Abstract: Diet beverages containing at least one sweetener and certain magnesium and/or calcium salts, particularly magnesium and/or calcium C2-C9 organic acid salts, and optionally one or more taste modifying substances are provided. Use of the salts and optional taste modifying substances improves one or more taste attributes of the beverage, thereby improving the flavor profile.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverages and throw syrups comprising Reb A, and at least one foam suppressing agent comprising Reb E, stevioside, rubusoside, Reb C, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a stream of input material made up of pieces of meat and separating a first material and a second material from the input material. The first material includes liquified meat fat and the second material includes raw lean meat. Fat granules are formed from a portion of the first material. A quantity of the meat fat granules at a meat fat blending temperature are then combined with a quantity of the second material at a lean meat blending temperature to produce a target comminuted meat product having a target lean point.

Abstract: A container or device in a combination for thawing frozen food items in a thawing process is described. It is at least partially filled with a fixed amount of water, with the food items in a leak-proof package completely submerged within the water. A housing of the device or container has slits that serve as inlets for the water to be drawn therein. A submersible pump within the housing agitates water from the container that is drawn in through the slits. An agitator outlet of the housing or container exhausts the water agitated by the pump into the container so as to be continuously circulated over the one or more frozen food items. This is done at specified water temperature and flowrate ranges such that no food items within the leak-proof package exceed 40° F. during the thawing process.

Abstract: Refined poultry fat comprising less than about 300 ppm of minerals and metals, wherein the refined poultry fat is resistant to bacterial growth when challenged with a bacterial species. The refined poultry fat is prepared from rendered poultry fat by a process comprising introducing moisture into the rendered poultry fat product to form a hydrated poultry fat product; (b) agitating and heating the hydrated poultry fat product such that droplets of water are dispersed throughout and coalesce with water-soluble impurities and/or particulate impurities in the hydrated poultry fat product to form a plurality of water-laden particles; and (c) removing the plurality of water-laden particles. The refined poultry fat can be used as an ingredient in the animal food industry, or can be used in the renewable energy industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing radish-wrapped and radish-wrapped for sushi manufactured thereby. The method of manufacturing radish-wrapped for sushi according to the present invention makes it possible to manufacture radish-wrapped with a thin thickness which can easily wrap sushi. In addition, the radish-wrapped manufactured by the present invention can provide a crunchy texture and add umami to sushi. Furthermore, the radish-wrapped manufactured by the present invention is pickled, so it is easy to store for a long period of time, and perforations are drilled so that the peculiar smell of radish can be removed and formation of air bubbles in ingredients in sushi can be blocked, and as a result, it has an excellent effect of maintaining the taste of sushi even after a certain period of time.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing food additives uses banana stem inner core (banana pseudostem) as a flavor enhancer, texture modifier, and/or process improvement additive. Such banana-pseudostem food additives can be used in food product recipes as taste modifiers, carriers of tasting agents, flavor enhancers, flavor retainers, flavor accepters, or flavoring agents. Also, such banana-pseudostem food additives can be used as texture modifiers, food product softeners, water retainers, volume modifiers, and color modifiers.

Abstract: An oral product includes a matrix including a mixture of a plurality of capsules, a powdered component, a viscous component and a binder and wherein the matrix is molded into a shape. In a preferred embodiment, the capsules provide functional and flavorful ingredients. In an embodiment, the matrix is enclosed in a porous material that forms a pouch.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to food comprising (i) an outer layer comprising flour or dough and (ii) a filling comprising a gel filling comprising a gelling agent selected from one or both of carrageenan and low methoxyl pectin, in which the gel filling is a thermally-reversible gel. Food comprising such gel fillings can be vegetarian or vegan and advantageously allow the re-solidification of the gelling agent following heating to reform the gel filling in the heated food.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to food comprising (i) an outer layer comprising flour or dough and (ii) a filling comprising a gel filling comprising a gelling agent selected from one or both of carrageenan and low methoxyl pectin, in which the gel filling is a thermally-reversible gel. Food comprising such gel fillings can be vegetarian or vegan and advantageously allow the re-solidification of the gelling agent following heating to reform the gel filling in the heated food.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional formulation of yoghurt type, a cream, a dessert cream, an iced dessert or sorbet and a cheese and containing a pea protein isolate, characterized in that the pea protein isolate: contains between 0.5 and 2% of free amino acids, has a viscosity: from 13 to 16×10?3 Pa·s. at a shear rate of 10 s?1, from 10 to 14×10?3 Pa·s. at shear rate of 40 s?1, and from 9.8 to 14×10?3 Pa·s. at a shear rate of 600 s?1, has a solubility: from 30 to 40% in pH zones from 4 to 5 from 40 to 70% in pH zones from 6 to 8. The invention also relates to the use of this nutritional formulation as a single protein source or as a food supplement, intended for infants, children and/or adults.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides food compositions for humans comprising a Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolate or whole cell product, wherein the Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolate or whole cell product is composed of at least 70% crude protein; has a protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) of at least 0.9; and has a ?13C of about ?70‰ to about ?30‰. Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolates or whole cell products provided herein are useful for the manufacture of meat substitutes as well as other food compositions, such as protein bars, nutritional beverages, protein supplement powders, frozen non-dairy desserts, and baked goods.

