Abstract: Protein containing foods are described that include a protein blend having one or more milk proteins. The protein blend is also characterized by less than or about 1500 mg % of calcium. Also described are food products with increased shelf stability. The food product includes a protein blend that includes one or more milk proteins, where the protein blend includes less than or about 5 wt. % lactose. The food product is also characterized by a total protein content of greater than or about 15 wt. %. Further described are methods of making a food product that include combining a protein blend with additional ingredients to form a food mixture, and heating the food mixture to form the food product. The food product includes a total protein content of greater than or about 15 wt. %, and the protein blend includes less than or about 1500 mg % calcium.

Abstract: Disclosed are animal fat substitute compositions including an oil-in-water emulsion containing a mixture of one or more plant proteins, and a plant-based oil, and/or a plant-based fat, wherein the emulsion is stabilized with or without an effective amount of transglutaminase. Further disclosed are methods of manufacturing such animal fat substitute compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.

Abstract: Provided are a fat lump composition, including a granular material containing an oil and/or fat; and an edible ionically crosslinkable polymer that is crosslinked with a cation, in which b/a is 2.00 or more, in which in at least one of cross sections of the fat lump composition perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, b is a length of a line having a maximum length between two points, and a is a length of a line having a maximum length among lines perpendicular to the line having the maximum length between the two points, a fat lump mixture, a meat alternative, and a method of producing a fat lump composition.

Abstract: A method for production of a cocoa powder substitute includes: drying a spent coffee ground material, previously utilized in a coffee brewing process, to a moisture content of less than 10% by mass to produce a dried spent coffee ground material; extracting oil from the dried spent coffee ground material to produce a coffee flour material characterized by a fat content of less than 5% by mass; milling the coffee flour material to an average particle size of less than 250 microns; and flavoring the coffee flour material to produce a cocoa-homologous flavor in the coffee flour material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to agricultural marc, and food compositions incorporating such agricultural marc to improve the texture, flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, nutritional content, or shelf life of the food composition. In one example, the agricultural marc may be obtained from Chardonnay grapes, which when incorporated into chocolate can give the resulting composition an altered flavor and/or aromatic profile.

Abstract: A food product includes a mixture composed of a sweetener and creatine and a hydrated gelling agent added to the mixture to create a finished product having a pH balance of 2.5 to 4.

Abstract: A cake decoration jig for coaxially aligning cake discs and a confection such that the confection can be decorated using the cake discs and a scraper includes a base wall with a support surface, a first side wall with a first alignment surface, and a second side wall with a second alignment surface. Each of the support surface, the first alignment surface, and the second alignment surface are planar. The support surface is oriented horizontally, and each of the first alignment surface and the second alignment surface are perpendicular to the support surface and to each other. The cake decoration jig is used in a new method for coaxially aligning cake discs with a confection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a fermented plant material; a fermented seaweed material or a combined fermented plant material and fermented seaweed material for the preparation of an edible product and adjusting the texture of an edible product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fermented feed ingredient derived from spent brewer's yeast and a biomass of proteinaceous plant parts, where said biomass comprises 50% by weight or more of dehulled and defatted soybean meal, wherein the crude protein content of said feed ingredient is in the range of from 35% to 65% by weight on dry matter basis, and wherein from 2% to 8% by weight on dry matter basis of the protein is derived from yeast, and wherein the feed ingredient comprises at least 10% more of soluble non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) than the biomass from where the feed ingredient is derived. The invention also provide a method for preparing the feed ingredient and its use.

Abstract: An oral feline feed and a method of controlling fleas in a feline in need thereof by orally administering to the feline a daily feed comprising an effective amount of a spinosyn for an effective time to thereby cause the amount of spinosyn in the feline's blood to rise to and be maintained at a therapeutically effective level for controlling fleas.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having an excellent beer-like flavor at the top, and an enhanced complex taste derived from brewing. The means for solving the problem is a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing an aroma composition containing 0.0475 ppb or more of myrcene, 0.000475 ppb or more of ?-ionone, 5.8125 ppb or more of linalool, 0.7025 ppb or more of citronellol, 0.115 ppb or more of geraniol, and 0.09 ppb or more of ?-eudesmol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the industrial production of a beverage based on a fermented liquid, wherein the liquid is fermented by means of microorganisms in a closed fermentation tank, wherein the fermenting liquid is circulated in the fermentation tank and wherein at least a portion of the fermenting liquid is mixed with air outside the fermentation tank, and then reintroduced into the fermentation tank. The invention also relates to a device for the industrial production of a fermented drink, the device comprising a closed fermentation tank provided internally with a jet head the fermentation tank being provided with a first conduit suitable for transporting a portion of the fermenting drink from the fermentation tank to an oxygenator, wherein the first conduit opens into the oxygenator and a second conduit exits from the oxygenator and opens into an inlet of the jet head into the fermentation tank.

