3398 results about "Dietary fibre" patented technology

The disclosed inventions include microalgal biomass high in protein and fiber, wherein the biomass has been manufactured through heterotrophic fermentation. The materials provided herein are useful for the manufacture of meat substitutes and meat enhancers, as well as other food products that benefit from the addition of digestible protein and dietary fiber. Structural properties of foods are enhanced through the use of such materials, including texture and water retention properties. High in protein and fiber food materials of the invention can be manufactured from edible and inedible heterotrophic fermentation feedstocks, including corn starch, sugar cane, glycerol, and depolymerized cellulose.

The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as a dietary fiber source. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and / or a more sugar-like flavor profile.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a raw dendrobium officinale pulp beverage. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1), baking a fresh dendrobium officinale branch to be purple, adding water to the baked fresh dendrobium officinale branch for pulping, so as to obtain a primary serous fluid; (2), carrying out insulation treatment on the primary serous fluid, boiling and filtering the primary serous fluid, so as to obtain filter residue; (3) adding water to the filter residue for pulping, boiling and filtering the filter residue again to obtain the filter residue, repeating the sub-steps for a plurality of times, adding water to the final filter residue for the pulping, so as to obtain secondary serous fluid; (4), adding a cellulolytic enzyme into the secondary serous fluid for carrying out enzymolysis, so as to obtain an enzymolysis solution; (5) boiling and filtering the enzymolysis solution, to obtain the filter residue; (6) adding water into the filter residue for the pulping, boiling and filtering the filter residue again, to obtain the filter residue, and repeating the sub-steps for a plurality of times; (7) mixing all the filter solutions, boiling and sterilizing the mixed filter solution, so as to obtain the raw dendrobium officinale pulp beverage. The preparation method provided by the invention has the advantages that dendrobium officinale is baked, the filter residue is subjected to enzymolysis treatment, the extraction rate of functionality polyose and flavone is improved, the content of dietary fiber in the beverage is increased, and the prepared beverage color is bright and stable.

Disclosed herein are microalgae-containing gluten-reduced and gluten-free finished food compositions, as well as microalgae-containing food ingredients for the large-scale manufacture of gluten-reduced and gluten-free foods. Foods and ingredients of the invention, while reducing or eliminating gluten, also have increased health benefits through reduction or elimination of less healthy oils and fats via replacement of primarily monounsaturated algal oils. The novel food compositions also possess more desirable sensory properties and shelf life than previously existing gluten free foods. Foods and ingredients disclosed herein, whoch containing reduced or no gluten, also containing high dietary fiber levels, reduced or eliminated cholesterol, and healthier oil content than existing gluten free foods. Also disclosed are methods of reducing food allergies and symptoms of diseases such as Celiac-Sprue to address increasing rates of sensitivity to gluten-containing products. Also disclosed are methods of formulating and manufacturing microalgae-containing gluten-free foods and ingredients for the formulation of such foods.

The invention described in this application relates to food compositions such as breakfast cereals, bread and the like which have an enhanced dietary fibre content. In each case the source of dietary fibre is a starch, preferably a maize starch, having an amylose content of 50% or more, the starch being incorporated into a food composition as appropriate. Alternatively, grains or legumes or parts thereof which include starch of this amylose content may be used.

The invention discloses a fruit and vegetable jam and a preparation method thereof. The fruit and vegetable jam is characterized by being prepared from the following components: 50-99.8% of fruit and vegetable concentrated pulps, 0.01-0.5% of Sodium D-isoascorbate or vitamin C, 0.01-0.5% of citric acid and 0-49.8% of syrup or substitute sugar. The preparation method comprises the following steps:pulping or juicing fruits and vegetables, and then concentrating the pulped or juiced fruits and vegetables 0-10 times; evenly stirring the components in proportion, and sterilizing the components atthe temperature of 75-132 DEG C for 2 seconds-50 minutes; and cooling the sterilized fruit and vegetable pulp to 20-45 DEG C, inoculating lactic acid bacteria into the sterilized and cooled fruit andvegetable pulp at a ratio of 103-109 cfu / mL, and fermenting the pulp at the temperature of 25-45 DEG C for 6-96 hours until the pH value is 2.5-5.0. The method has the following characteristics: (1) obtaining natural tender tart flavor is obtained, the astringent flavor of the fruits and the wild artemisia flavor of the vegetables are effectively removed; (2) by means of lactic acid bacteria fermentation, the content of amino acid in the fruits and vegetables can be improved by more than 20%, the contents of substances with special flavor are improved by more than 30%, and the flavor and taste of products are effectively improved; (3) nutrient components in the fruits and vegetables, such as vitamins, dietary fibers and the like, in the fruits and vegetables are fully maintained; and (4) the quality guarantee period of food is prolonged, and corruption is avoided.

