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Filter for Use in Food Processing

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Filter for use in the processing of pasty foods, especially in cheese spread production, having a closed housing (12) with a feed inlet (16) for the product to be filtered, a drain (20) for the filtered product, an output for the filtered-out residue, and a filter insert (14) that is located between the feed inlet (16) and drain (20) with a cylindrical filter wall through which the product flows in the radial direction from the inside to the outside, whereby a pivotable core element (30) is provided that is located coaxially in the filter insert (14), whereby between the core element (14) and the filter wall a defined annulus (36) is formed, the core element (30) being dimensioned in such a way that the annulus (36) that forms enables a constant flow of the product, and on the outer periphery of the core element (30) there being at least one scraper (38) that scrapes on the inner surface of the filter wall as the core element (30) turns for removing the residue.

Portable hand-held container for dispensing a food mixture

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A portable container is described for use in consuming a mixture of cereal and milk. The container includes an open-top receptacle divided into a cereal side and a milk side by an angled divider wall that includes an opening to permit milk to flow between the receptacle's cereal and milk sides, and a lid with a discharge opening in communication with the receptacle cereal side. A spoon-shaped mouthpiece is attached to the outer surface of the lid along the inner side of the discharge opening. In use, cereal and milk are mixed together in the receptacle with the wetted cereal being held on the cereal side of the divider wall. When the container is tilted, excess milk flows to the milk side of the receptacle and wetted cereal slides along the divider wall through the discharge opening and onto the mouthpiece for consumption.

Tabletop bun and tortilla steamer and method

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A cooking device is provided for steaming food items and transferring steamed food items from the device to a work surface. The device includes a platform for placing food items thereon mounted to a support for movement to and from food steaming and food removal positions. A method of steaming food items is provided using the cooking device. A method of transferring steamed food items from the cooking device to a container or a work surface is also provided.

PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN EDIBLE FAT CONTINUOUS FOOD PRODUCT

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The invention relates to Process suitable for implementation at factory scale for manufacturing an edible fat continuous food product comprising the steps of a. providing a fat mixture comprising fat powder and liquid oil; b. providing an aqueous phase; c. forming the edible fat continuous food product by mixing the aqueous phase and the fat mixture; d. packing of the food product; wherein the fat powder comprises structuring fat; the amount of fat powder in the fat mixture based on total amount of fat mixture is 8 to 25 wt % the fat mixture prior to mixing is kept at a temperature of 0 to 12 degrees Celsius; the fat mixture is kept in motion prior to mixing; and the temperature of the aqueous phase at the time of mixing the aqueous phase and the fat mixture is such that the temperature of the mixture of the aqueous phase and the fat mixture is equal to or below 25 degrees Celsius.

DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MILK FROTH

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The invention relates to a device for producing milk froth using steam and air, comprising a convergent-divergent nozzle for achieving a suction effect. A milk feed line is connected to the nozzle in such a way that milk can be drawn from a milk container into a nozzle under the suction effect. The nozzle is designed as a one-piece component created in an injection-molding process and contains a nozzle inlet opening, a nozzle outlet opening, and a milk feed line connection in the form of a milk intake fitting. The air inlet is located before a nozzle inlet opening of the nozzle with regard to the flow direction. A controllable air pump is provided to introduce air into the steam feed line.

POMEGRANATE SEED EXTRACTOR

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In one aspect of the disclosed embodiments a pomegranate seed extractor has an open-ended housing with a top edge and a bottom edge. A grate is mounted inside the housing between the top edge and bottom edge of the housing. The grate includes at least one circular core rib and a plurality of radial ribs. A plurality of openings is formed by the intersections between the core rib and the radial ribs. By placing a sliced pomegranate on top of the grate and repeatedly striking it, pomegranate seeds are extracted and separated from the septum and rind of the pomegranate.

METHODS FOR TESTING MILK

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The disclosure is related generally to methods for testing mammary fluid (including milk) to establish or confirm the identity of the donor of the mammary fluid. Such methods are useful in the milk-bank business to improve safety.

ORGANIC NUTRIENT SALTS, METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USES

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The invention relates to organic nutrient salts, to compositions containing the same, to their preparation as well as their use. Preferred compositions include nutraceutical compositions and dietary supplements for use in neuroprotection and for improving or protecting cognitive and memory function.

PROTEIN CONTAINING FOOD STUFFS

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Nutritious protein-containing foodstuffs can be prepared in the form of gels, including protein gel and fruit purees that contain all essential amino acids. A protein el for use as a foodstuff is prepared by heating an aqueous protein solution to between 160 and 185 degrees Fahrenheit at an acidic pH between 2.85 and 3.5, the protein solution having a viscosity greater than 100 centipoise and containing a protein at a concentration of 10-20% w/w, the protein being at least one of a whey protein isolate and a liquid soy protein isolate, the protein gel having a viscosity of between 10,000 and 1,000,000 centipoise.