Abstract: In some implementations, a system for removing oxygen from a container includes a recirculation pump, an oxygen removal device, and an anti-bacterial system. The recirculation pump includes an intake and a discharge, and the intake includes a first connector. The discharge is fluidically connected to an oxygen removal device. The anti-bacterial destroys bacteria through introducing of UV light or ozone.

Abstract: Provided is an oxygen scavenger powder containing an iron powder, a metal halide, and an alkaline agent, in which the alkaline agent has a solubility of less than 0.1 g in 100 g of water at 25° C., and an aqueous dispersion of the alkaline agent has a pH of from 8 to 12 at 25° C.

Abstract: Vacuum system, in particular for food processing, comprising: a main valve being connectable to a processing chamber, a vacuum pump having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is connected to the main valve to connect the vacuum pump with the processing chamber, and a sterilization device being connected at a point of connection between the main valve and the inlet, wherein the sterilization device is configured to provide a sterilization gas.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods for preparing a moisture-proof amino acid material. The present invention also provides novel compositions or nutritional supplements comprising the moisture-proof amino acid materials prepared by the methods of this invention.

Abstract: A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

Abstract: A self-contained single serving pasta food product includes: cooking a predetermined amount of pasta until hydrated to 45%-50% of its specific weight; cooling the pasta in water at a temperature between 20 and 40 degrees Celsius; creating a plasticizing water-based film surrounding the cooked pasta; adding an accompaniment to the pasta to create a mixture; adding the mixture to a mold; heating the molded mixture; and removing the heated molded mixture from the mold.

Abstract: A seasoning blend containing tetrahydrocannabinol is designed and configured to provide a seasoning blend, a seasoning mixture and a method of seasoning a food ingredient and/or a food product with tetrahydrocannabinol. The seasoning blend is designed and configured to provide a seasoning blend and/or a seasoning mixture that contains tetrahydrocannabinol. The seasoning blend is configured for the use of tetrahydrocannabinol in reducing the content of common salt, and/or sodium chloride in a food ingredient or a food product. The seasoning blend is designed and configured to reduce stress and encourage healthy sleep without the use of sleeping aids. In select embodiments, the seasoning blend includes a legalized synthetic form of a delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, a delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol, or a combination thereof and additional ingredients. The ingredients of the seasoning blend may be prepared with a food grinder and/or stored in a 1 oz-3 oz plastic seasoning container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food having improved flavor, nutrition and color and a method for producing the same, and more specifically, to a food having a flavor, nutrition and color similar to those of meat, the food containing either a compound selected from the group consisting of heme, porphyrins, metalloporphyrins, and porphyrin analogs, or a microorganism that produces the compound, and a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the flavor, nutrition, and color of food by producing heme and various porphyrins, metalloporphyrins, and porphyrin analogs with high efficiency by fermentation of a microbial mutant, isolating/purifying the products, and adding the isolated/purified products to food.

Abstract: A modular smoker includes a base portion having a through bore extending from a first end of the base portion to a second end of the base portion, wherein the through bore is configured to define a shelf between the first end and the second end, a top portion configured to be removably coupled with the base portion, wherein the top portion has a through bore extending from a first end of the top portion to an opposite second end of the top portion in a first direction, and a screen configured to be held on the shelf of the through bore between the first end and the second end of the base portion.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a seasoning which has a flavor inherent in a soy sauce and which can still have a fruity aroma that is hardly felt with conventional soy sauces even after pasteurization, a method for suppressing a heat-deteriorated smell due to a food material to be felt when a container-packed composition containing the food material is heated in a sealed space and the like. The object is achieved by: a soy sauce or a soy sauce-like seasoning in which the content of at least one kind of ?-lactone is 100 ppb to 60,000 ppb; a method for suppressing a heat-deteriorated smell including a step of suppressing a heat-deteriorated smell due to a food material by heating a container-packed composition containing the food material and at least one kind of ?-lactone; and the like.