The invention provides novel beverages and raw materials for the manufacture thereof, such beverage and raw materials containing microalgae of various species with varying components. Attributes of the microalgal biomass used in the invention include nutrition-providing materials such as carotenoids, dietary fiber, tocotrienols and tocopherols, and varying lipid compositions, particularly low levels of saturated lipids. Attributes of the microalgal biomass used in the invention include structural attributes such as improved mouth feel compared to alternative milk products such as soy milk and rice milk. The novel beverages provide delivery systems for high nutrition materials found in microalgae. The invention provides a new category of finished beverages based on microalgae (such as refrigerated and shelf stable liquids and emulsions) as well as compositions for augmenting properties of current beverages through inclusion of novel microalgae-based materials as ingredients.

Compositions which provide slowly digestible starch and a source of fermentable dietary fiber. Microparticles in which starch is entrapped in a crosslinked matrix to provide dietary benefit. Such microparticles are used to deliver glucose to targeted regions in the small intestine for beneficial physiological effects, and fermentable dietary fiber to the colon to improve colon health and to treat diseases of the colon. Microparticles can be employed to selectively deliver fermentable dietary fiber to targeted portions of the colon. A method for making the microparticles is provided as well as methods for using the microparticles for controlled digestion of starch on ingestion in the small intestine and methods for using the microparticles to deliver dietary fiber. The microparticles with entrapped starch provide a low glycemic index and extended glucose release in food products and food ingredients. The microparticles with entrapped starch can, in particular, be used as an ingredient in foods that are to be cooked.

The invention discloses high-dietary-fiber nutritional meal replacement powder and a processing method thereof, relates to a meal replacement powder food, and particularly relates to the high-dietary-fiber nutritional meal replacement powder which contains polyunsaturated fatty acids, is rich in nutrition, diversified in mouthfeel, and easy to process, store and eat as well as a processing method thereof. The high-dietary-fiber nutritional meal replacement powder comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 3-30 parts of flaxseed powder, 20-60 parts of cereal powder, 10-35 parts of soybean powder, 3-16 parts of dietary fiber powder and 1-15 parts of fruit and vegetable powder. The processing method of the high-dietary-fiber nutritional meal replacement powder comprises the following steps: carrying out hot air drying curing or expansion curing on cereals and soybeans respectively, and crushing at a low temperature to 80-100 meshes for later use; drying flaxseed powder, dietary fiber powder, cereal powder, soybean powder and fruit and vegetable powder, blending in proportion, and mixing evenly; and packaging quantitatively so as to obtain the nutritional meal replacement powder.

The compositions and methods of the invention relate to the creation of food products based on eggs, wherein the productions contain various raw materials made from microalgae in different forms. Some forms include high levels of monounsaturated oil, dietary fiber, carotenoids, and digestible crude protein. Provided herein are methods and compositions for enhancing food stability at elevated temperature during extended periods of storage in hydrated egg products. The microalgae-derived materials are provided as dry or hydrated homogenates made from heterotrophically produced microalgae of varying genera, species and strain. Weight / weight levels of saturated fats and cholesterol are reduced in egg products of the invention, while dietary fiber is increased. Blends of liquid or dried egg with liquid or dried algae are provided, as well as methods of manufacturing and formulating the blends. Unique combinations of egg whites and microalgae are also provided for manufacture of very low cholesterol egg products. In some embodiments, the textural characteristics of powdered eggs are altered to be more like the textural characteristics of liquid eggs through the inclusion of dietary fiber and other moisture-retaining properties of microalgal biomass.

