product over the tank and a heat exchanger through which a cooling media flows, such that the paste-like product is cooled.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of spoonable food compositions that can be distributed via the ambient channel One embodiment of the present invention relates to a spoonable ambient food composition. The spoonable food composition of the present invention can be used as a meal alternative.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel exquisite VCF as well as the inventive methodology for its production. It involves the disruption of the structure of the natural vegan compatible raw material and creation of the VCF structure by sophisticated inventive processing taking advantage of relevant properties of vegan compatible raw material. VCF contain all nutrients and active ingredients of the vegan compatible raw materials used. The composition of such inventive nutrition is adaptable to common and personalized nutritional requirements.

Abstract: A method of making a clear beverage concentrate, which comprises a nanoemulsion of a liquid flavour oil in an aqueous phase, comprising the emulsification of the flavour oil into water in the presence of an emulsifier, which emulsifier consists of at least 5% by weight quillaja saponins, optionally containing at least one other emulsifier, characterised in that, prior to emulsification, the pH of the aqueous phase is adjusted to 4.0 maximum. The method allows the preparation of beverages that not only are crystal-clear, but which also have substantially more of the full flavour of the original flavour oil.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a composition for nutritional supplementation that prevents damage caused by oxidative stress, having as its principle components xanthophyll compounds of microalgae, and methods of use and manufacture of the compositions. The compositions may be effective for multiple health-related conditions, as well as the promotion of gastrointestinal health and wellness. The disclosure also describes a functional suspension composition containing, among other components, xanthophylls, such as astaxanthin and fucoxanthin, in a stable oil-in-water suspension. The functional suspension composition optionally also includes additional functional and/or nutraceutical ingredients effective for one or more health benefits. Methods of application for health maintenance or the treatment of diseases with the compositions are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions of dietary fiber and nonnutritive bulk sweeteners and/or nonnutritive high-intensity sweeteners and/or flavors in a hard, amorphous structure that can be administered to humans and dissolves slowly in the mouth and supports gastrointestinal tract health.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roasting and processing apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated coffee processing device (60, 70); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device (50) further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means (53) and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database (51) in this control unit and/or according to the user input; the roasted coffee beans being transferred into a coffee processing device (60, 70) for beverage preparation, the roasting device (50) comprising a data transfer function to communicate product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type to the coffee processing device (60, 70); the coffee processing device (60, 70) rec

Abstract: Present invention relates to food industry, particularly, to the field of protein-based products as meat substitutes. More particularly, the invention is the system and method for printing food products similar to animal meat from textured vegetable protein and animal cell material via micro-extruding technology. The meat substitute printing system consists of a printing device including a protein material delivery system and a cellular material delivery system of one type at least; a positioning device of the printing device with at least 5 degrees of freedom on various axes and configured to displace the printing device in space as it was preprogrammed, and a control system.

Abstract: A retractable guide (200) is provided for use in a cooling die (202) for the manufacture of extruded food products. The retractable guide (200) is configured to be secured between an input end and an output end of the cooling die (202). A method of high moisture extrusion suitable for manufacturing foodstuffs is also provided, which comprises inserting the retractable guide (200) into a cooling die (202).

Abstract: A method of treating tobacco leaves for separating the lamina from rib, includes: collecting the leaves in mannochi, and subjecting them to a shredder, where portions of the lamina of each leaf are torn from the remaining part of the leaf, separating portions of lamina from the remaining part of the leaf, by air, in at least one classification chamber, directly transferring portions of torn lamina to subsequent drying and packaging processes, passing the remaining parts of the leaf through a multi-stage beating line, in each of which progressive separation of portions of the lamina from the remaining part of the leaf is caused or to obtain at the exit of said beating line, an almost total separation of the lamina from the rib, transferring the separated portions of lamina to subsequent drying and packaging processes, transferring the pieces of rib exiting the beating line to the packaging.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco product includes a tobacco material and a specific starch material that imparts specific textural properties to the product. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco product with a desired textural property is also provided.