Abstract: A method of washing a food product with a short-term, intense treatment solution. One example method generally includes: applying, using a short-term wash device, a short-term wash treatment solution to the food product; and applying, using a wash device coupled to the short-term wash device, a wash treatment to the food product such that the wash treatment rinses the short-term wash treatment solution from the food product, wherein: the short-term wash treatment solution is applied to the food product for a shorter duration than the wash treatment is applied to the food product; the short-term wash treatment solution is chemically different from the wash treatment; and the short-term wash treatment solution comprises an acidulant and a polyol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional (3D) printing ink for Pleurotus eryngii and a preparation method for and use of the 3D printing ink and a preparation method for 3D printed food of Pleurotus eryngii. The present disclosure adopts Pleurotus eryngii freeze-dried powder which reduces a moisture content of Pleurotus eryngii. In addition, the problem that the Pleurotus eryngii with high fiber content blocks a nozzle for 3D printing can be solved by making the Pleurotus eryngii into small particle powder, and bioactive substances in the Pleurotus eryngii can be retained as much as possible. The addition of hydrocolloid can improve rheological properties of the Pleurotus eryngii freeze-dried powder, which increases viscosity of the 3D printing ink for Pleurotus eryngii, and enhances mechanical strength of the 3D printing ink, such that the ink can maintain the print shape and is not easy to collapse.

Abstract: A composition for coating an edible substrate including about 85.0 wt % to about 95.0 wt % of a cellulose film former (e.g., hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), about 5.0 wt % to about 15.0 wt % of a plasticizer (e.g., glycerin), and about 1.0 wt % to about 4.0 wt % of a lubricant selected from sunflower oil, vegetable oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, mineral oil, a fatty acid, or a combination thereof, relative to the total weight of non-water components of the composition.

Abstract: An injection machine for producing degradable edible objects includes a material pipe with an axial pipeline and an injection head; a spiral rod being a screw thread passed into the pipeline and having a feeding section, a compressed section and a metering section, and the feeding and metering sections separately having equal diameters, and the metering section having an outer diameter greater than that of the feeding section, and the compressed section having an outer diameter gradually increasing from the feeding section to the metering section, and the front end of the spiral rod being provided with a spiral rod head, and an injection nozzle being screwed with the injection head, and the heating unit being installed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the material pipe, the injection head and the injection nozzle.

Abstract: A device for generating flying edible foams or is provided that includes a container (2) suitable for holding liquids that has a lower housing (2a), provided with a lateral perforation (3), suitable for inserting a tube through which the gas is introduced, and an upper housing (2b) that is separated from the lower housing by means of a filter provided with holes (4). The filter (4) can be is a metal plate, with a plurality of holes (4a) distributed on its surface with a diameter such that they prevent the fluid deposited thereon from moving through said holes towards the lower portion of the container but allow the passage of the gas from the lower portion of the container towards the upper portion thereof through the fluid deposited on the filter (4).

Abstract: This tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler contains a tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle diameter (D90) of at least 200 ?m in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by a dry laser diffraction method.