Abstract: This is to provide a composition containing a decomposition product of yeast cell body residue useful as an emulsifier substitute, an emulsion stabilizer substitute or a milk-like substitute, and a method for producing the same, and use thereof. Provided is a composition containing a cell wall lysing enzyme-decomposition product of yeast cell body residue, wherein the decomposition product contains 5% by mass or more of lipid based on a dry mass of the decomposition product.

Abstract: Aqueous oligosaccharide composition having a solids content of 50-80 wt %, 45-100 wt % of said solids consisting of (i) one or more oligosaccharides selected from galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), polydextrose (PDX), and combinations thereof, and (ii) one or more human milk oligosaccharides (HMO), wherein the weight ratio of (i) oligosaccharides selected from galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), polydextrose (PDX), and combinations thereof to (ii) human milk oligosaccharides is in the range 0.25-600.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein food composition having low calories and a high bioabsorption rate, and to a method for providing diet information using same. The food composition according to one aspect of the present invention contains a protein having a high bioabsorption rate while having low calories, and contains a protein in an amount in a specific range, and thus enables a nutritionally balanced diet that can also prevent muscle loss, which is one of adverse side effects of weight loss. Accordingly, when ingesting the food composition according to the method of providing diet information according to one aspect of the present invention, obese patients who need weight control, including patients suffering from obesity, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, knee osteoarthritis, and diabetes can lose weight while minimizing adverse side effects, such as muscle loss and changes in blood pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritional formulation 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: An extensively hydrolysed infant formula (eHF) comprising protein, carbohydrate and fat, wherein the eHF comprises about 2.4 g or less protein per 100 kcal, wherein about 30% or less by weight of the fat is medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), and wherein the eHF may further comprise 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL) and/or lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

Abstract: An infant formula for use in reducing the occurrence of, or preventing, an infection in an infant, wherein the infant formula is an extensively hydrolysed infant formula (eHF) or an amino acid-based infant formula (AAF), wherein the infant formula comprises protein, carbohydrate and fat, wherein the eHF comprises about 2.4 g or less protein per 100 kcal, or the AAF comprises about 2.9 g or less protein per 100 kcal, wherein the infant formula further comprises 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL) and/or lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and wherein about 30% or less by weight of the fat is medium chain triglycerides (MCTs).

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a special medicinal nutrition formulation which can be given to cancer patients for medical purpose. A comprehensive nutrition care process involving a proprietary hyper metabolic diet distribution throughout the cancer treatment process is disclosed herein. It starts with preconditioning to address the nutrition imbalances before starting any therapy, followed by a separate formula to be given during therapy and a specialized supplement for post therapy. The supplements given in this manner synergistically affect patients undergoing mainstream chemotherapy. The preconditioning formula (Es-FORTITUDE-Nourish) is a low glycemic index formulation enriched with proteins and easily digestible fats. During therapy formula (Es-FORTITUDE-Protect) is enriched with probiotics and probiotics, enzymes, and amino acids, etc. while the post therapy formula (Es-FORTITUTE-Recovery) manages the post therapy nutrition complications.

Abstract: The present invention in various aspects and embodiments provides infant formulas containing human milk proteins, optionally in combination with non-human animal milk proteins such as cow's milk and/or goat's milk protein, and/or vegetable proteins. In some embodiments, the sole source of milk proteins in the formula is recombinant or extracted human milk protein. In various embodiments, the infant formula is particularly beneficial for newborns diagnosed with cow's milk protein allergy, or other sensitive babies, who are unable to consume dairy products. Accordingly, the invention in other aspects provides methods for providing nutrition to newborns or infants diagnosed with cow's milk protein allergy, allergic proctocolitis, or otherwise infants that are intolerant of formulas comprising cow's milk protein, hydrolyzed formulas, or amino acid-based formulas.

