Abstract: Disclosed is a method to prepare a myceliated high-protein food product, which includes culturing a fungi an aqueous media which has a high level of plant protein, for example at least 20 g protein per 100 g dry weight with excipients, on a dry weight basis. The plant protein can include pea, rice and/or chickpea. The fungi can include comprises Lentinula spp., Agaricus spp., Pleurotus spp., Boletus spp., or Laetiporus spp. After culturing, the material is harvested by obtaining the myceliated high-protein food product via drying or concentrating. The resultant myceliated high-protein food product may have its taste, flavor, or aroma modulated, such as by increasing desirable flavors or tastes such as meaty, savory, umami, popcorn and/or by decreasing undesirable flavors such as bitterness, astringency or beaniness. Deflavoring and/or deodorizing as compared to non-myceliated control materials can also be observed. Also disclosed are myceliated high-protein food products.

Abstract: The invention discloses a food, ingredients of the food are made of vegetable or fruit, flour, egg and milk, the vegetable or fruit is fermenting and fermented paste of vegetable or fruit which is in fermentation under a condition without adding any water, sugar, and microbiological bacteria; the food is prepared by mixing, fermentating and baking a mixed and various chinese and western food products by carrying out at least one fermentation on a mixture of vegetable or fruit, flour, egg and milk.

Abstract: The present application relates to a Leuconostoc mesenteroides CJLM181 strain (KCTC 13042BP) producing decreased amounts of gas, a fermentation starter composition comprising the same, and a method for preparing kimchi using the strain.

Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide a novel method for synthesising a polyphenol. [SOLUTION] A polyphenol production method including the reaction of catechin in the presence of a catalyst and an oxidising agent, said catalyst comprising a metal oxide and/or a composite that comprises: a substrate which has an inorganic material on the surface thereof; and metal nanoparticles of a particle diameter of 0.5-100 nm attached to the surface of the inorganic material.

Abstract: A liquid seasoning includes a seasoning liquid and ingredients, wherein the seasoning liquid and the ingredients are prepared by subjecting a raw material including at least an onion ingredient and an organic acid to a heat treatment, wherein an amount of cycloalliin in the liquid seasoning with respect to an amount of the onion ingredient swollen in the seasoning liquid is 0.30% by mass or more, and wherein pH of the seasoning liquid is 2.5 to 4.5.

Abstract: Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.

Abstract: The invention provides a curing agent comprising a plant-based nitrite derived from plant material comprising nitrate and a process for preparing the curing agent comprising contacting a plant material with an organism capable of converting nitrate to nitrite. The curing agent can be used to preserve or cure meat or meat products.

Abstract: In a method for determining the concentration of glucoraphanin in a plant a sample of the plant is contacted by a polar uncharged organic solvent and comminuted such that glucoraphanin and plant material contained in the sample are dissolved in the solvent and, after removal of undissolved plant parts, the extract formed thereby is subjected to an UV-absorption measurement wherein for a first wavelength range of 200-270 nm, an absorption signal is recorded. A second derivative of the absorption signal is then obtained for a second wavelength range of 240-250 nm and the value of the minimum of the second derivative is determined and, based on this value, a concentration value for the glucoraphanin in the plant is established.

Abstract: The present invention provides biological oils and methods and uses thereof. The biological oils are preferably produced by heterotrophic fermentation of one or more microorganisms using cellulose-containing feedstock as a main source of carbon. The present invention also provides methods of producing lipid-based biofuels and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products using the biological oils.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of tea water comprising the following steps of: inactivating enzymes of raw tea leaves and juicing the tea leaves to obtain a tea juice; and removing ions of the tea juice obtained from the previous step to obtain tea water. In addition, the present invention provides tea water obtained by removing ions from a tea juice of raw tea leaves of which enzymes are inactivated. Skin-stimulating components are reduced in the tea water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of squalene from microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp., preferably at concentrations of between 2 and 12 g per 100 g of dry biomass. The method is characterized in that it comprises steps consisting in: culturing microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp. at a temperature of between 25 and 35° C., preferably between 28 and 32° C., and more preferably of the order of 30° C.; and adding between 1 and 1000 ?g of vitamin B12 per liter of culture medium to said culture medium.

