Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of nanofiber emulsion, in particular to application of nanofiber emulsion to preparation of baked food. The nanofiber emulsion is nanofiber emulsion of a pomelo peel sponge layer, and is PCNF emulsion obtained by emulsification of a nanofiber emulsion stabilizer of the pomelo peel sponge layer and an oil phase; the amount of the nanofiber emulsion in the baked food is 18-90%, and the nanofiber emulsion replaces oil in traditional baked food; when the PCNF emulsion is added to the batter, bubble density of the batter is larger, and proper addition of the PCNF emulsion can reduce specific gravity of the batter, improve aeratability of the batter with soybean oil, reduce a baking loss rate and water activity, and prolong the shelf life of the cakes with the PCNF emulsion; hardness and chewiness of the cakes can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cereal flour composition containing a cereal-derived powder, and an enzyme belonging to the tannase family, wherein the tannase activity per 1 g of the cereal-derived powder is from 0.1 to 60 kU/g. Preferably, the content of the enzyme in terms of mass is from 10 to 10000 ppm with respect to the total amount of the cereal-derived powder. Preferably, the cereal-derived powder includes at least one type selected from wholemeal flour, bran, and other cereal flour having an ash content of 0.7 mass % or greater. Preferably, the cereal-derived powder has an ash content of 0.5 mass % or greater.

Abstract: A stabilized, ready-to-use live leaven comprising a mixture of liquid leaven and mucilaginous seeds, and the use of the stabilized, ready-to-use live leaven for preparing bakery products. Also, a method of fabricating the stabilized, ready-to-use live leaven, which includes mixing the liquid leaven and mucilaginous seeds, fermenting the mixture, and obtaining and storing the stabilized, ready-to-use live leaven.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein concerns systems and processes for producing cut meat and cut fish products.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus cuts a string in a workpiece by bringing a cutter into contact with the workpiece while rotating the workpiece supported by a clamper. The workpiece supported by the clamper is restrained by a holding member from the opposite side from the cutter. The holding member is elastically supported by a support part.

Abstract: A position control device for a deboning robot is provided. The position control device for the deboning robot may include a first sensor configured to acquire image data including the area where the cutting part of the deboning robot is in contact with a section of the target meat, a controller configured to set a candidate path corresponding to a designated area of the target meat using the acquired image data, and a second sensor configured to measure the magnitude of the force opposing the angle at which the cutting part of the deboning robot is inserted into a section of the target meat from each joint of the deboning robot.

Abstract: An apparatus is for detaching meat strips, which are located on a breastbone crest of a poultry carcass, from poultry carcasses of slaughtered poultry bodies or parts thereof which are already freed from breast fillets. The apparatus has a circulating conveyor having at least one holding apparatus with a support body for receiving and holding the poultry bodies/parts during transport in a transport direction, and at least one processing station along a conveying path of the conveyor. One processing station is a detaching unit for detaching the meat strips from the breastbone crest. The detaching unit has a pre-detaching element and a detaching element. The pre-detaching element is cuts into the meat strip in a region of a breastbone horn of the breastbone crest which leads in the transport direction and the detaching element grips and peels the meat strip off the breastbone crest. A corresponding method is provided.

Abstract: A quick-kill system by which objects to be quickly killed can be kept in a fresher state. The quick-kill system includes: a quick-kill device that cools a fish with ice slurry at a first temperature (?21° C.) to bring the temperature of the fish to a second temperature (?1° C. to ?2° C.) lower than the lower limit of the temperature at which the fish can live (0° C. to 2° C.), while keeping at least the center part of the fish in a refrigerated state; and a transport part that transports the fish, wherein the transport part immerses the fish into the quick-kill device while transporting thereof, and, when the time has reached a predetermined immersion time for bringing the temperature of the fish to the second temperature, pulls the fish out of the ice slurry.