Abstract: Described herein, in some embodiments, are systems and methods for optimizing a press cycle for producing one or more press cuts from a harvested fruit/vegetable. In some embodiments, optimizing the press cycle includes optimizing the quality of the juice by identifying and controlling specific pressing parameters to produce the maximum volume of the highest quality juice for every press cut identified by the system and/or the individual components responsible for the juice production. The system might identify the pressing factors for optimum performance using historical juice data from current and prior harvests, laboratory results from the actual juice analysis, other current or past harvest data, and information from juice post processing that are integrated into mathematical models enabling the system and/or process owners to predict certain finished product characteristics from the pressing operations.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating a calyx and a seed pod of a sorrel bud, whereby the apparatus can include a holder configured to hold the sorrel bud; a cutter movable in relation to the holder, the cutter configured to cut an opening in a base of the calyx to provide a cut calyx; and a separator movable in relation to the holder, the separator configured to separate the seed pod from the cut calyx via the opening. Movement of the cutter and the separator can be automatic.

Abstract: A method of producing a pre-ground formed nug of combustible material includes applying compression to a portion of combustible material to produce a pre-ground formed nug that is sized and shaped to fit in a bowl of a smoking apparatus. A pre-ground formed nug of combustible material includes combustible material being sized and shaped to form a pre-ground nug that fits in a bowl of a smoking apparatus. A pre-ground formed nug includes cannabis or cannabis derivatives formed into a 3D polyhedron. A method of producing a packaged cannabis product includes placing a pre-ground formed nug of combustible material inside a container and applying a removable sealing element to an opening of the container.

Abstract: A rolling unit for a filler rod includes a rolling drum that has an outer peripheral surface for holding chip paper and a continuous body and transfers the chip paper and the continuous body in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface; and a rolling block that has a rolling surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the rolling drum, forms a rolling gap between the rolling surface and the outer peripheral surface of the rolling drum, and winds the chip paper around the continuous body by rolling the continuous body while interposing the continuous body in the rolling gap as the rolling drum rotates. A plurality of block-side suction holes is opened on the rolling surface of the rolling block, and the rolling gap is suctioned via the block side suction holes.

Abstract: A method for providing an encapsulated flavorant or chemesthetic agent in a smoking article includes forming an emulsion including: (i) a first aqueous solution, comprising one or more cross-linkable polysaccharides; and (ii) a hydrophobic additive comprising one or more flavorants or chemesthetic agents. The method also includes extruding the emulsion into a second aqueous solution in the form of an elongated structure, cross-linking at least a portion of the one or more cross-linkable polysaccharides, removing the cross-linked elongated structure from the second aqueous solution, introducing the cross-linked elongated structure into a filter, or into a rod including a smoking composition, or both; and forming the filter or the rod of the smoking composition into a smoking article. The method can include a drying step.

Abstract: A smoking article with an improved tobacco flavor and a method of producing the same are provided. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a smoking material portion, a filter portion, and a wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the smoking material portion. Here, a sheet-type material including a plant extract may be applied to the smoking material portion or the wrapper. By expressing a tobacco flavor during smoking, the sheet-type material can improve a tobacco flavor of the smoking article.

Abstract: The present invention provides a casing for a heat-not-burn ceramic film cigarette, the casing comprising a main body cigarette tube, sealing paper located at one end of the cigarette tube, and a filter tip located at the other end of the cigarette tube. A ceramic film is arranged, in the cigarette tube, on a contact layer that comes into contact with tobacco. A ceramic film is provided on the contact face of the sealing paper that comes into contact with the tobacco. According to the casing for a heat-not-burn cigarette provided in the present invention, the ceramic film of the casing is directly applied to a packaging layer which comes in direct contact with the tobacco, such that the component stability of a heat-not-burn cigarette can be greatly increased, and the moisture retention property of tobacco substances is significantly improved.

Abstract: A consumable for an aerosol generating device includes a heating layer of an aerosol substrate formed to be positioned in sandwich between two electrodes of the device. The heating layer of aerosol substrate includes flavorant material and an aerosol forming agent. The layer further includes electrically conductive material in particulate form embedded in the layer, wherein the electrically conductive material is arranged in the heating layer to conduct electrical current between the two electrodes and to heat the aerosol substrate to a temperature sufficient to aerosolize the aerosol forming agent. A method for manufacturing such a consumable, a device for delivering a tobacco aerosol including the consumable, and a method for production of tobacco aerosol with the device are also provided.

