Abstract: We disclose a water-based solution containing xylitol that helps reduce the risk of dental problems. The solution may be pre-packaged in a readably consumable form, or it may be packaged as a concentrate that can be added to beverage at the time of consumption. In addition to xylitol, other additives may be added to the solution including fluoride, flavoring, vitamins, caffeine, carbonation, electrolytes, minerals, sugars, and sugar alcohols.

Abstract: This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods nutritional supplements, treats, and toys) for animal consumption, particularly compositions that comprise omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and particularly compositions that tend to aid in reducing mitogen-activated-protein (“MAP”) kinase activity in animals. This invention also is directed generally to methods for using such compositions, particularly to methods for using such compositions to reduce MAP kinase activity in animals, and particularly to methods for using such compositions to treat a cancer or tissue hyperplasia. This invention is further directed generally to processes for making such compositions.

Abstract: A nutritional supplement comprising a variety of vitamins and minerals is described. A nutritional supplement comprising between about 1 mg and about 5 mg of vitamin B1, between about 2 mg and about 8 mg of vitamin B2, between about 7 mg and about 30 mg of vitamin B6, between about 10 mcg and about 40 mcg of vitamin B12, between about 1 mg and about 4 mg of folic acid, between about 250 IU and about 900 IU of vitamin D3, between about 100 mg and about 400 mg of vitamin C, between about 20 IU and about 90 IUs of vitamin E, between about 0.5 mg and about 4 mg of copper, between about 20 mg and about 80 mg of zinc, between about 10 mg and about 70 mg of iron, and between about 100 mg and about 800 mg of omega-3 fatty acids is disclosed.

Abstract: Described herein are a liquid milk beverage for toddlers comprising non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented and protein-rebalanced cow's milk, processes for making same and methods of uses. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk comprises a reduced weight/weight proportion of casein:whey proteins when compared to untreated cow's milk. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk may further comprises a reduced total protein concentration when compared to untreated cow's milk. The reduced proportion and/or reduced total concentration of proteins facilitate digestion of the liquid milk beverage by infant and toddlers. Also described are methods for providing nutrition to a toddler, methods for facilitating transition from breast feeding and/or artificial formula feeding of a child towards drinking of cow's homogenized milk, and methods for increasing digestion of cow's milk in an individual.

Abstract: An array of animal diets nutritionally tailored to different animal life stages. A method for facilitating the selection of a life-stage appropriate diet for an animal. The method may comprise providing an indicium to facilitate an anthropomorphic connection between the animal life stage and a corresponding human life stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides an edible product comprising 10-99 wt. % of an aqueous phase; 0.1-90 wt. % of an oil phase; 0-40 wt. % of solid or semi-solid particles; and active plant cell wall degrading enzyme. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of the aforementioned edible product for increasing the bioavailability of one or more micronutrients that are comprised in the vegetable and/or fruit components of a salad, said use comprising combining the product and the salad.

Abstract: This disclosure features human milk permeates and compositions containing the same obtained from fractionated whole human milk. The oligosaccharide rich permeate and permeate compositions of the present invention are useful as nutritional supplements for pre-term and full term infants, for establishing or maintaining gut flora and for treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for programming the post-prandial fat handling in an infant by a nutritional composition comprising lipid globules coated with phospholipids.

Abstract: This invention relates, inter alia, to various plant-based electrolyte compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. One embodiment concerns a plant-based electrolyte composition comprising a plant-derived electrolyte content high in potassium relative to sodium, and a plant-derived carbohydrate content less than about 6% weight/volume. Another embodiment concerns a method for re-hydrating an individual or preventing dehydration or over-hydration of an individual or for preventing or treating potassium deficiency in an individual, by administering to the individual a plant-based electrolyte composition. The electrolyte compositions can be prepared from sugarcane juice, sugar beet juice, sweet sorghum juice, palm syrup, maple sap, vegetable juice or fruit juice.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrolyte formulations and methods of use thereof to treat or prevent dehydration and taste fatigue. The electrolyte formulation of the invention addresses the needs of a broad population, particularly the needs of an older population. The electrolyte formulation of this invention comprises a dietary fiber source, such as Acacia Gum, a sodium ion source, a potassium ion source, a calcium ion source, a chloride ion source, and a citrate ion source.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a weight-loss composition including protein and fat and methods of use. The weight loss composition is substantially free of carbohydrates. The composition induces body weight loss when administered to a subject as the only source of nutrition for at least 12 hours.

