726results about "Edible seed preservation" patented technology

There are provided methods of treating edible matter comprising applying a composition comprising performic acid to the edible matter or a substrate therefor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

The invention provides storage mildew-proof and moth-proof packaging hemp cloth and a preparation method thereof. The hemp cloth comprises green harmless storage protective agent and is prepared by taking common packaging hemp cloth as a material and adding 0.01-10wt% of storage protective agent. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: dissolving the storage protective agent in a solvent to prepare a solution, then impregnating the hemp cloth in the protective agent solution, removing the solution after the hemp cloth sufficiently absorbs the solution, and drying; or dissolving the storage protective agent in the solvent, then uniformly spraying the protective agent solution on the hemp cloth and drying the hemp cloth after the hemp cloth sufficiently absorbs the protective agent solution to prepare the storage mildew-proof and moth-proof packaging hemp cloth. The storage hemp cloth is used for packaging tobaccos or crops, can realize the whole process dynamic and real-time protection of the tobaccos, the crops and the like in purchase, transport and storage processes, protect products from mildew and moths, effectively prevent the mildew and the moths from spreading between bags and prevent the tobaccos, the crops and the like which are soaked by rain water from mildewing. Besides, the invention has an important function for reducing environment pollution and hidden safety danger which are caused by common technologies.

A method for preserving a food product, such as meat, including the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Edible films that incorporate and/or cover euhygenic bacteria on the food product are used to ensure competitive inhibition of undesired spoilage and pathogenic bacteria.

A method of preserving a food by contacting the food with a noble gas, a mixture of noble gases or a mixture containing at least one noble gas.

The present invention relates to a method for producing fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants, to fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants produced by same, and to foods containing same. The method for producing fermented edible plants or edible animal/plants includes 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. Whereby, a fermentation period can be shortened, and food deterioration and the growth of pathogenic microorganisms can be suppressed. 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.

A method for preserving a food product, such as meat, comprising the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Edible films that incorporate and/or cover euhygenic bacteria on the food product are used to ensure competitive inhibition of undesired spoilage and pathogenic bacteria.

A cereal grain kernel coated with a metal amino acid chelate, a method for mineral or metal fortification of cereal grain kernels and a coating composition is disclosed. Unlike other metal or mineral fortificants, cereal grain kernels may be coated with iron, calcium, zinc and/or other metals in the form of an amino acid chelate without pulverizing individual kernels. Further, the coated kernels are stable, palatable and contain highly bioavailable metals.

The invention provides antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more acid and one or more organic diol. In one embodiment, the invention's compositions have an acidic pH. The compositions may optionally further contain one or more oxidizing agent (including stabilized oxidizing agent and/or unstabilized oxidizing agent), and/or one or more surfactant. In particular embodiments, the acid lacks one or both of —NH group and —NH₂ group. The invention's compositions are useful in all stages of handling agricultural products, in hospitals, and in commercial and household applications.

The invention discloses an air-conditioning storage method, which comprises the following steps of: a, laying a protection pad layer on the ground; b, laying a composite membrane bottom sleeve on the protection pad layer; c, stacking the stored objects on the composite membrane bottom sleeve; d, laying a top membrane on the top of the stored object stack, and then covering a composite membrane top cover; e, thermally sealing the composite membrane bottom sleeve and the composite membrane top cover together by using a plastic envelope machine, and reserving a hole; f, connecting an exhaust fan at the reserved hole in the step e to exhaust the gas in the stack so as to make the composite membrane attach the stored objects; g, forming a small hole on the opposite side of the reserved hole of the composite membrane, and connecting a gas detector; h, filling nitrogen and/or carbon dioxide into the reserved hole in the step e, and stopping filling when the concentration of the gas measured by the gas detector reaches the preset concentration; and i, sealing all the holes by using a thermal plastic envelope machine, and finishing the storage. The air-conditioning storage method can rapidly kill various insects in the stored objects, suppress mold growth, and guarantee the quality of the stored objects.

The invention relates to the use of, and methods of use employing, certain glycolipid compounds as defined in detail below and having preservative or antimicrobial properties, novel compounds of the glycolipid class, and related invention embodiments.

The compounds have the formula I

wherein m is 3 to 5, n is 2 to 5, o is 0 or 1 and p is 3 to 17, with the proviso that the sum m+n+o+p is not less than 14; and

R is a carbohydrate moiety bound via one of its carbon atoms to the binding oxygen,

and/or a physiologically, especially pharmaceutically or nutraceutically or cosmetically, acceptable salt thereof, or an ester thereof,

as such or in the form of a composition,

where the compound may be present in open chain form and/or in the form of a lactone (FIG. 1).

Environmentally friendly processes for prevention of qualitative deterioration and quantitative loss of plant matter and foodstuffs, during all stages of storage and handling, including pre- and post-harvest, pre- and post-planting, distribution and marketing involves the use of H2O2 compositions including Ag and at least one of Cu and Zn ions. The processes can also be used to prevent sprouting and rooting, and to promote fecundity of certain plant matter, and can also be used to eliminate or reduce quantities of harmful organisms and substances from soil, other growth media and substrates, equipment, materials water, workspaces and surfaces.

Aeration drying and disinfecting grain crops in bulk and pretreating seeds includes passing through a bulk of grain crops and seeds disinfecting and drying agents including an ozone and air mixture and surrounding air, subdividing the disinfecting and drying agents into a plurality of streams spaced from one another in a vertical direction, and passing the streams at different heights through levels located at corresponding heights of the bulk of grain crops and seeds transversely in a substantially horizontal direction.