Abstract: We describe the production and use of an extract obtained from Musa spp., preferably from bananas, in the promotion of growth of Gram-positive bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria. The extract is also useful for growth enhancement of environmentally-stressed Gram negative bacteria. Fermented foods containing such extracts are also described.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated microorganisms as well as strains and mutants thereof, biomasses, microbial oils, compositions, and cultures; methods of producing the microbial oils, biomasses, and mutants; and methods of using the isolated microorganisms, biomasses, and microbial oils.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a composition for producing and using a plant-based biocidal solution. The plant-based biocidal solution contains a bioactive material and a plant-based substance formed from the cellular material of a plant. The plant-based substance is capable of binding to the bioactive material. In some embodiments, the bioactive material is hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide can be added exogenously or generated endogenously. In accordance with further embodiments, the plant-based biocidal solution can be applied to a target, thereby impairing the target. In some embodiments, the target can be a pathogen. In accordance with another embodiment, the plant-based substance of the plant-based biocidal solution can form a microscopic cluster, a complex, or an aggregate for providing sufficient bioactive material to overcome the defense mechanism of the target.

Abstract: Provided are: a culture fluid composition for delaying the ripening of kimchi, which contains a mixed lactic acid bacterial culture fluid with which a culture fluid containing six types of lactic acid bacteria is mixed to be capable of specifically inhibiting the proliferation of lactic acid bacteria in fermented kimchi; vitamin B1; and lactic acid and a method for making kimchi using same for delaying the ripening of kimchi.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strain of Schizochytrium sp. that can produce large quantities of squalene, the methods for the production of lipid compounds of interest using said strain and the products and compositions prepared with said strain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mutants of lactic acid bacteria which are resistant towards the antibiotic D-cycloserine and/or functionally equivalent antibiotics and which were found to give an increased texture when grown in milk while maintaining the other growth properties of the parent strain. The present invention, furthermore, relates to compositions comprising such mutants, and to dairy products fermented with the lactic acid bacteria resistant towards D-cycloserine and/or functionally equivalent antibiotics.

Abstract: The present invention provides biological oils and methods and uses thereof. The biological oils are preferably produced by heterotrophic fermentation of one or more microorganisms using cellulose-containing feedstock as a main source of carbon. The present invention also provides methods of producing lipid-based biofuels and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products using the biological oils.

Abstract: A method for producing fermented edible plants alone or a mixture of edible plants and edible animals including the steps of: producing crushed edible plants or edible animal/plants; culturing a liquid mixture of grains, saccharides, filamentous fungi, and yeast for 24 to 36 hours to produce a mixed microbial broth; inoculating the edible plants or edible animal/plants with the mixed microbial broth, and firstly fermenting the edible plants or edible animal/plants for 3 to 8 days to produce first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants; and inoculating the first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants with bacteria, and secondly fermenting the first fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants for 6 to 12 days to produce second fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants. Further, adding the fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants produced by the above-described method into foods can provide storage stability, increase bioavailability, and improve flavor.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing or alleviating skin wrinkles containing honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia) extract, a fraction thereof, or a fermented honeybush as an active ingredient. More particularly, the honeybush extract or fermented honeybush of the claimed subject matter can reduce the length and depth of skin wrinkles caused by UV irradiation and reduce the thickness of the epidermal layer, in addition to suppress collagen tissue breakdown reactions, indicating it is excellent in alleviating skin wrinkles, so that it can be effectively used as an active ingredient of a composition for preventing or alleviating skin wrinkles.

Abstract: Provision of a composition stably comprising a high concentration of sulfur amino acid derived from a plant belonging to the genus Allium. A method for producing a sulfur amino acid-comprising composition comprising: heating a plant belonging to the genus Allium; treating the plant belonging to the genus Allium thus heated with a ?-glutamyl bond cleaving enzyme; and subjecting the resulting enzyme-treated product to ion exchange chromatography.

Abstract: The present invention relates to amidase enzymes and a feed or food additive comprising the amidase enzyme capable of degrading ochratoxin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from a supply of fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and tea juice; subjecting the supply of fresh tea leaves and/or the tea juice to a fermentation step thereby to at least partially ferment the tea juice; and combining the at least partially fermented tea juice with substantially unfermented tea material comprising active endogenous enzymes, thereby to form a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to an enzyme deactivation step thereby to prevent fermentation of the substantially unfermented tea material in the mixture.

Abstract: The fermentation of cucumbers and other vegetables into pickles is traditionally a long term process. By exposing the flesh of the vegetable and pickling with calcium chloride instead of sodium chloride, a faster fermentation pickle is achieved with no decrease in quality.

Abstract: The fermentation of cucumbers and other vegetables into pickles is traditionally a long term process. By exposing the flesh of the vegetable and pickling with calcium chloride instead of sodium chloride, a faster fermentation pickle is achieved with no decrease in quality.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for processing plant remains, in particular shells of seeds and nuts, even more in particular shells of cocoa beans, shells of grain seeds, and rice remains. The method comprises the following steps: (i) providing plant remains having a shell portion of at least 20 wt %; and (ii) at least partially hydrolyzing constituents of the plant remains, in particular at least partially hydrolyzing and/or fermenting a carbohydrate, a fat, and/or a protein. A liquid phase having dissolved constituents and a solid phase can subsequently be separated. The solid portion can be used as dietary fiber and the liquid phase can be used as feed for a biogas plant.