The invention relates to a composite fresh flower, fruit, vegetable and herb enzyme, and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. According to the composite fresh flower, fruit, vegetable and herb enzyme, dozens of kinds of common fruits, vegetables, grains, fresh flowers and edible medicine herbaceous plants are adopted as raw materials to comprehensively supplement nutrients, microbes, trace elements and dietary fiber required by bodies; through addition of the fresh flowers, the fresh flower, fruit, vegetable and herb enzyme provided by the invention has the fragrance of the flowers and contains plant anthocyanidin; anthocyanidin substances are plant antioxidants which are high in property; in an enzyme high-acidity solution, anthocyanidin can be well extracted and released, so that the oxidation resistance of the enzyme is improved; most of the edible medicine herbaceous plants have the efficacies of improving immunity and reducing blood fat, blood sugar and blood pressure; through addition of probiotics, polysaccharides and functional ingredients of the herbaceous plants can be completely extracted out, so that the health efficacy of the enzyme is improved. The preparation method for the enzyme is simple, and the problems of pollution and odd flavor generation in the layer-by-layer fermentation process can be effectively solved.

The invention discloses weight losing meal-replacing powder. The weight losing meal-replacing powder consists of the following components in part by weight: 15 to 50 parts of protein substance, 20 to 60 parts of functional sugar, 13 to 30 parts of water-soluble grain dietary fiber, 1 to 20 parts of water-soluble fruit dietary fiber, 2 to 30 parts of water-soluble vegetable dietary fiber, 0.05 to 0.18 part of vitamin bag, 5 to 20 parts of mineral bag and 0.1 to 0.5 part of spice. The meal-replacing powder is a special product developed for obese people who are usually busy in life, take less exercise and have irregular diet. After being taken, the meal-replacing powder produces strong satiety, inhibits appetite, does not cause malnutrition, has smooth mouthfeel, and can replace lunch or supper.

Disclosed are ready-to-eat puffed dried food products that are high both in protein and in fiber. The cereals contain sufficient amounts of at least one protein ingredient to provide a total protein content about 50% to 75% (dry weight) of the cooked food product; sufficient amounts of at least one dietary fiber ingredient to provide a total fiber content of about 1-45% (dry weight); and sufficient amounts of a starch containing ingredient to provide a starch content of about 5-45%. The food products have a crush strength raging from about 0.25 to 3.5 kg / cm3.

Disclosed are ready-to-eat puffed dried food products that are high both in protein and in fiber. The cereals contain sufficient amounts of at least one protein ingredient to provide a total protein content about 50% to 75% (dry weight) of the cooked food product; sufficient amounts of at least one dietary fiber ingredient to provide a total fiber content of about 1-45% (dry weight); and sufficient amounts of a starch containing ingredient to provide a starch content of about 5-45%. The food products have a crush strength raging from about 0.25 to 3.5 kg / cm3.

The invention relates to an intestinal nutrient preparation, in particular to an intestinal nutrient preparation which is fit for Asian people nutrient support and has balanced medical effect, which comprises carbohydrate, plant protein, fat, vitamin, prandial fiber, emulsifying thickener, sodium nutrition, calcium nutrition, phosphor nutrition, kalium nutrition, magnesium nutrition, ferrum nutrition, zinc nutrition, iodine nutrition, selenium nutrition, cuprum nutrition, chromium nutrition, manganese nutrition, balsam pear powder, etc.

The invention discloses konjac jelly powder. The konjac jelly powder comprises the following components in part by weight: 30 to 40 parts of konjac powder, 10 to 25 parts of carrageenin, 0 to 10 parts of xanthan gum, 0 to 15 parts of locust bean gum, 0 to 20 parts of guar gum, 5 to 12.5 parts of sodium citrate, 8 to 15 parts of potassium chloride, 0 to 7 parts of xylitol and 2 to 5 parts of citric acid. A method for preparing jellies by using the konjac jelly powder comprises the following steps of: mixing the konjac jelly powder and white granulated sugar uniformly; pouring the mixed white granulated sugar and konjac jelly powder into a stirred cold water proportioning cylinder; continuously adding the white granulated sugar or syrup, opening steam and heating; and performing filtration, packing and sterilization to obtain konjac jelly finished products. The konjac jelly powder provided by the invention has low production cost, adjustable taste and high dietary fiber content; the prepared konjac jellies do not need to be treated by alkali; and the method for preparing the jellies by using the konjac jelly powder has simple making process and low making cost.