Abstract: A vaporizer device may include a pressure sensor and an ambient pressure sensor. The pressure sensor may be configured to measure a first pressure in an air flow path in the vaporizer device. The ambient pressure sensor may be configured to measure a second pressure corresponding to an atmospheric pressure. The vaporizer device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to transition the vaporizer device to a first standby mode when the first pressure is equal to or greater than the second pressure for a first threshold quantity of time. While the vaporizer device is in the first standby mode, the controller may be further configured to transition the vaporizer device to a second standby mode when the second pressure is a threshold quantity greater than the first pressure and no motion event is detected for a second threshold quantity of time.

Abstract: An article for use as or as part of an aerosol provision system. The article may be a combustible aerosol provision system or a consumable for a non-combustible aerosol provision system. The article can include a component having an upstream end and a downstream end. The component can include a first material and a second material including an amorphous solid material. The amorphous solid material extends substantially longitudinally through the component between the upstream end and the downstream end and has a length of at least about 70% of the length of the component between the upstream and downstream ends.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system includes a tobacco medium accommodation portion and a moisturizer accommodation portion located at an upstream end or a downstream end of the tobacco medium accommodation portion. In addition, an aerosol generation system includes an aerosol generation device including an elongated cavity for accommodating the cigarette, a first heater for heating the tobacco medium accommodation portion, and a second heater for heating the moisturizer accommodation portion.

Abstract: A magnetic band for smoking device is presented. The magnetic band for smoking device contains a band body, at least one mounting platform, at least one magnet aperture, at least one magnet cavity, and at least one magnet insert. The band body contains an interior surface and an exterior surface. The at least one mounting platform is positioned adjacent to the exterior surface. The at least one mounting platform is distributed about the exterior surface of the band body. Each of the at least one magnet cavity is positioned within each of the at least one mounting platform. Each of the at least one magnet aperture traverses from the band body to each of the at least one magnet cavity. Each of the at least one magnet insert is positioned within each of the at least one magnet cavity.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods using embedded magnets are provided. In some embodiments, a system of using embedded magnets in a humidor is provided. In some embodiments, devices, systems and methods for attaching a humidor accessory to a humidor are provided.

Abstract: An aerosol generation set includes an aerosol generation device defining a device body extending between two body ends, the device body including a device magnetic element; a case defining a cavity able to receive the aerosol generation device and a movable part movable from a closed position to an opened position further to a trigger event, the case including a case magnetic element arranged facing the device magnetic element when the aerosol generation device is received in the cavity; and an electric circuitry configured to detect the trigger event and upon its detection, activate magnetic interaction between said magnetic elements to push at least one body end from the cavity, when the aerosol generation device is received in the cavity.

Abstract: A liquid storage body for a vaporizer includes: a liquid storage housing; a mounting structure arranged in the liquid storage housing for mounting and positioning a vaporization body, the mounting structure dividing a space inside the liquid storage housing into a liquid storage cavity located at an upper portion for accommodating a liquid substrate, and a mounting cavity located at a lower portion for accommodating the vaporization body; and at least one liquid discharging opening communicating the liquid storage cavity with the mounting cavity.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for filtering smoke. In an aspect, smoking filtration devices and smoke filtration device assemblies are disclosed herein. Accordingly, disclosed herein are interchangeable valve assemblies, ignition assemblies and interchangeable components, interchangeable filter assemblies, detachable mouthpiece assemblies, and electronic assemblies.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an assembly for an aerosol provision device for heating aerosol-generating material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol-generating material. The assembly can include a heating zone for receiving aerosol-generating material to be heated, a structure, and at least one continuous electrically conductive path supported by the structure and configured to perform a first function of detecting temperature of the heating zone on the basis of an electrical resistance of the at least one path and/or a second function of heating the heating zone by resistance heating. The at least one path extends along at least two distinct portions of the structure. The at least one path can include a multiplicity of turns within each of the at least two distinct portions of the structure. The at least two distinct portions of the structure are offset from each other by a gap which is substantially free of the at least one path.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a heater configured to heat a vaporizable material to generate aerosol, a battery configured to power the heater, and at least a millimeter-wave radar configured to detect moving objects around the aerosol generation device and to generate detection data representative of a position of the moving objects.