Abstract: A measuring head for determining the length of the abdominal cavity of a slaughtered, beheaded and gutted fish being transported head-end first in the transport direction includes at least one measurement sensor and at least one position sensor, which can be triggered by the measurement sensor and is connected to a control device. The control device is for picking up and processing the incoming measurement signals. The measuring head is configured and adapted at least partly for being positioned between two circular knives of a knife assembly for performing a filleting cut on the fish, in such a way that the or each measurement sensor can be operatively connected to a flank bone of the fish that is closest to the anus of the fish. A working station includes at least one knife assembly and the measuring head. An apparatus and a method for processing fish are also disclosed.

Abstract: A smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into a smoking chamber of an indoor smoker includes a smoke barrel that extends between a first end and a second end along a central axis, the smoke barrel being configured for receiving combustible material, a smoldering heater positioned adjacent the smoke barrel for smoldering the combustible material, and an auger extending between a first end and a second end, the auger being positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable about the central axis for selectively urging the combustible material from the first end toward the second end of the smoke barrel, wherein an angular position of the auger is measured along a direction of rotation of the auger from a leading edge of the auger to a vertical direction, and wherein the auger is rotatable to a smoking angular position and a non-smoking angular position.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable package includes at least one fruit and/or vegetable, at least one atmosphere conditioner package, and a packaging material for accommodating them, and the atmosphere conditioner package has an oxygen absorption capacity, a carbon dioxide generation capacity, and a moisture generation capacity.

Abstract: An edible post harvest fruits, vegetables, cut flowers or seeds preservative biofilm coating composition, relating to the field of natural biofilms, in the form of an oil in water (O/W) emulsion. The edible coating composition extends the freshness of food and slowing down the ripening and water loss of post harvest fruits, vegetables, cut flowers or seeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a dairy product comprising galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) where a milk-based substrate is incubated with a Bifidobacterium de-rived beta-galactosidase having transgalactosylating activity and the beta-galactosidase is heat inactivated.

Abstract: To provide a technique for reducing saccharides in plant-base drinks or foods. The present technique provides a method for producing plant-base drinks or foods and a method for reducing saccharides in plant-base drinks or foods, which include a step for causing a maltotriose-generating enzyme to act on a plant-base raw material. In the production method according to the present technique, a step for causing a carbohydrate oxidase to act on a plant-base raw material can be further performed. The present technique also provides an enzymatic agent that is for reducing saccharides and that contains a maltotriose-generating enzyme. The enzymatic agent for reducing saccharides according to the present technique can further contain a carbohydrate oxidase.

Abstract: The invention relates to cheese and cheese-like products comprising about 0.2 to about 6% by weight ?s-casein, ?-casein, or a combination thereof, at least about 5% by weight of one or more hydrocolloids comprising one or more starches, and wherein the cheese or cheese-like product has one or more characteristics of a dairy product, such as flavour, taste, aroma, body, appearance, texture, firmness, handling, density, structure, coagulation, binding, leavening, aeration, foaming, emulsification, elasticity, viscoelasticity, melt, creaminess and mouthfeel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing lactase enzyme infused chocolate consists of specific ordered steps wherein enzyme is infused toward the end of the tempering phase to preserve lactase's active enzymatic properties and the chocolate's flavor profile while addressing lactose sensitivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reduced dairy chocolate product, preferably a vegan chocolate product composition comprising a dried plant protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reduced dairy chocolate product, preferably a vegan chocolate product composition comprising a dried emulsion of a plant protein.

Abstract: A liquid-holding edible gummy or edible chew for oral consumption by an individual is disclosed. The gummy is a novel, cost-effective, hollow edible that enables users to consume a desired liquid such as an alcohol shot, a medicine, and more without using conventional bottles, cans, and more. The gummy includes a housing made of a gelling substance and the housing encloses a central cavity which holds a liquid. When the gummy is bitten or chewed, the liquid comes out from the cavity and provides a unique way of consuming the liquid. The gummy can be used as a delivery device for alcohol, medicine, non-alcoholic beverages, etc. The gummy is formed using a mold and the liquid, for example, can be injected inside the cavity through the housing.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method of preparing modified whey protein compositions by gentle oxidation under conditions that expose and selectively oxidize free thiol groups of beta-lactoglobulin. The resulting modified whey protein product has been found to have an excellent performance in e.g. protein-rich beverage products and has particularly been found to give rise to a reduced level of unpleasant odours during sterilizing heat-treatments at neutral pH and during consumption of such beverage products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the bitterness of a legume protein during an extraction process, said extraction process comprising treatment with a phytic acid degrading enzyme.

