Abstract: Sweetened compositions comprising at least one sweetener and rebaudioside X are provided herein. Rebaudioside X is present in the sweetened compositions in a concentration at or below the sweetness recognition threshold, while the at least one sweetener is present in a concentration above its sweetness recognition threshold. Rebaudioside X acts to enhance the sweetness of the sweetened compositions, e.g. beverages and concentrate compositions, thereby allowing for preparation of sweetened compositions with reduced calorie content. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a sweetened composition with rebaudioside X are also provided herein.

Abstract: The invention provides a process of producing Rubusoside from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana plant. The process is useful for producing high purity Rubusoside with purity greater than 95% (dry basis). High purity rubusoside is useful as in combination with other caloric and non-caloric sweeteners as well as non-caloric sweetener in various food and beverage compositions. The high purity rubusoside is useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectionaries, bakeries, cookies, chewing gums, and alike.

Abstract: A pet food product having an excellent antiobesity effect and a method of feeding a pet pet food. The pet food product includes two kinds of pet food different in composition, pet food A and pet food B, in a manner such that they are not mixed with each other. Pet food A contains 30 to 60 mass % carbohydrate, 20 to 35 mass % protein, and 10 to 25 mass % fat. Pet food B contains 50 to 75 mass % carbohydrate, 15 to 30 mass % protein, and 5 to 15 mass % fat. Pet food A and pet food B have a relationship such that after at least three hours from feeding a pet one of them, the other is fed to the pet. Pet food product has a pet food A to B content ratio of 1 to 2:1.

Abstract: A bakery product comprises white chocolate in the form of one or more discrete pieces, wherein the white chocolate comprises an effective amount of fiber to reduce shape deformation and/or browning of the white chocolate during the production of the bakery product.

Abstract: A system and method for printing on a food item is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for printing on a food item can comprise a food item, one or more edible sheets, and an edible adhesive. The edible sheet can be printable with a design. The edible adhesive can attach the edible sheet onto the food item. In another embodiment, a method for printing on a food item can comprise the steps printing a design on a surface of an edible sheet, and connecting the edible sheet to one or more surfaces of a food item using an edible adhesive.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a combination of carbohydrates (a slow rate of digestion simple carbohydrate, a complex carbohydrate, a nonabsorbent carbohydrate, and an indigestible oligosaccharide) for use in a method of treating a pregnant woman wherein the method results in an improvement in the health of the offspring of the pregnant woman. The disclosure is also directed to use of the combination of carbohydrates for the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of a pregnant woman wherein the treatment results in an improvement in the health of the offspring of the pregnant woman. The improvement can be a reduction of at least one long tem adverse health effect and/or an improvement in lean body mass development and formation of the offspring. The combination of carbohydrates may also be administered to the woman during lactation to further the improvement in the health of the offspring.

Abstract: Object: To provide a homogeneous sugar composition containing sucrose, which is widely used as a sweetener in the food industry, and D-psicose, which has physiological effects such as lowering body fat. Also to provide a food or drink, a drug or quasi-drug, or a cosmetic in which a sucrose mixture that contains D-psicose is used. Configuration: The sugar composition containing sucrose and D-psicose, wherein crystals of the sucrose is coated with the D-psicose in a crystalline or amorphous state. The content of the D-psicose is 1 part by weight or more and 50 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the sucrose and the D-psicose.

Abstract: A mixture of the individual ingredients stevioside and rebaudioside A provided in a ratio of stevioside to rebaudioside A of about 1:1 to about 4:1.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of one or more rebaudioside C polymorphs, or stereoisomers thereof, to enhance the sweet taste of Luo Han Guo or Luo Han Guo in combination with one or more of steviol-based glycosides or rebaudioside A.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: Methods of preparing highly purified steviol glycosides, particularly rebaudiosides A, D and M are described. The methods include utilizing recombinant microorganisms for converting various staring compositions to target steviol glycosides. In addition, novel steviol glycosides reb D2 and reb M2 are disclosed, as are methods of preparing the same. The highly purified rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, and chewing gums.

Abstract: A low-sodium salt composition includes a carrier particle having disposed thereon a plurality of salt crystallites of an average size of less than about 20 microns. The low-sodium salt compositions are useful as salt-alternative products that impart a salty taste with less sodium content than an equivalent volume of sodium chloride by itself.

Abstract: A process for the production of syrup from an at least partially frozen fruit is described. The process involves the pressing of a frozen fruit in an environment with a temperature below freezing. Dissolved soluble solids from the juice extracted from the pressing are concentrated to generate a syrup. The syrup can be used in the food and beverage industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweetener composition for alleviating diabetes, containing psicose and a slowly digestible or digestion-resistant polysaccharide as active ingredients, wherein diabetes alleviating effects and the quality of sweetness are enhanced.

