Abstract: A vegetable-based food product comprising at least 50 wt % protein, wherein the protein is gluten or is proteinaceous material derived from gluten, and wherein the product has the texture of minced meat. A method for preparing a vegetable-based food product including fermenting a gluten-based material with a mould and then processing the fermented product into a vegetable-based food product for use as a replacement for minced meat.

Abstract: Gluten-degrading proteases derived from insects, including flour beetles, are isolated, and the purified, and recombinant forms can be used to make gluten-containing food safe for patients suffering from gluten intolerance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food ingredient comprising a savory flavour component, a hydrolyzed whole grain composition and an alpha-amylase or fragment thereof, which alpha-amylase or fragment thereof shows no hydrolytic activity towards dietary fibers when in the active state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparation for fermented corn gluten to improve the quality of corn gluten, which is a vegetable protein source, to a fermented corn gluten prepared by the method, and to a feed additive including the same. The present invention provides high-quality fermented corn gluten whose characteristics are improvement as a protein feed by inoculation of corn gluten, which has a high protein content but is minimally used due to low digestibility, with a Bacillus sp. strain and solid-culturing the Bacillus sp. strain, and a method of preparation therefor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to food products having a dough component with a unique appearance and texture. The food product may be a pizza product. In a general embodiment, the dough component of the food product includes malted barley flour in an amount greater than 1% to about 3%, which helps to create and maintain the unique appearance and texture of the food product. Methods for making a dough-based food product are also provided and include mixing a dough having malted barley flour in an amount from about 0.5% to about 3.0%, fermenting the dough, pressing the dough with a die having unique characteristics, and baking the dough to form a baked dough.

Abstract: Animal feedstuff having beneficial properties is obtained by adding to a substrate one or more fungal species of the kind that excretes substances into said substrate during its growth which are beneficial to the health, growth or weight gain of an animal, or animals to which the feedstuff is intended and allowing the fungus to grow and/or ferment on the substrate. Suitable substrates are cereal grains, residue of cereal grains, agricultural primary products, agricultural waste products, and other cellulosic materials or a combination of one or More of the same. Suitable fungus species include Cordyceps species, Ganoderma species, Grifola species, Trametes Species, Lentinula species, Antrodia species, Agaricus species, Tremella species, Pleurotus species, Lentinus species, Polypore species, Agaricales species, Ascomycetes species and Basidiomycetes species.

Abstract: Provided are a dough composition for sugarless bread, sugarless bread and a processes for making them, which can reduce sugar content in baking bread without sugar added, thereby lowering the intake of sugar, which may cause diseases such as diabetes or obesity. The dough composition for sugarless bread includes (A) 0.1 to 1.1 parts by weight of an improver, (B) 15 to 50 parts by weight of a grain mixture, and (C) 1.0 to 2.5 parts by weight of yeast, based on 100 parts by weight of flour of the dough composition. The present invention can provide sugarless bread with low sugar content by suppressing sugar from being generated during the baking process. Since the sugarless bread according to the present invention lowers the intake of sugar, which may cause diseases such as diabetes or obesity.

Abstract: Food grade products are given priority with a sustainable integrated corn based bio grind refining process. Premium fractions are fractionated for human foods and premium fermentable products. The balance food feedstocks are refined for animal feed with no loss of nutritional value. By-products of refining are used to produce ethanol and other energy products. There is no process waste. The integrated processes can be adapted to new continuous refineries or to optimize or retrofit one or more individual process steps.

Abstract: The invention provides for the use of a texture modifying agent added to nutritionally enhanced pasta dough, such as pasta dough with high levels of protein, so that a pasta product can be produced with a quality similar to that of conventional pasta. The texture modifying agent, which preferably includes an enzyme, permits the nutritionally enhanced pasta dough to be extruded in conventional pasta manufacturing equipment and to form a pasta product with a texture similar to typical semolina-based pasta.

Abstract: A method of modeling a fermentation process comprises providing a first principles model of a fermentation process; determining the concentration of at least one substrate in a fermentation composition at a first time; and predicting the concentration of at least one component of the fermentation composition at a second time using the first principles model, wherein the second time is after the first time.

Abstract: A method is described for improving the digestibility of a forage diet for ruminant animals. A forage, including alfalfa, Chinese wildrye, corn silage, straw silage, corn stover, ryegrass or TMR, is treated with an enzyme product having cellulase, xylanase, beta-glucanase, pectinase, mannanase and alpha-galactosidase activities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polypeptides, or fragments of polypeptides, genes encoding them and means for producing said polypeptides. In detail the invention relates to polypeptides having esterase, suberinase and/or cutinase activity at low pH. This invention relates also to compositions containing the polypeptides and methods of using the polypeptides.