The invention provides nutrient-rich foodstuff containing spirulina powder, konjaku flour, sesame powder and plant composite powder, containing spirulina powder, konjaku flour, sesame powder, roxburgh rose powder, plant composite powder, various grains powder, soybean protein concentrate, vegetable fat, meat, auxiliary material and ingredient. The proportioning by weight of each component is that: 0.5-5 parts of spirulina powder, 0.5-8 parts of konjaku flour, 0.5-3 parts of sesame powder, 0.5-3 parts of roxburgh rose powder, 0.5-5 parts of plant composite powder, 0.1-8 parts of various grain powder, 0.1-3 parts of soybean protein concentrate, 0.1-3 parts of lipid, 0-8 parts of meat, and some auxiliary material and ingredient, and nutrient-rich instant foodstuff and leisure foodstuff such as nutrient-rich hard bread and nutrient-rich ham sausage is produced by relevant equipment and process. The advantages of the invention are that the foodstuff is synthesized from nutrient-rich natural food and integrates multiple vitamin mineral matters, meal cellulosic, plant protein and polyunsaturated fatty acid, nutrient is abundant and balanced, and preparation process is simple and mature.

The present invention has objects to provide a glucan useful as water-soluble dietary fiber, its preparation and uses. The present invention solves the above objects by providing a branched α-glucan, which is constructed by glucose molecules and characterized by methylation analysis as follows:(1) Ratio of 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4,5-triacetyl-glucitol to 2,3,4-trimethyl-1,5,6-triacetyl-glucitol is in the range of 1:0.6 to 1:4;(2) Total content of 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4,5-triacetyl-glucitol and 2,3,4-trimethyl-1,5,6-triacetyl-glucitol is 60% or higher in the partially methylated glucitol acetates;(3) Content of 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-triacetyl-glucitol is 0.5% or higher but less than 10% in the partially methylated glucitol acetates; and(4) Content of 2,4-dimethyl-1,3,5,6-tetraacetyl-glucitol is 0.5% or higher in the partially methylated glucitol acetates; a novel α-glucosyltransferase which forms the branched α-glucan, processes for producing them, and their uses.

The slimming diet fiber biscuit is produced with flour and diet fiber as main material and supplementary material including salt, seasoning, etc. The diet fiber will expand after absorbing water and this makes the eater produce satiety to reduce the ingestion; and it will reduce the time for food to stay in intestinal tract to consume fat inside body and result in slimming effect. In addition, ingesting diet fiber can reduce the re-absorption amount and alter food digesting speed and digestion secretion amount to prevent gall stone, duodenal ulcer, peptic colonitis and other diseases.

The invention discloses a biscuit with fruit and vegetable taste, comprising the following raw materials by weight in parts: 5-50 parts of fruit and vegetable vinasse or fruit and vegetable vinegar residue, 10-75 parts of shortening or salad oil, 0.4-4 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 5-250 parts of at least one of wheat powder or millet powder or grain powder. The invention adopts the fruit and vegetable vinasse or the fruit and vegetable vinegar residue, the wheat powder or the millet powder or the grain powder and the plant oil to produce fruit and vegetable slag (vinasse) biscuit or fruit and vegetable slag (vinasse) grain biscuit by preparing materials, modulating, forming, baking, cooling and packaging, so the biscuit not only has rich dietary fibre and rich nutrition.

A beverage with easily absorbed rich nutrients is prepared from one or more of sorghum, millet, corn, soybean, glutinous rice, mung bean, oats, buckwheat and black rice, and onr or more of peanut, almond, hazelnut kernel, walnut kernel, chestnut, melon seed and sesame through grinding or pulverizing, proportional mixing, adding sugar, stabilizer and water, boiling, high-speed shearing, high-pressure puffing and sterilizing.

A nutritive gruel or nutritive wheat flour for promoting the peristalsis of stomach and intestine, preventing constipation, decomposing saccharide and fat and preventing hyperglycemia is prepared from wheat and the food grains other than wheat and rice.

The invention discloses a simulated fat. The base material for preparing the simulated fat comprises konjaku flour and carrageenin of which the compound weight ratio is 1:0.3-0.45, and the auxiliary material comprises egg white protein, a defoamer, alkaline gel and water. The simulated fat is prepared by using compounded vegetable glue as the base material assisted by the egg white protein and vegetable oil through the steps of stirring with the water, molding, precooking, forming, cooling, mould unloading, recooking and secondary cooling under the action of the gel. The simulated fat product has a plurality of physical characteristics similar to natural fat and has no health hazards. The simulated fat can be used as a substitute in meat products processing and is widely applied to the meat products processing. Sausages, hamburger bakemeat and the like processed from the simulated fat are completely same with animal fat from the appearance and the cross section, have quite similar mouthfeel and flavor and low fat, are rich in dietary fiber, and do not contain cholesterol.