Abstract: Sweetener compositions suitable for use in beverage products and other food products are disclosed, as well as food products sweetened with the novel sweetener compositions. Disclosed food products include dry foods and beverage products, such as carbonated or un-carbonated ready-to-drink beverages as well as syrups for dilution to make ready-to-drink beverages, such as diet or other reduced calorie beverages. The sweetener composition comprises at least a sweetening amount of rebaudioside M together with at least one other one other edible ingredient or food ingredient. The disclosed food products comprise rebaudioside M sweetener with at least one other one other edible ingredient or food ingredient.

Abstract: The amount of added mono- or disaccharide in a fluid or solid food composition can be reduced by: incorporating a fraction of an amount of mono- or disaccharide that is recommended in a given recipe for the food composition resulting in a loss of sweetness, and incorporating carboxymethyl cellulose having a viscosity of up to 200 mPa·s, measured as a 2 weight percent aqueous solution at 20° C. using a Haake RS1 viscometer with a cylinder system Z34 DIN at 10.0 s?1, in the fluid or solid food composition as the only ingredient to compensate for the lost sweetness, with the proviso that the fluid food composition has a viscosity of at least 10 mPa·s, when measured in the absence of the carboxymethyl cellulose at 20° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a food formulation for the controlled release of glucose comprising glycogen and at least one other edible component, as well the use of glycogen for its preparation.

Abstract: The invention describes stevia compositions that are devoid of or have minimal concentrations of rebaudioside C and/or dulcoside A to decrease the aftertaste associated with stevia compositions.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions that include rebaudioside D, processes to produce rebaudioside D and formulations that provide ratios of rebaudioside A to rebaudioside D to decrease the aftertaste of rebaudioside A.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions that include rebaudioside D, processes to produce rebaudioside D and formulations that provide ratios of rebaudioside A to rebaudioside D to decrease the aftertaste of rebaudioside A.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions that include rebaudioside D, processes to produce rebaudioside D and formulations that provide ratios of rebaudioside A to rebaudioside D to decrease the aftertaste of rebaudioside A.

Abstract: The invention describes compositions that include rebaudioside D, processes to produce rebaudioside D and formulations that provide ratios of rebaudioside A to rebaudioside D to decrease the aftertaste of rebaudioside A.

Abstract: A natural sweetener composition comprises a blend of Stevioside extract and Rebaudioside A extract, wherein the ratio of Rebaudioside A extract to Stevioside extract is between about 12:1 to about 1:12 and the purity of both extracts is from about 60% to about 97.5%. The sweetener composition may further include sweet sugars and non-natural sugars.

Abstract: The invention relates to extracts, in particular non-nutrient phytochemicals, form sugar cane or sugar beet waste products, such as molasses, sugar mud and bagasse, which have Glycemic Index (GI) lowering properties and their use as sweeteners and in foods containing sugar.

Abstract: A polyphenol increasing agent for plant leaves, a polyphenol and amino acid increasing agent for plant leaves, a resin pellet, a plant leaf storage sheet, and a method for manufacturing a plant leaf storage sheet which can improve the storability of the plant leaves such as leafy vegetables and tea leaves are provided. A polyphenol increasing agent for plant leaves includes proanthocyanidins and trehalose. The polyphenol increasing agent for plant leaves preferably includes proanthocyanidins and trehalose at a weight ratio of 1:15 to 1:60. A plant leaf storage sheet includes the polyphenol increasing agent for plant leaves.

Abstract: A process for the recovery of betaine from a raw material consisting essentially of molasses. The process includes a demineralisation step, a conversion step and a separation step. In the demineralisation step the overall amount of salts in the molasses is brought to a level lying below 2 wt. % (on overall dry matter). In the conversion step the molasses is subjected to the action of a fructan-forming enzyme, to form a fructan-containing molasses (fructan-molasses). Finally in the separation step, the fructan-molasses is subjected to a chromatographic separation, thereby obtaining a betaine-containing fraction. Whereby the demineralisation step is executed prior to the separation step and whereby demineralisation step may be executed prior to, during, or subsequent to the conversion step. The raw material may alternatively contain or consist essentially of thick juice.

Abstract: A nutritional supplement composition for treating nutritional deficiencies caused by a medical condition in subjects is disclosed. The present application further discloses a method of using a nutritional supplements composition for treating a subject with complications resulting from sickle cell anemia. The method comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of the nutritional supplement.

Abstract: Inbred corn lines, designated IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn lines IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn lines IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn lines IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn lines IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn lines IL3, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69.