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: 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: 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: Particular aspects provide methods for converting glucosinolate in a glucosinolate-containing plant material to glucosinolate breakdown products (GBPs), comprising: providing an amount of processed glucosinolate-containing plant material, the processed material being depleted of oil and glucosinolate converting enzyme activity by virtue of said processing; providing an amount of glucosinolate converting enzyme activity; mixing the processed material with the amount enzyme activity; hydrating the mixture; and incubating the hydrated mixture, wherein the glucosinolates are enzymatically converted to GBPs. Preferably, the processed plant material comprises a oilseed-derived seedmeal material (e.g., meadowfoam seedmeal) from which the oil has been removed by the processing (e.g., solvent extraction and/or heat treatment). In particular embodiments, the glucosinolate converting enzyme activity comprises at least one of a myrosinase activity and a nitrile-forming activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of variant forms of C1 CBH1a and homologs thereof, having improved thermostability, low-pH tolerance, specific activity and other desirable properties. Also provided are methods for producing ethanol and other valuable organic compounds by combining cellobiohydrolase variants with cellulosic materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrolysed protein-polysaccharide complexes, and more specifically to those complexes formed by complex formation of a protein with a polysaccharide followed by hydrolysis. The resulting complexes have good emulsifying and stabilizing properties and can be used in food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical products. The invention further relates to the method of manufacture of such complexes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing artichoke tea comprising the steps of separating leaf stems, drying the leaf stems at low temperature and performing fermentation, forced-ripening and sugar-preserving processes on the leaf stems of the artichoke. The present invention utilizes the separation to remove the leaves from the leaf stems of the artichoke such that the origin of the taste of bitterness is removed along with the leaves. The leaf stems of the artichoke further undergo drying and fermentation processes such that the water is removed therefrom while preserving the nutrients of the artichoke therein. The forced-ripening and the sugar-preserving processes are further applied to the leaf stems to facilitate the transformation and preservation of the fruitafit-inulin thereof in order to produce a taste of sweetness. The manufactured artichoke tea of the present invention produces no bitterness taste while having nutrients thereof being preserved with enhanced sweet flavor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an umami enhancing composition comprising at least one umami enhancing compound, said composition (a) being capable of passing an ultra filtration membrane having a molecular weight cut off of 250 kDa, (b) being substantially free from lycopene, (c) containing a compound of less than 250 kDa, and (d) capable of enhancing the umami taste. Umami active tomato fractions comprising these compositions are also claimed. Such fractions and compositions are suitable for preparing food products.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a green leaf tea product, the process comprising the steps of: a) providing fresh tea material comprising catechins and active endogenous enzymes, wherein the fresh tea material comprises leaf material and stem material; b) optionally withering the fresh tea material; c) separating the leaf material from the stem material whilst the fresh tea material comprises active endogenous enzymes, to provide tea material rich in leaf; d) inactivating the endogenous enzymes in the tea material rich in leaf to substantially prevent fermentation of the tea material rich in leaf; and e) drying the tea material rich in leaf to yield the green leaf tea product.

Abstract: Systems and processes for converting bulky lignocellulosic biomass to high density biomass products, including biofuels, are described. The systems and processes relate to treating freshly harvested plant materials, generally at or in close proximity to sites where the plant materials are harvested, to effect saccharification, alcoholic fermentation, or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, thereby providing a liquefied biomass. The liquefied biomass is extracted to provide liquid extracts comprising biomass-derived water and water soluble biomass saccharification and fermentation products, including fermentable sugars and alcohols. The liquid biomass extracts can be transported via pipeline to other locations for fermentation, further saccharification, and/or purification to provide biofuel. Alternatively, the liquefied biomass can be used to prepare a biomass slurry that can be transported via pipeline.

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

Abstract: A method and composition for making food products for benefiting health, including: inoculating dryland taro poi with fermented wetland taro poi; fermenting the inoculated dryland taro poi; dehydrating the fermented dryland taro poi; rehydrating the dehydrated dryland taro poi; pasteurizing the rehydrated dryland taro poi; reinoculating the pasteurized dryland taro poi with a poi starter culture; and adding nutrients to the reinoculated dryland taro poi. The poi starter culture includes a probiotic organism having a concentration of at least 2000 cfu/g. The nutrients added to the dryland taro poi include one or more selected from the group consisting of: xylose and inulin. The dryland taro poi and the wetland taro poi are in an amount in a ratio of 40:1 by weight, dryland to wetland.