Abstract: A solid breadmaking improver whose dry matter consists essentially of one or two water-soluble food ingredients and at least one enzyme. The solid improver contains ascorbic acid and results, after dispersion of 10 g of improver in 100 g of distilled water, in liquid having a pH of 3.8 to 7.0, said liquid improver being obtained by dispersion of the solid improver in an aqueous phase.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid koji to be used in the production of a fermented food or drink, particularly a liquid koji having glucoamylase and acid-stable ?-amylase with high enzymatic activities, which can be used in the brewing of shochu. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a liquid koji to be used in production of a fermented food or drink, comprising: cultivating a koji mold in a liquid medium that contains, as a raw material, a substance selected from the group consisting of a cereal having a surface covered with a husk; a cereal having a surface from which only a husk (e.g., a chaff) is removed; an unprocessed bean or tuber having a surface covered with a hull; and amaranthus and/or quinoa.

Abstract: A method for producing dough which has reduced proofing time. The proofing time is at least 33% less that required in the absence of vacuum exercising. The method comprises mixing the dough ingredients, forming gas nucleation sites by proofing the dough, exercising the dough by subjecting the dough to cycles of differential pressure, allowing the dough to return to ambient pressure and then, optionally, baking the dough.

Abstract: Gluten-degrading proteases can be used to degrade gluten and for making gluten-containing food safer for patients suffering from gluten intolerance.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a new strain of Lactobacillus buchneri A deposited in the Collection of Industrial Microorganisms in the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology in Warsaw, under the number KKP 2047 p. The invention also concerns composition and a multi-component preparation for starch-rich plant preservation comprising this new strain, uses thereof and the method of silage production or starch-rich plant preservation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a baby food product comprising at least one food ingredient selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, egg, legumes, aromatic herbs, nuts and any combination thereof, a hydrolyzed whole grain composition, an alpha-amylase or fragment thereof, which alpha-amylase or fragment thereof shows no hydrolytic activity towards dietary fibers when in the active state, and wherein the baby food product has a viscosity in the range 301-1000 mPa·s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polynucleotide sequences comprising genes that encode novel lipolytic enzymes, as well as functional equivalents of the gene of the acid sequences with high homology thereto. The invention also relates to methods of using these lipolytic enzymes in industrial processes, for example in the diary or baking industry.

Abstract: The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.

Abstract: A process of preparing a hydrolysate of an edible solid substrate is provided. The edible solid substrate may be of animal or plant origin including edible animal meat, fish meat, shellfish meat or an edible plant or a combination thereof. The process includes preparing a fermented koji from a protein containing material and a carbohydrate, mixing the fermented koji with a selected edible solid substrate to form a mixture and hydrolysing the mixture in an environment with less than 2% salt content, preferably in a substantially salt-free condition. In another embodiment, the fermented koji may be prepared from an edible solid substrate itself. The hydrolysate may be further subjected to a moromi fermentation stage to obtain a food composition. Alternatively, a culture of a lactic acid bacteria may be inoculated to the mixture prior to the hydrolysis, which therefore eliminates the moromi fermentation and accelerated the process.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel polypeptides and enzyme preparations containing them, which improve the efficiency of cellulose and lignocellulose degradation even at elevated temperatures. The polypeptides can be produced using conventional recombinant DNA technologies. The related polynucleotides, vectors and host cells are also disclosed. The polypeptides and the enzyme preparations containing them are particularly useful in improving the efficiency of cellulose and lignocellulose degradation, in improving the quality of animal feed, in machine dishwashing applications, in detergent compositions, in pulp and paper, textile, food, baking or beverage industry.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fermented food product, including the step of providing a rinsed whole grain mixture including whole grain sweet rice, whole grain quinoa, whole grain amaranth, and not including soy. The method includes the step of sprouting the whole grain mixture thereby forming a sprouted mixture. The method includes the step of cooking the sprouted mixture thereby forming a cooked mixture. The method includes fermenting the cooked mixture using a starter culture. The method includes the step of converting the cooked mixture into a paste.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-resistant composition for animals in the form of a granular powder, comprising: a) a liquid mixture of at least two enzymes; b) a medium selected from the group comprising wheat flour, starch, gypsum, maltodextrin, and corn cobs; and c) a coating agent selected from the group comprising cellulose and the derivatives thereof, chitin, carrageenan, sodium alginate, vegetable gums, gums obtained using a fermentation process, and starches and derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cereal products comprising cereals and isomaltulose, methods for their production, and the use of isomaltulose for the production of cereal products.