Abstract: The invention refers to the use of a mixture of naringin, bitter orange extract and sepiolite to improve ruminal fermentation in ruminants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing phytase variants has at least 70% identity to a phytase derived from Buttiauxella and comprises at least one additional disulfide bond as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have modified, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensitiliby, and/or an modified glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to the variants produced, DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g. in animal feed and animal feed additives.

Abstract: The application is in the field of transgenic (non-human) organisms, sialic acid chemistry, metabolism and antigenicity. More particularly, the invention is related to a method to produce Neu5Gc-free animals and products therefrom comprising disrupting the CMAH gene and thereby reducing or eliminating Neu5Gc from biological material of non-humans.

Abstract: Methods for managing animals can involve identifying a trait by analyzing a biological sample and determining a physical characteristic of a bovine subject using imaging. A method can include obtaining a targeted trait genetic value and determining a targeted trait value for a bovine subject using imaging. A method can include obtaining genetic information determined by identifying, in a biological sample from the first bovine subject, at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). An animal can be managed based on information that has been identified and/or obtained.

Abstract: The invention provides a defined bird feed mixture that is intrinsically attractive to some desirable birds such as finches. The bird feed mixture of the invention attracts larger numbers of small birds than some commercially available finch bird feed mixtures. The bird feed mixture contains thistle, red millet and sunflower chips.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in cereal grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plant grain, resulting in grain with increased digestibility/nutrient availability, improved amino acid composition/nutritional value, increased response to feed processing, improved silage quality, and increased efficiency of wet milling.

Abstract: The invention provides feed additive compositions for supplementing the diet of an animal that can reduce the odor of manure produced by animals consuming the compositions. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing the compositions and methods of using the compositions as animal feed additives.

Abstract: A controlled release beadlet that sequentially releases carotenoids over time within the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, as well as a method of administering the carotenoids. The beadlet provides a specific ratio of carotenoids which release from the beadlet at preselected times during passage through the gastrointestinal tract. The method includes releasing the carotenoids in preselected ratios at specific time intervals in the gastrointestinal tract to mitigate competition between the carotenoids for their uptake, and/or to potentially maximize the uptake of individual carotenoids within a mixed carotenoid formulation.

Abstract: A nutritional composition for improving the immunological function of a subject, including a lipid or fat; a protein source; about 5 to about 100 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which comprises docosahexanoic acid; and about 0.1 to about 1 mg/100 kcal of a prebiotic composition, wherein the prebiotic composition comprises at least 20% of an oligosaccharide which has a fermentation rate which is demonstrably slower than that of galacto-oligosaccharide.

Abstract: A method of using hop acids for increasing food and energy uptake from feed by livestock is described which includes delivering the hop acids for oral ingestion to the animals by mixing the acids with livestock feed. The acids are mixed with the feed in an amount to inhibit certain types of undesirable bacteria in the livestock's digestive system, thereby increasing the production of propionate and lactate and decreasing the production of methane gas.

Abstract: An animal feed mixture containing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine and salts thereof for animals kept in aquacultures is provided. Methods for preparing DL-methionyl-DL-methionine of formula (I) and methods to fractionate the diasteriomeric forms obtained are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are oral rehydration compositions with sucrose, or alternatively fructose and glucose in a 1:1 ratio. The composition further comprises an osmolarity of below 250 mOsm/L, and sodium below 75 meq/L. Further disclosed are methods of treatment using the same.

Abstract: The subject invention concerns the reduction of protein aggregation in the neurons of a mammal through the use of a ketogenic treatment such as a ketogenic diet, a physical training regimen and/or administration of agents to increase fatty acid oxidation. Such ketogenic treatment can be useful in the reduction of certain aggregates including amyloid ? peptide, polyglutamine containing huntintin protein, polyglutamine containing androgen receptor, polyglutamine containing atrophin-1, polyglutamine containing ataxins, ?-synclein, prion protein, tau and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to edible compositions comprising probiotics. One embodiment of the present invention relates to an edible composition comprising Bifidobacterium longum ATCC BAA-999. This composition can be used to attenuate reductions in hippocampal BDNF expression and/or to treat or prevent anxiety and related disorders.

Abstract: The invention provides a non-human transgenic animal comprising a transgene encoding angiogenin and food products comprising or obtained from the non-human transgenic animal and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the production of methane emanating from the digestive activities of a ruminant and or for improving ruminant animal performance by using, as active compound at least one nitrooxy alkanoic acid and/or derivative thereof, which is administrated to the animal together with the feed. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in feed and feed additives such as premix, concentrates and total mixed ration (TMR) or in the form of a bolus.

