Abstract:
Improved meals, improved meal compositions, and improved aquaculture feed compositions are provided based on plant meal, wherein anti-nutritional effects of one or more anti-nutritional substances (ANS) are mitigated. Also provided are methods for making and using the improved meals, improved meal compositions, and improved aquaculture feed compositions. Also provided are kits using the improved meals, improved meal compositions, and improved aquaculture feed composition. The improved meals, improved meal compositions, and improved aquaculture feed compositions demonstrate that plant meal protein digestibility may be improved, for example, for replacing fish meal protein.
Abstract:
A soy-based cheese is described that includes microbial cultures or acid. The soy-based cheese is meltable and can be sliced, grated or cubed and used in place of American process cheese. The soy-based cheese can be plant-based.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to fermented nutritional compositions comprising non-digestible oligosaccharides for improving the bioavailability of iron and preventing or treating of iron deficiency, in particular for infants and young children or pregnant women.
Abstract:
The dairy industry today faces a problem of providing an alternative to adding sweeteners to fermented milk products in order to achieve the desired sweet taste without the added calories. Furthermore, it would be highly advantageous to establish a method for reducing lactose in fermented milk products to a level which is acceptable for lactose-intolerant consumers. The above problems have been solved by providing mutant Streptococcus thermophilus strains and mutant Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strains that excrete glucose to the milk when the milk is inoculated and fermented with such Streptococcus thermophilus strains and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus strains. Thus, the present invention relates to strains of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus which secrete glucose to the milk substrate during fermentation, as well as to mixed cultures comprising the Streptococcus thermophilus strains and the Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp, bulgaricus strains, starter cultures comprising the strains and dairy products manufactured with the cultures. The present method also relates to use of the strains for decreasing the lactose content of a fermented food product and for boosting growth of the probiotic BB-12®.
Abstract:
Process for making sweetened fermented dairy products The invention concerns a process for making sweetened fermented products. The process involves adding erythritol in a milk-based composition and then fermenting with lactic acid bacteria.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to infant/young child nutrition. A set of nutritional compositions having beneficial effects to infants/young children is disclosed. The set of nutritional compositions comprises at least two compositions with varying amounts of components which impart a beneficial effect to the infants young/children. A nutrition kit for infants/young children comprising the set of nutritional compositions is also disclosed as well as a method for manufacturing the set of nutritional components. A dosage regimen is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Use of a mixture live cultures probiotic bacteria in a mixture with short chained fatty acids (SCFA), in a slow release form for the active ingredients, of various release structures and mechanisms, in particular in the form of a triglyceride matrix; in the diet of monogastric animals, in particular a human diet, for modulating intestinal bacterial flora as well as improving the acid-base and water-electrolyte balance of the gastrointestinal tract; in the manufacturing of a preparation for maintaining bacterial and acid-base homeostasis of the distal portion of the gastrointestinal tract of monogastric animals, including the human small intestine and colon.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of nutrition. In particular, the present invention relates to a breakfast cereal composition comprising probiotic micro-organisms. These probiotic micro-organisms may be non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms such as bioactive heat treated probiotic micro-organisms, for example.