Abstract: A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a molten smokeless tobacco composition, and cooling the molten smokeless tobacco composition to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing organic material and loading the organic material into a cone comprises a cylindrical body, a grinder assembly, a cone holder, and a funnel. The cylindrical body includes top and bottom openings. The grinder assembly is removably attached to the top opening of the cylindrical body and is configured to grind the organic material. The grinder assembly includes a hole for the ground organic material to pass through. The cone holder extends into the bottom opening of the main cylindrical body and is releasably secured thereto. The cone holder includes an aperture for receiving the cone. The funnel comprises a wide portion for receiving the ground material that passes through the hole of the grinder assembly and a narrow portion that extends into an end opening of the cone when the cone is held by the cone holder in the cylindrical body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article (1) comprising an information code (101). More specifically, a smoking article for use in an aerosol generation device (2), comprises a machine-readable pattern (101) representing coded data on a surface area (102) of a layer comprised by the smoking article, wherein the pattern is formed by a plurality of recesses in and/or protrusions from the surface area, or perforations of the layer in the surface area.

Abstract: An edible mouthpiece system for use with a smokable item (e.g., a cigar, a cigarette, a pre-roll cone, an empty cone, a pre-rolled or hand-rolled cigarette, etc.) is provided. The edible mouthpiece may generally comprise candy (e.g., hard candy, chewing gum, etc.), or other types of edible materials. During use, the edible mouthpiece is coupled with the mouth end of a smokable item, comes into physical contact with the user's mouth, and provides flavoring thereto to enhance the smoking experience. Smoke from the smokable item also may be enhanced with flavor while passing through an inner passageway within the mouthpiece to the user's mouth.

Abstract: A cigar cutter includes a main body and a cutting member configured to move relative to each other, and a locking assembly for locking the cutting member. The main body includes at least one cutting lot extending horizontally, and a vertical through hole formed at the cutting sot. The cutting member includes at least one cutter configured to slide along the cutting slot and a positioning column, and the positioning column is configured to slide along a positioning slot correspondingly formed on the main body. The locking assembly is connected to one end of the positioning slot away from the cutting member and is used to lock or unlock the positioning column, such that the relative positions of the cutting member and the main body are secured during closing of the cigar cutter.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system including a housing having an air outlet and an air inlet upstream of the housing air outlet; and a cartridge disposed within the housing. The cartridge includes a fluid-permeable heating element within a cartridge body; a cartridge air inlet; a cartridge air outlet; and an airflow path extending from the cartridge air inlet to the cartridge air outlet, via the fluid-permeable heating element. At least a portion of the cartridge may move between a first position, in which air from the housing air inlet is blocked from flowing to the housing air outlet, via the cartridge air inlet, the fluid-permeable heating element, and the cartridge air outlet; and a second position, in which an unrestricted airflow path exists from the housing air inlet to the housing air outlet, via the cartridge air inlet, the fluid-permeable heating element, and the cartridge air outlet.

Abstract: Provided are a graphene electronic heating device and a preparation method thereof. The graphene electronic heating device comprises a graphene layer, which is used as a heat source for fully heating a to-be-combusted substance in an accommodating cavity, a Teflon layer and a ceramic layer, which are arranged for realizing that the to-be-combusted substance can be continuously and stably combusted in the accommodating cavity without peculiar smell diffusion, and meanwhile increasing the endurance time of the graphene electronic heating device under the equal energy storage; the preparation method has simple process, convenient process control and stable product quality, and facilitates to large-scale production.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device comprising a heating chamber is disclosed. The heating chamber comprises an opening arranged to receive an aerosol generating medium; and a heating element for heating the aerosol generating medium, wherein the heating element is fixed with respect to the heating chamber, wherein the heating chamber has a base portion that is moveable along a length of the heating chamber, and wherein the base portion comprises at least one piercing element configured to pierce the aerosol generating medium received in the heating chamber.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device comprises: a tubular heating chamber comprising an opening arranged to receive a consumable; a heater comprising a heating region which extends over a portion of the total length of the tubular heating chamber, the heating region comprising a first end closest to the opening and an opposing second end; an elongate consumable arranged to be received such that it lies along the length of the heating chamber, the consumable comprising an aerosol substrate which extends over a portion of the total length of the consumable; and wherein the heating chamber and consumable are configured such that, when the consumable is received within the heating chamber, the first end of the heating region is aligned with a first end of the aerosol substrate such that the second end of the aerosol substrate extends beyond the second end of the heating region.