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

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector, a first plus-side circuit, a second plus-side circuit having one end connected to the positive electrode, including a second plus-side switch, and connected in parallel with the first plus-side circuit, a minus-side switch connected to the negative electrode, and a controller configured to execute predetermined control based on a voltage applied to the fixed resistor or the heater connector when the first plus-side switch and the minus-side switch are ON. One or both of a first condition in which the first plus-side switch is different from at least one of the second plus-side switch and the minus-side switch and a second condition in which the second plus-side switch is different from the minus-side switch is satisfied.

Abstract: A method for controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device including an inductive heating arrangement and a power source to provide power, including: performing, during a first heating phase, a calibration process for defining first and second calibration values associated with respective first and second calibration temperatures of a susceptor to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and during a second heating phase, controlling power to maintain a target operating value within the values, controlling the power to cause an increase of susceptor temperature, monitoring a value associated with current, interrupting power when the value reaches a first extremum corresponding to the second calibration value, monitoring the value until it reaches a second extremum corresponding to the first calibration value, and in response to determining that the value reached a minimum, repeating the steps, the calibration values corresponding to values associated with current measured during a first repetition

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol-generating device including a heating assembly including an accommodation space into which at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article is accommodated, and at least one spiral coil arranged outside of the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field. The spiral coil has a plate shape curved along a circumference direction of the accommodation space and a center around which the spiral coil is wound is at an external surface of the accommodation space.

Abstract: A vapor generation device is configured to heat a vapor generation article to generate an aerosol for inhalation, including: a cavity, configured to receive a vapor generation article; a susceptor, configured to be penetrated by a changing magnetic field and generate heat, to heat the vapor generation article received in the cavity; an extractor, at least partially received in the cavity and configured to extract the vapor generation article vapor generation article through movement in an axial direction of the cavity or removal from the cavity; an induction coil, configured to generate the changing magnetic field and held on the extractor; and a first electrical contact, configured to conduct with the induction coil when the extractor is received in the cavity, to supply power to the induction coil.

Abstract: An aerosol generation assembly (10) includes an upright ceramic (100) and a heating element (200). The upright ceramic (100) includes a solid post (110) and at least one liquid-conducting projection (120) arranged on the solid post (110). A gas channel zone (101) is formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projections (120) and an outside wall of the solid post (110). A liquid passage zone (102) is formed on the liquid-conducting projection (120). The heating element (200) is at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post (110) and located in the gas channel zone (101).

Abstract: A vaporization body includes: a vaporization cavity; at least two vaporization cores, each vaporization core of the at least two vaporization cores having at least two heating surfaces that are in air communication with the vaporization cavity; an air inlet channel for communicating the vaporization cavity with an outside; and a diverging structure arranged at an outlet of the air inlet channel that is close to the vaporization cavity. The diverging structure diverges airflow from the air inlet channel and guide the airflow to the at least two heating surfaces.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus detects an input operation by a user, and, in accordance with the detected input operation, unlock a locked state of the apparatus or unlock the locked state and execute a predetermined function according to the detected input operation. If the apparatus is not in the locked state, the apparatus discriminatively receives a first operation and a second operation of a different operation mode, and if the apparatus is in the locked state, the apparatus receives the first operation.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, the power supply unit: a power supply; a power supply connector to which the power supply is connected; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming a power supplied from the power supply is connected; a controller configured to control a supply of a power from the power supply to the heater; a first circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted; a second circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted and which is separated from the first circuit board; and a step-up IC configured to step up a voltage supplied from the power supply and output the stepped-up voltage to the heater. The power supply connector and the step-up IC are not mounted on the second circuit board, but are mounted on the first circuit board.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device configured to operate in a sleep mode, includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply is connected; a controller configured to control a supply of the power from the power supply to the heater; and a first electronic component configured to operate by a first accessory voltage generated from the power supply and separating from the controller. The first accessory voltage is not supplied to the first electronic component when the power supply unit operates in the sleep mode.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, thermistors, thermistor connectors connected to the thermistors, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board separate from the first circuit board. The heater connector is disposed on the second circuit board of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The number of the thermistor connectors disposed on the first circuit board is larger than the number of the thermistor connectors disposed on the second circuit board.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is provided that includes a coupler structured to engage a consumable including aerosol-generating material, the aerosol provision device or the consumable further including an aerosol generator. The device includes a communication interface configured to enable a wireless connection, and processing circuitry configured to control power provided to the aerosol generator to energize the aerosol-generating material of the consumable to generate aerosol for delivery to a user. And the processing circuitry is further configured to activate a timer to measure an elapsed time, and automatically lock the aerosol provision device, responsive to a timeout condition in which no computer on a whitelist of one or more computers is in wireless range of the communication interface when the elapsed time reaches a specified period of time.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a connector to which a heater for heating aerosol source is connected, a control unit for controlling supply of power to the heater and charge operation of the power supply, and a measurement circuit for measuring state of the power supply. The control unit has a first terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and acquires first index according to the information supplied to the first terminal. The measurement circuit has a second terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and generates second index according to the information supplied to the second terminal and provides the second index to the control unit. The control unit controls the charge operation of the power supply in accordance with the first index and the second index.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device, includes a control unit configured to control supply of power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source using the power supplied from a power supply and a charge of the power supply, and a measurement circuit configured to measure a state of the power supply, wherein the measurement circuit includes a detection circuit configured to detect that the state of the power supply is an abnormal state, and an output unit configured to output an abnormality notification in response to the detection by the detection circuit.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device including a plurality of boards including a first board. The power supply unit also includes a control unit configured to control supply of power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source using the power supplied from a power supply, a resistor arranged in a path to which a current output from the power supply flows, and a measurement circuit configured to measure a state of the power supply using the resistor. The resistor and the measurement circuit are arranged on the first board.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, the power supply unit includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming a power supplied from the power supply is connected; a controller configured to control a supply of a power from the power supply to the heater and including a power supply terminal configured to receive a power for operation; a switch configured to connect the power supply and the power supply terminal of the controller; and a restart circuit configured to control opening and closing of the switch. The restart circuit performs a first operation of opening the switch when a restart condition is satisfied, and performs a second operation of closing the switch after performing the first operation.

