973 results about "Chow diet" patented technology

An emulsifying system for elemental diet compositions is provided that comprises a protein source that may be a extensively hydrolyzed protein, free amino acids, short-chain peptides, or a mixture thereof; a lipid source; a carbohydrate source; and an emulsifying system comprising an ocentyl succinic anhydride modified starch and an acetylated monoglyceride emulsifier. The composition may be prepared as a powder or liquid nutritional composition for formulas prepared for infant, pediatric and adult populations in need of an elemental diet. The invention provides a commercially acceptable product in terms of desired stability and physical characteristics and is particularly useful for hypoallergenic infant formula preparations.

Dietary intake regulating devices that can assist a user in measuring his or her dietary intake and optionally his or her physical activity are disclosed.

A consumer user interface for a point of sale food selection system is modified based on certain dietary requirements. The system and method may be applied to point of sale kiosks as well as wireless data devices for use in restaurants, delis, cafeterias, coffee shops and other food retail environments. During the process of ordering, the interface determines a user's preference for one or more dietary requirements. Once the preferences are determined, subsequent choices for an order may be suggested, highlighted, recommended, parsed, or otherwise modified to aid the consumer in selecting meals that are tailored to their individual preferences.

An animal feed supplement includes fish meal as a source of omega 3 long chain fatty acids for inclusion in the diet of an animal. The animal feed supplement also includes at least one naturally-occurring antioxidant; at least one synthetic antioxidant; an antibacterial agent; an anti-mold/anti-fungal agent; and an anti-chemical activity agent. The omega 3 long chain fatty acids are provided at a level which maximises the nutritional value of food produce from the animal, but without taint of the food produce. The feed supplement is greater than 5% of the total dietary intake of the animal.

The invention provides a food and beverage order making method, which comprises the following steps of submitting order information, wherein the order information includes food materials required during odor execution, a digital menu, intelligent cooking equipment, cooking places and cooking service provider constraint information; receiving an order matching record matched with the order constraint information, wherein the order matching record consists of the food materials, the digital menu, the intelligent cooking equipment, the cooking place and the cooking service provider; screening the order matching records; submitting the order confirmation result. On the basis of the food and beverage order making method, the invention also provides a food and beverage order making terminal. In the method, customers can realize the integration of self-service ordering, food materials/digital menu procurement, product specification matching, intelligent cooking and distribution only by submitting the order information; in addition, customers can also flexibly select the required product according to the self fondness; the personalized requirements of different customers can be met; the effects of simplicity, convenience and high speed on daily diet of people can be greatly improved.

Appealing traditional nutritious snacks and mixes from which consumers can prepare appealing traditional nutritious snacks are disclosed. These snacks and mixes offer an alternative to appealing but unhealthy snacks. The nutritious snacks of the present invention are traditional in form, provide a balanced mix of an amino acid source, fat, and carbohydrates and typically have an appeal similar to that of unhealthy snacks of similar form. Thus, the snacks and snack mixes of the present invention resolve the dilemma that consumers are currently faced with—healthy eating or enjoying what you eat. Processes for making and methods of using appealing traditional nutritious snacks and mixes from which consumers can prepare appealing traditional nutritious snacks are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a healthy diet monitoring system and method based on a cloud platform. The system comprises an intelligent terminal, a step counting terminal and a cloud server, wherein the intelligent terminal is used for uploading personnel basic information input by a user to the cloud server and displaying information fed back by the cloud server, the step counting terminal collects the number of movement steps of the user, sends the number to the intelligent terminal to be displayed to the user and meanwhile uploads the number to the cloud server through the intelligent terminal, and the cloud server is used for comprehensively analyzing the personal basic information and the movement step number information of the user so as to calculate the everyday total consumption of the user, then generating a next day diet suggestion according to the everyday total consumption, and sending the suggestion to the intelligent terminal to be displayed. By means of the system and the method, the three-meal diets and extra meal food for the whole next day are recommended from a cloud food base according to the calculated everyday total consumption, and ethnic taboo food, allergenic food and food avoided for chronic diseases are not recommended through selection; food produced in season are recommended as much as possible according to seasons, and finally the reasonable healthy diet is transmitted back to an intelligent terminal APP to be displayed to the user.

The invention is directed to water-dispersible, substantially homogeneous artificial diets and diet formulations which provide honey bees with a fully nutritious, complex mixture of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins in an easily digestible form. The diets of the invention support growth and development of honey bees, sustain brood rearing, and maintain hive vigor, and thus make possible the continuous rearing of bees using an artificial diet. The invention diets are useful for many purposes, and are particularly advantageous for providing nutrition sources for bees that are moved during commercial crop pollination or for other migratory beekeeping uses.

The present invention provides a composition of nutritive based ingredients that together provide a source of balanced and provides the ability to control food cravings, increase satiety, promote a feeling of fullness and provide a user a method to maintain a healthy weight and or achieve weight loss. This composition of ingredients includes a chocolate or caramel flavored confection component, a high protein component, a fiber blend component, an edible oil component, an antioxidant component from natural occurring sources, a supplement component that can provide specific health benefits as well as a balanced group of vitamins and minerals. The composition of ingredients can be delivered in a variety of food platforms. A functional food confectionery is a preferred platform for our invention delivery system. Portion control bars and/or bars that have pre-determined break points that control portion size and portioned squares or other shapes would be the preferred product structure. A complete weight loss and weight maintenance methodology, including use instructions for incorporating the products within the daily diet is identified. Methods of manufacturing and compositions are also included.

An internet based system for analyzing menu items offered by restaurants/food providers to identify menu items which are acceptable to person is disclosed. The system includes an online system having a server in communication with a database of food ingredients for menu items offered by a food provider. The system compares the food ingredients of menu items offered by food providers and compares it with the dietary and/or allergen information of one or more people to identify menu items offered by food provider that are acceptable to the each person.