Abstract: A food product high in calories from fat and carbohydrate is provided. The fat is incorporated in powder for later mixing with an aqueous medium to form a viscous liquid that is stable against phase separation of the oil and water. The product also includes protein and preferably at least one of vitamins and minerals. The food product has a low water activity and is packaged in a sealed container.

Abstract: Breast milk collection, storage, and feeding apparatus comprising a first storage bottle and first and second differently sized feeding bottles, each of the three bottles having a mouth portion of the same diameter and a common external thread structure, and first and second dual port caps each sized and threaded to attach to each of the three bottles, each dual port cap further having a drip port and a draw port, a pressure relief vent formed therein; and a tethered closure plug unit attached thereto, each tethered closure plug unit having first and second tethered plugs shaped and dimensioned to plug or close a respective one of the drip and draw ports. The apparatus may be used in various manners to transfer milk from the storage bottle to a feeding bottle and to thereafter feed an infant by nipple, syringe, or a gravity/bolus technique.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention describe a novel use of capsanthin and/or fatty-acyl ester of capsanthin to inhibit both the differentiation of pre-adipocytes to adipocytes and the accumulation of fat in the adipocytes. One or more embodiments of the present invention are based on findings that capsanthin contained in some natural products such as red pepper, paprika, bell pepper, etc. have anti-adipogenic activity by inhibiting both the differentiation of pre-adipocyte into adipocyte and the accumulation of fat in adipocytes, Therefore, this findings provide a functional food and a pharmaceutical composition wherein capsanthins and the extract of any natural products containing the same components are included in the functional food and the pharmaceutical composition, to offer obesity prevention and/or treatment effects.

Abstract: This invention is in the field of weight maintenance, more in particular in the field of long term weight maintenance of humans. The invention relates to the use of a mixture of a triglyceride oil having a solid fat content at ambient to body temperature and an emulsifier for maintaining weight after weight loss. The invention also relates to the use of a mixture of a triglyceride oil having a solid fat content at ambient to body temperature and an emulsifier for obtaining a thermogenic effect. The invention also relates to the use of a mixture of a triglyceride oil having a solid fat content at ambient to body temperature and an emulsifier for increasing the energy expenditure such as resting energy expenditure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved ruminant products and methods of producing such products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into the ruminant feed for feeding ruminant animals. In one embodiment of the disclosure, an edible ruminant product including SDA is disclosed. In another embodiment, a reproductive ruminant product including SDA is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of using hay, vegetable and/or fruit pulp, and a hydrocolloid for making animal food; and the food products produced using such methods; and the products then being dried through low-temperature dehydration. The animal food products are free of gluten, grains, legumes, nuts, animal-products, sweeteners, and fats.

Abstract: The invention encompasses compositions and methods for maintaining or promoting a healthy body composition in a companion animal, which comprises feeding the animal an edible composition comprising one or more pyruvate in an amount effective to maintain or promote the healthy body composition, wherein maintaining or promoting the healthy body composition comprises controlling the animal's weight, for example, loss of weight or body fat, or increased percentage of lean muscle mass.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved poultry products and methods of producing such poultry products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into animal feed products. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides methods for producing said products. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a poultry animal may be fed feed comprising a transgenic plant product. In other embodiments of the disclosure, poultry white meat and dark meat products comprising SDA, EPA, DPA, and DHA are disclosed. In further embodiments of the disclosure, poultry eggs comprising SDA, EPA, DHA, and DPA are disclosed.

Abstract: A chocolate based composition and method of promoting weight loss by suppressing appetite, inducing a feeling of satiety, and reducing ones craving for sweets and other food products while not adversely affecting the appearance, taste, texture, or scent of the chocolate. The composition comprises chocolate in combination with at least one or more of the following ingredients derived from the plant: Achyranthes (e.g., Achyranthes Aspera), Irvingia gabonensis, and Adansonia digitata Lin (e.g. Baobab). The composition is delivered orally in formulations suitable for drinking or eating comprising solid, powder, liquid, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides dietary regimens useful mimicking caloric restriction in animals. The regimens use a first diet containing one or more dietary supplements suitable for mimicking caloric restriction when the animal is a young animal; a second diet containing one or more dietary supplements suitable for mimicking caloric restriction when the animal is an adult animal; and a third diet containing one or more dietary supplements suitable for mimicking caloric restriction when the animal is a senior animal; wherein the dietary supplements in the first diet, second diet, and third diet are not all be the same dietary supplements.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that contains quercetin, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, caffeine, epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin, epicatechin gallate, and epigallocatechin.