The invention discloses a method for controlling grain pest by using essential oil. In the method, the essential oil and kieselguhr are mixed and used for controlling the grain pest. Compared with other methods for controlling the grain pest by using the essential oil, the method has the advantages that the kieselguhr is used as a carrier, and the volatilization of the essential oil can be delayed, so that the effects of the essential oil can be improved and efficiency duration can be prolonged; and by the method for controlling the grain pest by using the essential oil, the using amount of the essential oil can be greatly reduced and the pest killing effect of the essential oil is not influenced, and the pesticide using cost can be effectively reduced. The method has very wide application prospect in the agricultural technical fields of controlling the grain pest and the like.

A method and system for disinfecting and disinfesting a commodity, such as a perishable agricultural commodity, by treatment with an environment of low oxygen/high ballast gas with cycled pressure changes that overwhelm and damage the respiratory system of the insect without damaging the host commodity. The system and method may also include the introduction of disinfectants, antiseptics and other toxic chemicals or the exposure to radio frequencies with intense electric fields that may increase the metabolic activity of the pest or decrease the fitness of the pest within the low oxygen environment. Treatments according to the methods can also increase the shelf life of agricultural commodities by eradicating or delaying the growth of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and other microbial pests.

The invention provides a rice antistaling agent as well as a preparation method and an application thereof. The rice antistaling agent comprises the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 0.5-2% of lipoxidase inhibiting agent, 5-10% of film forming agent, 10-15% of embedding agent and 75-84% of dispersing agent. The rice antistaling agent inhibits the lipodieresis of rice during storage by regulating the activity of lipase so as to prevent rice rancidity.

The invention discloses a gas-phase sustained-release mildew-resistant antistaling agent and a preparation method and application thereof. The gas-phase sustained-release mildew-resistant antistaling agent is prepared through complex formulation of microcapsules of four plant essential oils consisting of anethole, cinnaldehyde, citral and salicylaldehyde. Beta-cyclodextrin is used as a wall material to respectively encapsulate the four plant essential oils consisting of anethole, cinnaldehyde, citral and salicylaldehyde, so four plant essential oil microcapsules are obtained; then the four plant essential oil microcapsules are mixed in proportion and then are applied for mildew-resistance and preservation of grains or oil-bearing materials or for mildew-resistance and preservation of raw-food materials and packaged foods. The mildew-resistant antistaling agent inhibits mould through gas-phase fumigating effects of the essential oils and employs microcapsule technology for controlling of volatilization speeds of the essential oils, so a long-acting gas-phase mildew-resistant effect is realized without direct contact between the essential oils with grains, foodstuffs and the like; the mildew-resistant antistaling agent is especially applicable to antibiosis and mildew-resistance of grains, oil-bearing materials and packaged foods under the conditions of high temperature and high humidity, can suppress deterioration of quality of the grains, the oil-bearing materials and the packaged foods, is safe to human beings and livestock and is capable of effectively overcoming the problem of residual of a chemical fumigant.

The invention describes a method of producing extracts from the seeds of meadowfoam, brassicas and crambe plants. A number of subsidiary processes and steps are shown in order to extract differing fractions of oil. Products produced from the above method are also described including uses and methods of these products which include a variety of skin conditions including eczema, facial eczema, dermatitis, external ulcers, welts, rashes, insect bites, allergic reactions and other irritations, burns, wounds, psoriasis, acneiform eruptions, dryness, dry skin, irritation, skin atrophy, secondary infections and the like. The extracts are also described as being a useful compound for treatment of the symptoms of such skin conditions as described above. In particular the use and extraction of glucosinolate (GSL), thiocyanates (TCL) and isothiocyanates (ITCL) is described.

The invention discloses a ginkgo fruit composite preservative and a preservation method. The ginkgo fruit composite preservative comprises a film coating agent, an antibacterial agent and a fumigation agent, wherein each liter of the film coating agent comprises the following components in parts by weight: 10-15g of chitosan, 0.2-0.5g of nano-SiO2, 15-18g of glycerine and solvent, namely acetic acid in the volume concentration of 10%; each liter of the antibacterial agent comprises the following components in parts by weight: 0.1-0.5g of ginkgo exocarp ethanol extract and the solvent, namely water; each liter of the fumigation agent comprises the following gas components: 0.5-1.0mu L of 1-methyl cyclopropene and the balance of air. By using the composite preservative for treating ginkgo fruits, the mildew phenomenon of the ginkgo fruits during the storage period can be effectively inhibited, the problem of water loss of the ginkgo fruits can be simultaneously greatly reduced, the storage and preservation period of the ginkgo fruits can be prolonged to the greatest extent, the fruit hardening of the ginkgo fruits can be prevented and the occurrence of calcification phenomenon can be also prevented.

A method of decontaminating grain, nut, or seed products and a method for conditioning grain in a milling process for decontamination and to produce an improved milled product which will yield baked goods, for example, of increased size and extended shelf life. In the decontamination and/or conditioning procedure, the grain, nut, or seed product is contacted with an aqueous anolyte product which can be undiluted or can be diluted with non-activated water. In undiluted form, the aqueous anolyte product preferably has a pH in the range of from about 4.5 to about 7.5 and a positive oxidation-reduction potential of at least ⁺550 mV.

The present invention provides a method of treating a grain or seed to reduce the contamination level of a seed-associated pathogen.

The invention provides a process for the preparation of quick cooking rice having a natural appearance and smooth mouthfeel. The rice is produced by mechanically manipulating wet rice at a moisture content of from more than 17% to 32% by weight, preferably by wet milling the rice to remove the bran, followed by drying. The wet milling results in a product with quick cooking properties, superior cook yield and eating properties. The mechanically manipulated wet rice can also be instantized after the wet flexing step to produce an instant rice. Accordingly, the invention provides quick cooking and instant rices obtainable by the claimed processes.