Abstract: Inbred corn lines, designated MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn lines MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn lines MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn lines MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn lines MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn lines MM59, CB26, CB27, II13, ML22, MM46, and MM69.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for inhibiting the deterioration of eating-quality characteristics of a food containing gelatinized starch and to keep their eating-quality characteristics as just prepared after a relatively prolonged storage under freezing, refrigerating, chilling or room temperature. The present invention achieves the above object by a method of permeating of maltose and/or ?,?-trehalose or saccharides comprising the same and other oligosaccharides in a prescribed ratio into the above food containing gelatinized starch by admixing the saccharide to the food and holding them at relatively high temperature for a prescribed period.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture an infant formula or an infant nutritional product comprising mixture of human milk oligosaccharides is disclosed. The method involves the catalytic hydrogenolysis of compounds of the general formula 1 and 2 with particular oligosaccharide profiles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protein that can be added to a food product or beverage without thereby providing the food product or beverage with a strong astringent taste, an undesirable colouring and/or an off-taste. More in particular, the invention relates to a potato protein glycated with a reducing sugar, wherein the reducing sugar is preferably chosen from the group consisting of reducing monosaccharides, reducing disaccharides, dextran and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1), wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH3, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R1 and R2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R1 is OH then R2 is H (trilobtain), and when R1 is OCH3 then R2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel methods for making cochleates and cochleate compositions that include introducing a cargo moiety to a liposome in the presence of a solvent. Also disclosed are cochleates and cochleate compositions that include an aggregation inhibitor, and optionally, a cargo moiety. Additionally, anhydrous cochleates that include a protonized cargo moiety, a divalent metal cation and a negatively charge lipid are disclosed. Methods of using the cochleate compositions of the invention, including methods of administration, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Delayed release in chewing gum of a sweetener, is provided by encapsulating the sweetener in specific amounts of a poly(vinyl acetate), a filler, and a fatty acid salt. When incorporated into a chewing gum, the sweetener encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate), filler, and fatty acid salt provides a more delayed release of a sweet flavor than a sweetener encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate) alone.

Abstract: Highly purified Stevioside, Rebaudioside A and a purified sweet steviol glycoside mixture were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.

Abstract: An all-natural fruit product and method of making the product is provided. The fruit product comprises fruit puree, an added natural sweetener and no non-natural sweeteners, about 0.05% to about 0.5% by total weight of the fruit product of a galactomannan, added pectin in an amount of from about 0.4% to about 2.0% by total weight of the fruit product. The fruit product has a pH of about 3.0 to about 4.2, is shelf stable and has a Brix of from about 20° to about 40°.

Abstract: The invention concerns An instant solid beverage in form of granules, each granule (1) comprising: ?0.1 to 30% by weight of a beverage concentrate (2), and ?60 to 95% by weight of a carbohydrate (3), wherein particles of the carbohydrate (3) construct a meshwork structure of the granule (1), and wherein debris or drops of the beverage concentrate (2) inset dispersedly among the carbohydrate particles meshwork structure (3) or debris or drops of the beverage concentrate (2) act as linkage bridges between particles of the carbohydrate (3), and wherein pores (4) are dispersed within the meshwork structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.

Abstract: Glucosyl stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glucosylation was performed by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase using the starch as source of glucose residues. The short-chain glucosyl stevia compositions were purified to >95% content of total steviol glycosides. The compositions can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: A method and composition are provided for coating a component to achieve colon-targeted delivery. A component is coated with a fructose-based non-digestible carbohydrate such as a inulin, fructo-oligosaccharide or neosugar. The coated component is orally administered to a monogastric animal. The non-digestible coating causes the composition to pass through the stomach and small intestine without being degraded, and delivers the component to the colon where the coating is digested by microbial fermentation and the component is released.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate composition in the form of a large spherical glassy bead having a cross-sectional diameter greater than 5 mm. The bead includes an encapsulating carrier composition essentially made of fibrous materials, which are both sugarless and non-cariogenic and an encapsulant, such as a flavour material.

Abstract: The invention relates to the sorghum variety designated GSV370669. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the sorghum variety GSV370669. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the sorghum variety GSV370669 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing sorghum plants by crossing the sorghum variety GSV370669 with itself or another sorghum variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: Bioadvantaged Sweeteners leverage chemical synergies of combining select ratios of certain formulations of lactose and glucose with, for example, purified phlorizin for unexpectedly better results than predicted by prior art as a whole. Glucometer data confirms employing such Bioadvantaged Sweetener with conventional and enhanced delivery systems facilitates stasis at points of peak blood sugar saturation for users.

Abstract: Highly purified Stevioside, Rebaudioside A and a purified sweet steviol glycoside mixture were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.

Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.

Abstract: Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.

Abstract: Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni. The compositions are able to provide a superior taste profile and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a powder containing lutein, powder obtainable by said process and food composition containing said powder.

Abstract: Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The compositions are able to provide a superior taste profile and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.