Abstract: A composition and process for making pet food treats is described herein. Auxiliary ingredients are combined to form a meat mixture. The meat mixture is formed into portions. The portions of meat mixture are positioned on a chew stick that comprises rawhide. The pet treat gives the appearance of a grilled shish kabob, where the meat portions are meant for initial taste, while the chew stick will provide the dog with a longer-lasting chewing portion.

Abstract: Pet food compositions and methods for improving the wellness of a pet are disclosed herein. In one aspect, provided is a pet food composition comprising about 10 wt. % or more of fat, the fat comprising one or more short chain triglyceride; a protein; and a fiber, wherein all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the pet food composition on a dry matter basis. In another aspect, a method is provided for improving the concentration of metabolite beta-hydroxybutyrate in a pet by providing a pet food composition comprising protein, fiber, and about 7 wt. % or more of fat, the fat comprising one or more short chain triglyceride, wherein the metabolite beta-hydroxybutyrate increases by about 5% or more an hour after consumption of the pet food composition by a pet and the glucose to ketone index decreases by 10% or more.

Abstract: A thermostable phytase variant, a method for its manufacturing, an animal feed, a feed supplement, a dry and a liquid formulation, a method of degrading phytic acid, a method of manufacturing a phytase variant, a method of manufacturing a feed pellet, and a recombinant host cell configured to produce at least one polypeptide are disclosed, wherein the phytase variant comprises amino acid substitutions and has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity with amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: A natural biopreservative for a flour product, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The natural biopreservative for the flour product is prepared by mixing lactic acid bacteria, distiller's yeast, an edible culture medium, and water, and performing fermentation, wherein, in parts by weight, 0.5-5 parts of the lactic acid bacteria, 0.5-5 parts of the distiller's yeast, 90-130 parts of the edible culture medium, and 90-130 parts of water. The natural biopreservative for a flour product of the present invention is prepared by fermentation using common lactic acid bacteria, distiller's yeast and edible culture medium, the raw materials are readily available and the preparation process is simple. When the biopreservative is applied to the production of the flour product, secondary or even multiple times of fermentation is not needed, the use method is simple, and the shelf life of the flour product is extended.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a red lentil flour, a food composition comprising it, a method of pasta making, and a pasta obtainable from said method, and its use in the food field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the cultivation (preferably indoor) of Hydrangea species for increased production of phyllodulcin and the provision of a plant material, preferably a dried plant material, having an increased content of phyllodulcin.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel method for enhancing saltiness of a composition for oral use. Provided is a composition for oral use saltiness of which can be enhanced by using glucosyl naringin.

Abstract: The present invention is relative to the use of native or cross-linked leguminous starches as food texture improver for meat products or meat-free products.

Abstract: A machine for applying a granular food coating to a food upon a conveyor is provided. The machine includes an endless belt conveyor, and a looped elevator disposed around the first conveyor. The elevator includes a plurality of plates that are moved around the perimeter of the conveyor. The plurality of plates are disposed in a substantially vertical orientation when traveling above and below the first conveyor and the plurality of plates are in a substantially horizontal orientation when traveling in the upward direction. The plurality of plates are configured to receive granular food thereupon when traveling in the upward direction, and the food thereupon falls downwardly from the plurality of plates when the plurality of plates travel above the first conveyor, wherein a portion of the granular food falling from the plurality of plates eventually falls onto food that travels along the first conveyor below the plurality of plates.