Abstract: A main body, an atomizing device, and an aerosol generating device. The main body includes a housing, a separator, an air inlet passage, and a first electrode. An opening is formed at an end of the housing. The separator is located in the housing and splits an internal space of the housing into a first cavity located on a side away from the opening and a second cavity located on a side of the opening. The air inlet passage is within the first cavity and the separator. The air inlet passage communicates with the outer air through the first cavity, and an air outlet end of the air inlet passage communicates with the second cavity, and protrudes from an end surface of the separator located at the second cavity. The first electrode is at the separator and protrudes from the end surface of the separator located at the second cavity.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the present disclosure includes a body having therein an elongated hollow portion; a cartridge coupled to the body and comprising: a first chamber configured to store a liquid; a second chamber disposed adjacent to the first chamber; a wick disposed in the second chamber to receive the liquid from the first chamber; and a heater configured to heat the wick; a connection passage configured to allow communication between the hollow portion and the second chamber of the cartridge; an inflow passage formed at the cartridge to allow external air to enter the second chamber; and a sensor disposed adjacent to the inflow passage and configured to sense flow of air passing through the inflow passage.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: an indicator system; a motion detector; and a controller; the motion detection unit being configured to detect movement of the device and to identify a first gesture and a second gesture different from the first gesture, in which, in response to the first gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of progress of the usage session, and in which, in response to the second gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is further configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of the number of usage sessions available.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the present disclosure includes a body; a cartridge coupled to the body, wherein the cartridge comprises: a first container providing a storage space, a second container adjacent to the first container, a wick disposed to be in communication with the storage space, and a heater configured to heat the wick; and a light source disposed at the body so as to be adjacent to the cartridge and configured to provide light to the cartridge, wherein the first container includes a window formed to allow light provided by the light source to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A clothing garment accessory includes a metal strip configured to be positioned inside an existing garment fabric while being worn by a user. The strip is flexible and configured to be morphed into a coiled helical shape at a bottom hem of the existing garment fabric. The metal strip is further configured to create a knot-like appearance at the bottom hem of the existing garment fabric. The metal strip is hidden from ambient lines of sight exterior of the existing garment fabric when the knot-like appearance exists at the bottom hem of the existing garment fabric.

Abstract: A separable undergarment is provided. The separable undergarment includes a flexible body having a front panel affixed to a rear panel via a central portion that contains a pocket. A first set of complementary fasteners is disposed along a first lateral edge of the front and rear panels. A second set of complementary fasteners is disposed along a second lateral edge of the front and rear panels. The front panel is removably securable to the rear panel via the first and second sets of complementary fasteners to define an assembled configuration. A pair of cutouts are disposed between the front panel and the rear panel on opposing sides of the flexible body defining a pair of leg openings when the flexible body is in the assembled configuration. A pair of pull tabs are affixed to each of the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge of the rear panel.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a swaddle wrap that can, in some embodiments, include a first portion having a backing layer, a front layer, and a first enclosure between the backing layer and the front layer, and a second portion coupled with the first portion, the second portion having a backing layer, a front layer, and a second enclosure between the backing layer and the front layer of the second portion. In some embodiments, the swaddle wrap can be configured to be moved from a first state to a second state, the first enclosure can be configured to receive therein at least both feet of a baby in the second state, and the second enclosure can be configured to receive therein at least both feet of the baby in the second state to secure the swaddle wrap to the baby without the use of any fasteners or ties.

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: The present disclosure provides a garment having an interior surface which is specially adapted to hold crystals and other objects with healing properties against the skin of a user. This may be achieved either by having a plurality of mesh pocket pouches disposed on the interior surface, or by a plurality of mounting points each configured to receive an adapter with the crystal held therein. An adapter comprising a holding cup with a layer of adhesive for attaching a crystal and a hook and loop surface for mounting to such a garment is therefore also provided herein.

Abstract: An adjustable multi-layer bra includes an inner bra layer and an outer bra layer. The bra includes a pulley system provided on the front of the bra for lifting the inner bra layer relative to the outer bra layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of hydration and cooling devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cooling garment device, further comprised of a water reservoir and at least one drinking straw. The garment is preferably manufactured from a breathable, moisture wicking, fabric base layer that cools a wearer. The straw can further be easily accessed while wearing the garment to allow a wearer to drink water or other liquid that is stored within the water reservoir. In addition, a wearer can also release water from the straw and/or reservoir into the base layer of the garment to further cool oneself. Furthermore, the garment may have a thermometer that reads the internal body temperature of the wearer.