Diet cola beverage and other beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The diet cola beverages comprise water, at least one natural, potent, non-nutritive sweetener, at least one natural, low potency, low calorie sweetener, an acidulant comprising at least one of lactic, citric, tartaric, malic, fumaric, cinnamic, maleic, adipic, glutaric, and succinic acids, a caramel colorant, and cola flavor.

The absorption and deposition of carotenoids added to poultry diets into the yolk of eggs produced by the poultry is improved by adding a carotenoid formulation comprising a carotenoid, a vegetable oil, a surfactant, a chelating agent, an antioxidant, an alkali and a solvent. The carotenoid formulation can reduce the crystalline nature of lutein for its better dissolution in the formulation and the diet. This new formulation is capable of making more micelles for an effective transfer of lutein from the formulations to the aqueous layer. The new formulation can increase the bioavailability of lutein in chicken biological system and leads to more deposition in the blood and the egg. The lutein deposition in the egg was consistent for an extended period of time when this new formulation was added to the diet. Addition of this carotenoid formulation to the diet increased the antioxidant power of the blood. Eggs produced by poultry fed diets supplemented by the formulation have in excess of 0.80 mg carotenoids per 100 grams of edible portion and thus serve as an important source of carotenoids in the human diet.

Diet cola beverages and methods for making the same are disclosed. The diet cola beverages comprise water, at least one natural, high potency, non-nutritive sweetener, at least one natural, low potency, low calorie sweetener, an acidulant comprising at least one of lactic, citric, tartaric, malic, fumaric, cinnamic, maleic, adipic, glutaric, and succinic acids, a caramel colorant, and cola flavor.

The invention relates to nutrient fortified health-care steamed bread and a preparation method. The steamed bread is prepared by taking soybean flour, corn flour and wheat flour as main materials and adding medicinal and edible food components such as hawthorn, balsam pear, black fungus, semen raphani, Chinese cinnamon, liquorice, tuckahoe, cuscuta chinensis, black sesame, Chinese yam, peach kernel, radix asparagi, dwarf lilyturf tuber and the like into the main materials. The steamed bread has the characteristics of increased taste, good mouthfeel, contribution to being taken as main food by people for a long time, complete nutrition and health-care effect; and therefore, the occurrence of hypertension, hyperlipemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the like caused by inappropriate medication, improper diet and improper daily life of the people can be avoided or reduced by eating the steamed bread for a long time. Based on the technology of the invention, a plurality of flour products suitable for people of all ages to eat regularly can be developed.

A nutrition balance for health control, especially for diabetics, to measure a weight and a caloric value of an edible substance, comprising a main body; a scale unit generating a weight signal while receiving the weight of the edible substance; a control unit comprising at least one input unit inputting a predetermined reference data and providing a reference data signal; a control system comprising a memory unit storing a predetermined balance database information and a controller, communicating with the memory unit, communicated with the scale unit to receive the weight signal and communicate with the input unit for receiving and storing the reference data signal to generating an output signal in response to the weight signal according to the reference data and the balance database information; and a display arrangement communicating with the control system to provide an output. The nutrition balance is for monitoring health and diet.

The present disclosure provides: (a) a composition for preparing gluten-free wet rice noodle, rice cake, baked rice confectionery, rice cookie and rice bread, (b) gluten-free wet rice noodle, rice cake, baked rice confectionery, rice cookie and rice bread, and (c) a method for preparing the same. The present disclosure not only provides superior gustatory sensation over wet wheat noodle, wheat cake, baked wheat confectionery, wheat cookie and wheat bread but also provides well-being diet cake for health improvement in terms of nutrition since intake of sugar and sweet substances as well as fats can be reduced. In addition, the present disclosure will find useful applications in the well-being health food industry and the agricultural processed food industry since wheat allergy can be avoided owing to the absence of wheat and the gluten-free food is of great help to patients with celiac disease or atopy.

The present invention relates to a diet composition comprising brown rice, job's tear, red beans, buckwheat, Italian millet, Indian millet, white beans, black beans, black rice, barley, brown rice sprouts, kale, matured pumpkin (Curcurbia moschata), carrot, Angelica, cabbage, wild Lanceolate root, Lotus root, radish, green radish, mugwort, pine needles, laver, sea mustard, sea tagle, Shiitake mushroom, Reishi mushroom, soy peptide, isolated soy protein, L-carnitine, Hibiscus extract, green tea extract and solomon's seal extract. The composition is useful in reducing body weight and body fat; controlling body shape; and lowering serum cholesterol and neutral fat.

The invention discloses a complex seasoning capable of removing fishy smell and flavouring, which is formed by improvement on the basis of traditional fragrance materials. Peppers and other heavy and spicy food are canceled; natural Chinese herbal medicines such as rhizoma nardostachyos, randia cochinchinensis Chinese angelica and the like are picked to be added; and a better proportioning composition of the Chinese herbal medicines and the traditional fragrance materials is found through many experiments, so that not only is the seasoning function of the traditional fragrance materials is fully remained, but also the characteristics of the Chinese herbal medicines are fully exerted, and the natural health complex seasoning capable of removing fishy smell and flavouring with unique taste is provided for people. The complex seasoning has the multiple functions of removing fishy smell, removing smell of mutton and flavouring; is convenient to use; can replace five spice powder, magnesium chloride hexahydrate, fricassee powder, barbecue seasonings and the like frequently used by cooking in kitchen; meets the requirements of people on diversity in cooking, health and nutrition; and isbeneficial to improving eating quality of household life and happiness index of life.