Abstract: A smoking product for a hookah includes a vaporizable part for inhalation, including glycerin, propylene glycol; and a fibrous support of the vaporizable part. The fibrous support includes plant fibers other than tobacco, and the product further includes nicotine with a purity of at least 95%.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating. The aerosol-generating article comprises a rod of aerosol-generating substrate. The aerosol-generating article comprises an air channelling element abutting the rod of aerosol-generating substrate. The air channelling element comprises a groove defined on an external surface. The groove defines an external air passageway extending from an upstream end of the air channelling element to a downstream end of the air channelling element. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system comprising the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device comprising an external heater, configured to receive and externally heat the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: An aerosol former for heat-not-burn and biodegradable e-cigarette includes a sectional member wrapped by a paper material. At least one section is a botanical section connected to more than one e-liquid section when used for heat-not-burn cigarettes, and without the botanical section when used for e-cigarettes. The e-liquid sections include a heated segment and a vapor permeable liquid-flow-inhibiting thermal barrier. Each of the heated segments may include a sandwich structure. The structure may include a porous sponge layer made from a cellulose fiber based non-woven material which is installed inside a base frame aluminum foil structure. Each of the vapor permeable liquid-flow-inhibiting thermal barriers may have a first layer made of a hard non-porous hydrophobic non-woven fiber, and a second outside, external layer made from a hydrophobic cellulose fiber. The second layer forms a limiting surface barrier for the first layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mouthpiece or filter element (e.g., for a smoking article such as a cigarette, a tobacco heating product, a HNB product) comprising a longitudinally extending (e.g., substantially cylindrical) hollow tube of paper; a filler layer comprising paper filtering material and/or other biodegradable filtering material engaged around the hollow tube along the full (e.g., longitudinal) length of the hollow tube; and a wrapper (e.g., plugwrap) engaged around the filler layer along the full (e.g., longitudinal) length of the filler layer, wherein the hollow tube, the filler layer and the wrapper are the same length.

Abstract: A band for a filter for a heated tobacco product according to the present disclosure contains cellulose acetate fibers that are crimped and a plasticizer for plasticizing the cellulose acetate fibers, and the content of the plasticizer is a value in a range from 8 mass % to 12 mass %.

Abstract: A cigarette filter which includes lyocell tow made of a plurality of lyocell fibers, a binder configured to bond the lyocell fibers to each other, and a solvent dispersed in an inner space of the cigarette filter including the lyocell tow, wherein the solvent includes a polyhydric alcohol, is provided. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the polyhydric alcohol is a diol having a C1-C4 alkylene group. The cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure overcomes the existing material-related problems of lyocell tow and has excellent hardness.

Abstract: An elastic conductive element, an atomization assembly and an assembly method therefor, and an ultrasonic atomizer are provided. The atomization assembly includes an ultrasonic atomization sheet provided with a first electrode and a second electrode, where the ultrasonic atomization sheet is used for ultrasonically atomizing a liquid matrix to form liquid mist; and an elastic conductive element, which is in elastic contact with the ultrasonic atomization sheet to support the ultrasonic atomization sheet, where one area of the elastic conductive element is directly or indirectly electrically connected to the first electrode, and the other area of the elastic conductive element is directly or indirectly electrically connected to the second electrode, to form a loop among the first electrode, the elastic conductive element, and the second electrode.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article including an amorphous solid material and an aerosol generating device including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol generating article, a receptor configured to receive a liquid material from the aerosol generating article, and a heating structure configured to heat the amorphous solid material in a first temperature range in which the amorphous solid material undergoes a phase change into a liquid material and heat the liquid material in a second temperature range in which the liquid material undergoes a phase change into an aerosol, the second temperature range being different from the first temperature range.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; and a taggant including a photoluminescent material having an emission half-life of between 50 microseconds and 1000 microseconds after photoexcitation of the photoluminescent material. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided. An aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising at least one heater, a controller, a timer, a user control wherein the user control comprising, or be in the form of, a rotary dial, the rotary dial being positioned on an end of the electronic cigarette; wherein the controller is configured to control at least one heater according to the setting based on the input from the user control.

Abstract: An aerosol provision system (1) for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-generating material in an aerosol-generating region (60). The includes at least an aerosol generation region (60) and an adjustment mechanism (70a, 70b) configured to adjust the position and/or shape of at least one wall (72a, 72b) of the aerosol generation region (60) to vary a volume of the aerosol generation region (60). The adjustment mechanism (70a, 70b) is configured to adjust the position and/or shape of at least one wall (72a. 72b) based on an interaction of a user with the aerosol provision system (1).