Abstract: A substance capable of imparting a kokumi having CaSR agonist activity is described. This substance is able to impart kokumi in a superior manner, in particular, at the initial taste, and is also highly stable and can easily be produced at a low cost. The present invention thus provides a kokumi-imparting composition which includes such a substance as well as a complex kokumi-imparting composition which includes the substance and other substances possessing the CaSR agonist activities in combination. More particularly, the present invention herein provides a kokumi-imparting composition including ?-Glu-Nva (L-?-glutamyl-L-norvaline), and a complex kokumi-imparting composition including the foregoing substance and another substance having a CaSR agonist activity, in combination.

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: Culturally modified lactic acid bacterial cells containing a porphyrin compound and their use in a novel method of reducing the oxygen content in a food and feed product or starting material is provided and means of improving the shelf life and/or quality of such products by using the culturally modified bacterial cells. Such culturally modified cells are useful in the manufacturing of a food and a feed product and for the manufacturing of metabolites produced by modified cells.

Abstract: Processes for extracting juice from plant material containing terpene glycosides comprising the steps of crushing a plant material comprising terpene glycosides, blanching the crushed plant material in acidified water to obtain a puree, the puree comprising a juice extract and a plant solids residue, separating the juice extract from the plant solids residue, mixing enzymes with the juice extract, and separating the juice extract to obtain a sweet juice.

Abstract: A process for preparation of starchy foods prior to cooking to reduce formation of acrylamide is described. The process uses microorganisms to metabolize sugars in the food sufficiently to reduce formation of the acrylamide. The foods include fried and baked starchy foods including potato chips, cereals, breads, tortilla chips, pretzels, crackers and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing chill haze in a protein containing liquid (especially beverages resulting from fermentation such as beer and wine) by contacting the liquid with silica microgels having an average microgel diameter of at least 18 nm, more preferably at least 45 nm, and most preferably at least 70 nm. It has now been discovered that microgels having an average microgel diameter of less than about 18 nm do not adequately reduce chill haze of a protein containing liquid. In particular, while microgels having an average microgel diameter of less than about 18 nm cause the coagulation of haze-forming components, these components remain suspended in liquid and continue to cause haze despite allowing the liquid to settle for long periods of time.

Abstract: Provided is an instant black tea, which includes the non-polymer catechins at high concentration, is further reduced in bitterness and astringency, and is excellent in the appearance of its infusion. The instant black tea includes a beverage material containing black tea leaves and a dried green tea extract and sealed in a tea bag. A mass ratio of the non-polymer catechins/tannin in the beverage material is from 0.65 to 0.95.

Abstract: A method of packaging a fresh meat product in a low oxygen environment is provided. The method comprises applying a natural plant component to a surface of the fresh meat product and sealing the fresh meat product in a package that contains a low oxygen environment. The natural plant component includes a sufficient amount of nitrites to convert myoglobin in the fresh meat product to nitrosomyoglobin and thereby improve the color of the fresh meat product. A meat color improvement solution and a pre-packaged food product are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fat composition, more specifically relates to 60% to 99.9% by weight of diglyceride containing 0.1 to 89.9% by weight of conjugated linoleic acid; 0.001% to 0.2% by weight of banaba extracts fermented by microorganism such as Bacillus sp. or Aspergillus sp.; and the balance being monoglyceride, triglyceride or a mixture thereof. The fat composition of the present invention comprises fermented banaba extracts as an antioxidant, and the fat composition excels in oxidation stability and keeping stability, therefore the fat composition of the present invention may be widely used as cooking oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tea-based fermentation beverage comprising a tea-based fermentation liquid with at least one species of lactic acid bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus ONRIC b0239 (FERM BP-10064) and Lactobacillus ONRIC b0240 (FERM BP-10065), and a tea beverage comprising at least one species of lactic acid bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus ONRIC b0239 (FERM BP-10064) and Lactobacillus ONRIC b0240 (FERM BP-10065).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel acid proteases and more specifically to NSP24 family proteases and NSP25 family proteases including biologically active fragments thereof and to nucleic acid molecules encoding said proteases. Also provided are vectors and host cells including nucleic acid sequences coding for the proteases, methods for producing the proteases, enzyme compositions and methods employing said proteases.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a process for isolation of carotenoids crystals comprising drying a plant part to obtain a meal and extracting the meal with alcohol at a temperature in the range of about 50° C. to 75° C. to obtain oleoresin. The oleoresin is enriched with alcohol at a temperature in the range of about 25° C. ° C. to 50° C. and hydrolyzed with alcoholic alkali at a temperature in the range of about 70° C. to 80° C. to obtain reaction mixture. The carotenoids crystals are precipitated from the reaction mixture by adding hot water followed by filtering, washing and drying the carotenoids crystals.