DETOXIFICATION OF JATROPHA CURCAS MEAL FOR FEEDING TO FARM ANIMAL SPECIES AND FISH

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The present invention relates to a method for detoxifying plant constituents from Jatropha, a detoxified material of Jatropha for producing a nourishment and uses thereof for producing a nourishment. Detoxification is performed with alkali (sodium hydroxyde) and short chain alcohol (methanol), resulting in removal of toxic phorbol esters.

PRODUCTS COMPRISING N-PHENYLPROPENOYL AMINO ACID AMIDES AND USES THEREOF

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The present invention relates to use of a composition comprising N-phenylpropenoyl amino acid amides for the preparation of a product to treat or prevent neurodegenerative disorders, cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, mood disorders, depression, sleep disorders, diseases involving protein aggregation in a human or animal, Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration or diabetes. The invention further relates to products comprising N-phenylpropenoyl amino acid amides, including food and beverage products, food supplements, and pet food products, and methods for affecting cognitive performance of humans and animals.

TREATMENT OF ANIMAL CARCASSES

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Described is a method of sanitizing animal carcasses using aqueous streams having an antimicrobial composition added to the stream. Preferably, the antimicrobial composition includes a mixture of one or more carboxylic acids having up to 18 carbon atoms and one or more peroxycarboxylic acids having up to 12 carbon atoms, preferably a mixture of a C2-C4 peroxycarboxylic acid and a C8-C12 peroxycarboxylic acid. Also described is a novel antimicrobial composition adapted for sanitizing animal carcasses containing a mixture of one or more C2-C4 peroxycarboxylic acids and one or more C8-C12 peroxycarboxylic acids and an alpha-hydroxy mono- or dicarboxylic acid.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHILLING A FOOD PRODUCT PROXIMATE TO AND IN A FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE

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A system and method for chilling a food product in or proximate to a food processing device adapted to dice, slice, shred, chop, or cut the food product is disclosed. The disclosed system and method involves a two or three stage application of a liquid cryogen or carbon dioxide snow to cool the food product. The cooling stages include a first stage of cryogen application upstream of the entrance of the food processing device, a second stage of cryogen application or delivery into one or more zones within the food processing device, and a third stage of cryogen application to the region proximate to and downstream of the exit to the food processing device.

ACETYLATED AMINO ACIDS AS ANTI-PLATELET AGENTS, NUTRITIONAL AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS

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This invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds and nutritional supplements that are acetylated derivatives of naturally occurring amino acids and acetylated derivatives of peptides derived from naturally occurring amino acids containing hydroxyl groups. They are as useful as anti-platelet drugs, and as nutritional supplements.

COCOA BEAN PROCESSING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

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Improved methods and/or techniques for processing and/or extracting materials from cocoa beans. In certain embodiments, cocoa bean processing methods (e.g., using unfermented or fermented or roasted or non-roasted beans) which result in cocoa products with improved taste characteristics and/or increased levels of anti-oxidants and/or vitamins.

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FRUIT JUICES

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The process for producing fruit juices comprises a stage of obtaining a fruit puree with an ultra-rapid extraction-deactivation process in an anaerobic environment, performed by means of immediate refining and a contemporaneous heating of a fruit triturate in an anaerobic environment, and a subsequent stage of pressing or centrifugation of the puree, with the aim of obtaining the fruit juice, which may be preceded by a stage of sterilisation-cooling and of temporary storing of the puree.

Soybean Cultivar S090069

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A soybean cultivar designated S090069 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S090069, to the plants of soybean S090069, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S090069, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S090069 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S090069, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090069, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S090069 with another soybean cultivar.

GRANULATED POWDER CONTAINING VEGETABLE PROTEINS AND FIBERS, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF

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The present invention concerns a granulated powder containing at least one vegetable protein and at least one vegetable fiber, characterized in that it has a laser volume mean diameter D4,3 of between 10 μm and 500 μm, preferably between 50 μm and 350 μm, and even more preferably between 70 μm and 250 μm, and a dry matter content, determined after stoving at 130° C. for 2 hours, of greater than 80%, preferably greater than 85%, and even more preferably greater than 90%. The present invention also concerns a process for manufacturing this granulated powder as well as its use in various industrial field, and more particularly in the food-processing field, where it is used as a functional agent such as an emulsifying, overrun, stabilizing, thickening and/or gelling agent, in particular for totally or partially replacing certain animal proteins in the preparation of food products.

Beverage Products

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Natural beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The natural beverage products comprise a non-nutritive sweetener comprising rebaudioside A, a sweetening amount of rebaudioside D, and at least one of tagatose and erythritol, and an acidulant comprising lactic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid and no phosphoric acid.

Soybean Cultivar S090086

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A soybean cultivar designated S090086 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S090086, to the plants of soybean S090086, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S090086, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S090086 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S090086, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S090086, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S090086 with another soybean cultivar.
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