Abstract: Provided herein is an aerosol-generating article with enhanced vapor production. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a medium portion, a support structure which is disposed downstream of the medium portion and includes a first tubular structure having a first hollow formed therein, a cooling structure which is disposed downstream of the support structure and includes a second tubular structure having a second hollow formed therein, and a mouthpiece portion which is disposed downstream of the cooling structure. Here, an upstream end of the second tubular structure may abut a downstream end of the first tubular structure, and an average cross-sectional area of the second hollow may be larger than an average cross-sectional area of the first hollow. The cross-sectional area difference enhances an air flow diffusion effect, thereby eventually improving vapor production of the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: Provided herein is an aerosol-generating article with enhanced vapor production. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a medium portion, a support structure which is disposed downstream of the medium portion and includes a first tubular structure having a first hollow formed therein, a cooling structure which is disposed downstream of the support structure and includes a second tubular structure having a second hollow formed therein, and a mouthpiece portion which is disposed downstream of the cooling structure. Here, an upstream end of the second tubular structure may abut a downstream end of the first tubular structure, and an average cross-sectional area of the second hollow may be larger than an average cross-sectional area of the first hollow. The cross-sectional area difference enhances an air flow diffusion effect, thereby eventually improving vapor production of the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: An electronic vaporization device including a vaporizable material storage device and a body is provided. The vaporizable material storage device stores a vaporizable material. The body detachably connects to the vaporizable material storage device. The body includes a processing circuit, a power supply, and a detection apparatus. The power supply electrically connects to the processing circuit, where the processing circuit controls the power supply to provide first electric power to the vaporizable material storage device to vaporize the vaporizable material. The detection apparatus electrically connects to the processing circuit.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device has a heating chamber for receiving a substrate carrier containing an aerosol substrate. The heating chamber includes a first open end; a base; and a side wall between the open end and the base. The base is connected to the side wall and provides structural support to the side wall. The side wall has a first thickness and the base has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

Abstract: A cooling assembly and a heat-not-burn cartridge are provided. The cooling assembly includes a cooling member, a first closing member, and a second closing member. The cooling member has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and defines a cooling passage penetrating through the first end and the second end. The first closing member is fixed to the first end. The first closing member defines at least one first through-hole. The at least one first through-hole is in communication with the cooling passage. The second closing member is fixed to the second end. The second closing member defines at least one second through-hole. The at least one second through-hole is in communication with the cooling passage.

Abstract: A vaporizer includes a storage unit configured to store an aerosol generating material, a first wick configured to absorb the aerosol generating material from the storage unit, a heating pattern printed on at least one surface of the first wick and configured to heat the aerosol generating material absorbed into the first wick, and a sensing pattern printed on the same surface of the first wick as the heating pattern and configured to measure a temperature of the heating pattern.

Abstract: A heating structure configured to generate heat using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) includes a substrate, a plurality of metal particles disposed on the substrate and configured to generate heat by SPR, and a partitioning wall disposed between adjacent metal particles.

Abstract: A cartridge and an aerosol-generating device including the same are disclosed. The cartridge of the disclosure includes a first chamber configured to store liquid; a second chamber configured to allow air to pass therethrough; a wick extending across the second chamber and configured to receive the liquid from the first chamber; and a heating coil configured to heat the wick, wherein the wick is a silica wick, and wherein the heating coil has an electrical resistance in a range of 1.0 ohm to 1.3 ohms.

Abstract: An aerosol delivery device and an aerosol source member for use with an inductive heating aerosol delivery device are provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, a resonant transmitter located in the control body, a control component configured to drive the resonant transmitter, and an aerosol source member that includes a substrate portion at least a portion of which is configured to be positioned within range of a field emitted by the resonant transmitter. The substrate portion may include a substrate material and one or more separators, the one or more separators may be configured to separate the substrate material into a plurality of separate substrate segments, and the one or more separators may comprise susceptors configured to be heated by the resonant transmitter.