Abstract: There is provided a gluten-free composition for use in making a gluten-free leavened breadstuff or the like. The composition comprises from 4% by weight to about 27% by weight pulse flour. The composition also comprises starch flour, other flour, a leavening agent and a fermentation agent. There is also described a method of preparing a gluten-free leavened breadstuff or the like. The method comprises the steps of: (a) reducing the anti-nutrient content of a pulse flour; (b) combining the reduced anti-nutrient pulse flour with starch flour, other flour, a leavening agent and a fermentation agent to provide a gluten-free composition; and (c) baking the composition to provide a gluten-free breadstuff or the like. The breadstuffs can be made without the use of any gluten, egg or milk or derivatives or components thereof, and thus can be consumed by those who are allergic or intolerant to such substances.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel plant homologs of the Arabidopsis peptide atPEP1. atPEP peptides in Arabidopsis are involved in the amplification of defense pathways involved in innate immunity against microbial pathogens. Homologs to atPEP1 identified in soy, corn, rice, wheat, and canola sequence databases are potential sources for transgenes to enhance crop yield through resistance to biotic and/or abiotic stresses. Chimeric genes comprising sequences from mature and precursor plant defense response polypeptides from a given species, and from different species, as well as the encoded polypeptide sequences, are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a rice protein concentrate from a rice substrate comprising, enzymatically hydrolyzing a rice substrate with an enzyme having granular starch hydrolyzing (GSH) activity and a second starch hydrolyzing enzyme at a temperature at or below 72° C. and at a pH of about 3.0 to 6.5 to obtain a solubilized starch fraction and a residue fraction which includes insoluble protein, and separating the solubilized starch fraction from the residue to obtain a rice protein concentrate. The rice protein concentrate may be used in animal feed and human food formulations.

Abstract: A method of making bread uses an automatic bread maker and an ingredient box. The method includes: put the bread ingredient with flour and baking powder according to proper formula into the accommodating room of the ingredient box and packaged; then place the ingredient box faced down in the hanging rack above the baking pan inside the automatic bread maker, operate the bread maker to make the sawtooth blade of the hanging rack pierced the film of the ingredient box and the bread ingredient inside fell down into the baking pan, then water the baking pan; close the housing of the automatic bread maker and turn on the baking pan, the bread ingredient is processed with working dough of mixing, stirring and kneading; get the baking pan out, and remove the bread of baked and shaped.

Abstract: A rye extract as well as food compositions including the extract. The use of the extract for the manufacture of a food composition, a dosage product, a pharmaceutical or a medicament. The extract is useful as a food composition, dosage product, pharmaceutical or medicament for the treatment, controlling or prevention of diseases or conditions related to metabolic syndrome, diabetes or obesity or in the promotion of satiety, weight loss or maintenance of desired body weight.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing flour dough with reduced content of gluten starting from gluten containing cereals flours. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of lactic acid bacteria and fungal enzymes for the partial degradation of gluten in wheat flour in order to obtain flour dough with residual gluten concentration from 20,000-80,000 ppm. The flour dough obtained by the method of the invention can be used to prepare food products with reduced gluten content.

Abstract: A method for producing a powdery seasoning of the present invention includes hydrolyzing a protein material with a liquid koji mold cultured in a medium containing wheat bran which has been ground to pass through a 0.3 mm mesh sieve to prepare a hydrolysate, and spray drying the hydrolysate without removing a solid. According to the method for producing the powdery seasoning of the present invention, provided is a powdery seasoning which is spray-dryable without undergoing any solid removal process such as squeezing or filtering after hydrolysis, and achieves higher storage stability than prior art powdery seasoning prepared from a protein hydrolysate liquid.

Abstract: Delayed reaction modified disodium dihydrogen diphosphate (SAPP), the preparation thereof and the use thereof as a leavening acid for the production of baked goods. The process for the preparation of the modified disodium dihydrogen diphosphate (SAPP), includes adding an aqueous solution containing at least one of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate to an aqueous phosphoric acid solution containing at least one compound of magnesium, calcium, potassium, aluminium the total amount of magnesium plus calcium plus potassium plus aluminium being at least 300 ppm, to obtain an aqueous solution product and dewatering the aqueous solution product at a temperature in the range of from 190 to 250° C. to obtain a modified disodium dihydrogen diphosphate product having an orthophosphate content, measured as P2O5, of <5.0 wt. %.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a novel use of a maltotriosyl transferase. The present invention provides a method for producing rice cakes or noodles, including a step of heat-treating a dough containing maltotriosyl transferase thereby gelatinizing starch in the dough. The present invention also provides a method for producing an indigestible saccharide, including a step of allowing maltotriosyl transferase to act on a saccharide.