Abstract: A process for extraction of crude oil from DDGS and producing corn distillers meal that may be used as a livestock supplement is disclosed. For example, the corn distillers meal may be used as a crude protein supplement for use in a livestock feed diet or a poultry feed diet.

Abstract: A method of promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut of a human in need thereof, which involves administering to a human a composition containing an effective amount of Ara-(1-5)-(Ara)n-(1-5)-Ara as a prebiotic, where n=0-18.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating rapeseed or a rape product remaining after the partial or complete recovery of the oil content of rapeseed, which method comprise the step of contacting the rapeseed or the rape product or its mixture formed with one or more other feeds, with an intercalation complex of an element belonging to the main group 2 or 3 of the periodic table formed with an anion and one or more polymers. The invention also relates to a rapeseed or a rape product which can be produced by the above method, as well as to the mixture thereof with one or more other feeds, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A rumen-protected carotenoid animal feed product is described that is free-flowing, resistant to ruminal degradation and effective at raising the carotenoid level in milk produced by the animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic sterol- and fat-based particles, which can be dispersed in liquid foods and beverages such as milk. The compositions provided, when consumed, reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and total plasma cholesterol (TC) levels.

Abstract: The invention relates to products and methods for increasing the productivity in farming by improving the fertility of healthy farming mammals. More in particular, the invention relates to products and methods for improving the fertility of animals by reducing placental insufficiency. According to the invention, this is obtained by providing a product which is enriched in L-arginine. The arginine products of the invention may be applied to improve fertility, which may be used in improving the yield in viable offspring of an animal livestock.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drink compositions containing a lipid fraction. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions and uses to retard fat uptake from consumed products. For example, the present invention relates to a specific proteose peptone fraction and its use to retard fat hydrolysis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nutritional compositions comprising a fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) in an amount of 35 to 44% by weight; a polysaccharide that is not a partially hydrolyzed guar gum such as, for example, an arabinogalactan in an amount of 50% to 38% by weight; and inulin in an amount of 12% to 24% by weight. The FOS and the polysaccharide may be present in a weight ratio of about 1:1. More specifically, the FOS and inulin may be present in a weight ratio of about 7:3. Also provided are methods of promoting gut microbiota balance and health. The methods include administering an effective amount of the nutritional composition to patients in need of same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the emission of methane, and possible other carbonaceous gasses being produced during processing of feed in the bowel of livestock, into the atmosphere. The method comprises feeding the livestock with feed comprising solid carbonaceous matter, the livestock digesting the feed, methane and possible other carbonaceous gasses being encapsulated within the structure of said carbonaceous matter, the livestock moving bowels with faeces, the methane and possible other carbonaceous gasses being encapsulated in the voids of the solid carbonaceous matter also after the livestock have made bowels with the faeces. The invention further relates to an animal feed composition comprising solid carbonaceous matter having voids within the structure of the matter, and to a method and an apparatus for producing such animal feed composition.

Abstract: A method of reducing ammonia aerosol from manure is disclosed, which method employs an animal feed including a substantially indigestible cation exchanger capable of binding ammonium cations and an acidogenic substance to acidify an animal's manure and thereby create ammonium cations that can be bound by the cation exchanger. The method of feeding said animal feed reduces ammonia emissions from manure produced by animals fed the animal feed compared to the emissions obtained from manure when an acidogenic substance is fed alone and compared to the emissions obtained from manure when a cation exchange capacity material is fed alone.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses pet food compositions that include one or more probiotic microorganisms, which are useful to improve the health of companion animals. For example, the invention encompasses pet food compositions including a probiotic, for example, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Streptococcus (Enterococcus). The present invention also encompasses the preparation of pet food compositions including one or more probiotic microorganisms intended for methods of maintaining or improving pet health through feeding a pet a pet food composition including the probiotic microorganism.

Abstract: The invention is directed to polypeptides having any cellulolytic activity, e.g., a cellulase activity, e.g., endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase, beta-glucosidase, xylanase, mannanse, ?-xylosidase, arabinofuranosidase, and/or oligomerase activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and feed processing and industrial contexts. The invention also provides compositions or products of manufacture comprising mixtures of enzymes comprising at least one enzyme of this invention.