Abstract: The replaceable mouthpiece includes a body having a first body end and a second body end. The first body end defines an outlet. The second body end defines a first opening coupleable to the aerosol-generating device. The replaceable mouthpiece includes two or more pillars disposed within the body and extending towards the second end.

Abstract: A vehicular ashtray detachably affixable to a receiver or ball of an automobile, the ashtray comprises a receptacle and a slidable lid. In various embodiments, the ashtray is detachable to a ball and comprises a collar circumscribing an open bottom end on a base of the receptacle adapted to receive a ball of a hitch.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an elongate housing, and an aerosolisation module detachably insertable into the housing, the module including a vibratable transducer to aerosolise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, electrical contacts in communication with the transducer to connect with corresponding contacts of the housing, and an electrically conductive membrane including an aerosol generation zone, the transducer coupled to the membrane to vibrate it, and a portion of the membrane forming electrical contacts of the module, the housing containing a power source and configured to detachably receive the module to establish a detachable electrical connection, a sidewall of the housing including an aperture defining an access opening to a cavity within the housing and containing the contacts, and the contacts of the housing and the module being configured such that insertion of the module into the cavity results in electrical connection between the contacts of the housing and the module.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a housing including a hole for receiving an aerosol generating article and a guide apart from the hole; and a cover configured to move along the guide between a first position and a second position to open or close the hole, wherein the hole is open when the cover is located in the first position, and the hole is closed when the cover is located in the second position.

Abstract: An apparatus for conditioning and dispensing vapor includes an atomizer, a body, and a mouth cap. The atomizer includes a first conduit. The body includes a leading end portion, a trailing end portion, and a second conduit. The second conduit has an internal diameter larger than an internal diameter of the first conduit. The trailing end portion of the body is in fluid communication with the atomizer. The mouth cap includes a leading end portion, a trailing end portion, and a third conduit. The trailing end portion of the mouth cap is in fluid communication with the leading end portion of the body. The leading end portion of the mouth cap has a cross-sectional area approximately equivalent to an internal diameter cross-sectional area of the first conduit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) adapted to volatilize a viscous liquid composition (S) into microdroplets (5) comprising a pre-heating chamber (12) upstream a volatilizing element. It further relates to a method of providing an aerosol from a liquid composition, aqueous liquid compositions used for the production of aerosols, and to a kit comprising the same.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette atomization core, an electronic cigarette atomization assembly, and an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette atomization core includes a porous ceramic base body and a heating body, the porous ceramic base body includes a liquid absorbing surface and an atomization surface, the heating body is arranged on the atomization surface, the heating body is a porous heating body, and the porous heating body has a porosity less than or equal to 30%.

Abstract: A dielectrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode; and an aerosol-generating device including a controller configured to connect to the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the first electrode and the second electrode form a capacitor with a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, in which the controller is further configured to supply an alternating voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode for dielectrically heating the aerosol-forming substrate, and in which the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to be spaced apart by a separation distance of between about 4 millimeters and about 9 millimeters. An aerosol-generating article for a dielectrically heated aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material is described. The apparatus has a heating assembly including a heating cavity arranged to receive at least a portion of an article including aerosolizable material. The apparatus also has a heating element arranged to provide heat to the heating cavity, the heating element including a heat pipe.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a coil configured to generate an eddy current to a susceptor that heats an aerosol source using power supplied from the power supply; a detection circuit configured to detect information corresponding to an induced current generated in the coil; and a controller configured to control supply of power from the power supply to the coil. The controller is configured to start the supply of power from the power supply to the coil based on an output of the detection circuit, in a state in which power is not supplied from the power supply to the coil.

Abstract: A direct-feeding liquid-passing heat-generating atomization device includes a ceramic body and the heating member. An atomization surface is arranged on an outside wall of the ceramic body, and the heating member is arranged on the atomization surface. The atomization surface is arranged to surround and define, in combination with an internal wall of a central tube, a gas passage channel. The ceramic body includes a ceramic liquid-absorption core and at least one structure supporting portion. The structure supporting portion is fixed to the ceramic liquid-absorption core. The atomization surface is arranged on the ceramic liquid-absorption core. Further, the structure supporting portion is formed with a liquid passage channel. One end of the liquid passage channel is in communication with the external liquid, and another end of the liquid passage channel is in communication with the ceramic liquid-absorption core.