Abstract: Lipolytic enzymes which improve the properties of dough or baked products generally have a high activity towards lipids which are capable of forming a hexagonal phase, and a screening method was developed on this basis. The improved properties may include a larger loaf volume, an improved shape factor, an improved crumb structure, reduced dough stickiness, improved dough stability and/or improved tolerance towards extended proofing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to frozen and freeze dried starter culture compositions comprising microorganisms. The invention also relates to methods of producing the frozen and freeze dried starter culture compositions and methods of using them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of extrusion, comprising the processing steps of: i) providing a food dough; ii) providing a viscous coating agent; iii) extruding a strand of food dough and extruding a coating layer at least partially enclosing the strand; iv) treating the at least partially coated strand with a liquid strengthening agent during at least two strengthening steps such that the coating layer of the strand is strengthened; to a device for performing this method and to the obtained food strand.

Abstract: The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for use as silage inoculants comprising a yeast strain, one or more bacterial stains, and a suitable carrier. The invention also relates to methods of improving livestock animal silage and meat and milk performance of a livestock animal.

Abstract: Suppressed-pop popcorn is made by soaking popcorn kernels in a room temperature aqueous enzyme solution. The enzyme solution degrades the pericarp structure of the popcorn kernels and increases the moisture content within the popcorn kernels. As a result, the popcorn kernels partially pop when exposed to heat, yielding a crunchy, orally satisfying snack.

Abstract: (Modified) sorghum protein is used as novel protective hydrocolloid for active ingredients, especially fat-soluble active ingredients and/or colorants. Included are compositions comprising (modified) sorghum protein and at least one active ingredient and to their manufacture, as well as to the (modified) sorghum protein itself and its manufacture. These compositions are used for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of food, beverages, animal feed, personal care or pharmaceutical compositions, and to food, beverages, animal feed, personal care and pharmaceutical compositions containing such a (modified) sorghum protein and such a composition, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylases, nucleic acids encoding the alpha-amylases, methods of producing the alpha-amylases, and methods of using the alpha-amylases.

Abstract: Producing soluble oat or barley flour by using enzymes to precondition whole oat or barley flour prior to an extrusion (continuous cooking) process.

Abstract: Partially deamidated rice endosperm protein or rice endosperm protein which is partially conjugated with mono-, di-, oligo- or polysaccharides is used as novel protective hydrocolloid for fat-soluble active ingredients and/or fat-soluble colorants. The present invention further includes compositions comprising that rice endosperm protein and at least one fat-soluble active ingredient/colorant, as well as their manufacture, that rice endosperm protein itself and its manufacture. These compositions are used for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of food, beverages, animal feed, personal care or pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention is directed to theses uses and to food, beverages, animal feed, personal care and pharmaceutical compositions containing such a rice endosperm protein and such a composition, respectively.

Abstract: The invention provides an enzyme preparation obtainable from a Koji fermentation, wherein the Koji fermentation comprises mushrooms fermented with Aspergillus. The invention further relates to an enzyme preparation obtainable from the fermentation of a mixture of mushrooms and cereal with Aspergillus, to a process of producing the enzyme preparation, and to the use of the preparation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to mold control and extended shelf life methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface of the dough used to prepare the edible product with at least one preservative and at least one pH adjusting agent prior to or during baking. The present invention is also directed to methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface of the dough used to prepare the edible product with a at least one pH adjusting agent prior to or during baking.

Abstract: A method for making a milk product (e.g. a yogurt) comprising adding an effective amount of an N-linked glycosidase and/or an O-linked glycosidase to milk.

Abstract: The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substrate or is a laccase or a peroxidase.

Abstract: A food heating device includes a platen (101) and a pair of conveyor segments (103). A first conveyor segment is arranged and spaced to transport a food product (201, 203, 205) between a first side of the platen (101) and the first conveyor segment (103). A second conveyor segment (103/703/903) is arranged and spaced to transport the food product between a second side of the platen (101) and the second conveyor segment (103/703/903). A transfer device (505/705) may be disposed at one end of the platen (101) such that the transfer device transfers the food product (203) from the first side of the platen (101) to the second side of the platen (101).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a microorganism of the genus Brevibacterium for the biological degradation of ochratoxin A, in which the microorganism is preferably Brevibacterium casei, Brevibacterium linens, Brevibacterium iodinum or Brevibacterium epidermidis. In addition, the invention relates to a method for the production of ochratoxin ? using said microorganism.