Abstract: A method for controlling heating of multi-taste and multi-pin heating wires. The method includes: providing an atomizing core structure including heating wires, obtaining all operating states of the atomizing core structure under different operating modes, at least one of the heating wires operates under the same operating state, the atomizing core structure has at least two operating states in the same operating mode; determining a current service life of the heating wires based on an operating time of the heating wires; and determining, based on the current service life of the heating wires and a current operating mode of the atomizing core structure, a current operating state of the heating wires in the current operating mode, so that current service lives of all of the heating wires are similar.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a device NFC antenna; and a device communication module connected to the device NFC antenna and configured to communicate with an external device using the device NFC antenna. The device communication module is configured to transmit output data to the external device by encoding this output data into a carrier wave using the device NFC antenna and receive input data from the external device by decoding this input data from an electromagnetic wave received by the device NFC antenna.

Abstract: A power source unit for an aerosol generation device, comprises a communication module configured to communicate with an external device, a power source configured to supply power for driving a heater configured to heat an aerosol source, a controller configured to control the supply of the power from the power source to the heater, and a first circuit board on which the communication module, integrated circuits, and electronic components different from the integrated circuit are mounted. A distance between the communication module and the integrated circuits is longer than a distance between the communication module and the electronic components.

Abstract: A power source unit for an aerosol generation device comprises: a communication module including an integrated circuit portion and an antenna portion; and a power source configured to supply power for driving a heater configured to heat an aerosol source. The power source unit comprises a controller configured to control the supply of the power from the power source to the heater; and a circuit board on which the communication module and an electronic component are mounted. A first side edge portion closest to the communication module is located at a position closer to the antenna portion than the integrated circuit portion.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater, a charging IC, a receptacle electrically connectable to an external power supply and including a power supply terminal, a power supply line configured to connect the power supply terminal and the input terminal, a first protection component provided in the power supply line, a first board, and a second board separate from the first board. The charging IC is disposed on the first board. The receptacle is disposed on the second board. The first protection component is disposed only on the second board of the first board and the second board.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply is connected; a controller configured to control supply of power from the power supply to the heater and including a power supply terminal to which power for operation is input; a restart circuit configured to restart the controller; and an IC including the power supply terminal to which the power for operation is input and that is separated from the controller. The power supply terminal of the controller is configured to be supplied with a second system voltage generated from the power supply, and the power supply terminal of the IC is supplied with a first system voltage generated from the power supply even while the controller is restarted by the restart circuit.