Abstract:
La présente invention concerne un procédé de préparation d'extraits végétaux à partir de matière végétale, aboutissant à une nouvelle forme galénique. Ce procédé comporte les étapes suivantes : - une étape de contact entre la matière végétale et un solvant ; - au moins une étape d'extraction des principes actifs, avantageusement réalisée sous hyperfréquence et sous pression réduite ; - une étape de séchage de la matière végétale ayant subi au moins l'étape d'extraction en présence de la fraction obtenue à l'issue d'au moins l'étape d'extraction, afin de permettre la fixation des principes actifs sur la matière végétale.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of lowering and controlling the content of reducing sugars in a potato raw material without affecting the cell wall or starch structure, said method comprising the steps of suspending the potato raw material in an aqueous carrier and applying moderate electric field pulses having a field strength in the range of from 200 to 10,000 V/cm, or a moderate electric alternate current field having a field strength in the range of from 100 to 400 V/cm to the suspended potato raw material. The method can be applied in a process for producing potato chips, prior to a frying step. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for carrying out the method of the invention.
Abstract:
A method for improving the physical, functional and organoleptic properties of product particles is described for fiber, protein, carbohydrate and cellulosic materials. The method involves modifying the particles within the product to meet certain particle morphology parameters. Products themselves also are disclosed, and these include corn-originating products, specifically including products for producing ethanol, soybean-originating products, and other products.
Abstract:
A method of enhancing the flavor of food by exposing the food to acoustic waves from a low frequency sonic transducer immersed in liquid is provided. The liquid may be the food itself and/or the food may be positioned within a range between about 635mm (¼ inch) and about 6.1m (20 feet) from the liquid-containing container, and is preferably exposed to waves at a frequency ranging between about 1 Hertz to about 1000 Hertz, optimally 600 Hz for approximately one minute to 24 hours, optimally about 30 minutes. The acoustically-treated food is also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of pressure treating a bioactive composition comprising at least one bioactive component to prevent the growth of at least one unwanted microorganism while retaining a desired leve activity of the at least one bioactive component. The bioactive component is selected from one or more proteins protein hydrolysates, one or more lipids or lipid hydrolysates, one or more carbohydrates, one or more probiotic factors, or mixtures thereof. The pressure treatment is at a predetermined pressure from about 350 to 1000 MPa.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for producing a shelf-stable, pourable fruit product from fresh and processed fruits, fruit purees and fruit juices, as well as the product so produced. The product is produced by a process which intentionally breaks the intact cellular structure of the fruit in order to substantially reduce average fruit particle size and facilitate formation of a complex or matrix of small particles surrounded by fluid. The product so produced has a high level of solid materials but is, due to the very small particle size, essentially free of sedimentation-related problems associated with soluble and suspended solids. The product has a moderate viscosity despite the large solids content and lack of viscosity enhancers, as well as an optimal DEG Brix without the addition of non-fruit sugar or acid.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for infusing flavors into cereal grains and agglomerating the grains into a unitary food product. Grains of cereal, powdered soluble and/or insoluble flavors and a moisturizing liquid are supplied to a mixer (28). The flavors, liquid and cereal grains are thoroughly mixed and the grains surface moisturized and then discharged into a product-forming chamber (72) formed by the side walls of a chamber plate (70) and the product forming cavity of a vertically reciprocable stack assembly (86) which is ultrasonically energized for a sufficient period of time so that the flavors are infused within the interiors of the grains which are agglomerated into a unitary product.
Abstract:
Procédé de traitement d'une denrée alimentaire à l'état surgelé, dans lequel : on dispose ladite denrée alimentaire à l'état surgelé, dans une enceinte mise vide, par actionnement de moyens de mise sous vide ; on prépare une solution comportant de l'eau et un agent de liaison alimentaire ; on chauffe cette solution, de façon à la porter au-dessus de 70°C ; on réalise une micronisation de cette solution chaude, de manière à former une solution chaude micronisée et on admet la solution chaude micronisée dans l'enceinte, immédiatement après avoir arrêté lesdits moyens de mise sous vide, de manière à faire pénétrer au moins partiellement ladite solution micronisée chaude dans la denrée alimentaire.
Abstract:
A food product is described comprising an aqueous phase and gas microbubbles substantially dispersed in the aqueous phase which gas microbubbles have coating and a mean diameter size distribution with a maximum below 10 mm, wherein the coating substantially consists of protein, wherein the pH of the aqueous phase is from 2.5 to 6.0.