The invention discloses steamed bread slice (dry steamed bread slice) health-care food and a production method thereof. Flour is used as a main raw material, and is added with yeast powder, coarse grain, vegetable powder, dietary fiber, gizzard pepsin powder and flavoring to be prepared into leisure food. The flower-color steamed bread slice product has rich nutrition; various components are scientifically and reasonably compounded; coarse-fine grain and vegetable are matched to accord with the nutrition required by the human body; and the flower-color steamed bread slice product has the characteristics of rich natural color, attractive appearance and unique flavor and mouth feel, meets the demands of various places and various crowds, invigorates the stomach and beautifies, and is favorable for health.

The invention provides a diet meal replacement nutrition bar, which contains the following components in percentage by weight: 5 to 10 percent of isomaltulose, 5 to 10 percent of insoluble dietary fiber, 10 to 25 percent of soluble dietary fiber, 10 to 30 percent of egg white powder, 3 to 5 percent of fat and oil, 5 to 20 percent of sugar alcohol, 5 to 10 percent of fruit and 1 to 2 percent of lotus leaf extract. The diet meal replacement nutrition bar has a good taste and the effects of enhancing satiety and dieting, simultaneously does not increase a blood sugar index, is suitable for dieters to eat instead of lunch and supper, and contains a plurality of nutrient components for satisfying the needs of human bodies to achieve nutrition balance.

The invention discloses a method for producing potato flake with high dietary fiber content. The method comprises the following steps: after the byproduct of wet potato residue generated through flour-residue separation during potato starch production is subject to acid base interaction, oxidation or enzymolysis and micronization, the micronized dietary fiber of potato is mixed with mashed potatoes obtained through steaming, boiling and smashing in a certain content ratio, the mixture is dried through a roller dryer, the moisture content in the product is smaller than or equal to 10 percent, and the potato flake rich in dietary fiber is produced after crushing and sieving. The method of the invention is suitable for being implemented in whole potato processing production enterprises, the produced potato flake is rich in an excess amount of dietary fiber and can be used as an auxiliary material for processing other foods, therefore, the economic value of the byproduct of starch production, i.e., wet potato residue is greatly increased, and pollution to the environment is reduced.

The present invention relates to frozen confectionary product comprising up to 20% wt fat, up to 25% milk solids non fat (MSNF), from 5 to 40% wt sweetening agent and up to 3% of stabiliser and / or emulsifier, wherein said frozen confectionery further comprises a hydrolysed whole grain composition and an alpha-amylase or fragment thereof, which alpha-amylase or fragment thereof shows no hydrolytic activity towards dietary fibers when in the active state.

The invention discloses weight-losing fruit and vegetable powder which has the characteristics that natural plants with weight-losing effects are taken as raw materials; effective ingredients in the raw materials are retained to the maximum extent by low-temperature extraction and biological enzymolysis technologies; weight-losing factors with relatively good weight-losing effects, such as dietary fibers, plant extracts, tea leaf extract, spice extract, Chinese herbal medicine extracts, probiotic powder, probiotic factors and bamboo charcoal powder, are scientifically compounded on the basis of existing nutritional fruit and vegetable powder; meanwhile, nutritional ingredients with weight-losing effects, such as protein powder, malt extract and malt flour are also compounded, and nutrients such as compound amino acids, vitamins and minerals are added; mainly proceeding from the aspects of satisfying the satiety feel, regulating gastrointestinal florae, protecting the health by traditional Chinese medicines, sucking and removing fat and the like, the digestion and absorption self-regulation capability of a human body is improved, the uptake and secondary synthetic routes of human fat are reduced, the normal nutrient uptake and metabolic level of the human body cannot be influenced, and a good cycle of health protection and weight reduction is realized.

The present invention features a unique, natural formulation and method of administering the same to treat and prevent diabetes, or rather advances treatment of diabetes, by providing a naturaceutical composition or treatment formulated with one or more processed Morinda citrifolia products as derived from the Indian Mulberry plant. The Morinda citrifolia is particularly adapted to treat Type II diabetes. The Morinda citrifolia product is preferably a leaf extract, but may also be in the form of a juice, a puree juice, a dietary fiber, or other similar forms and is incorporated into various carriers or naturaceutical compositions suitable for in vivo treatment of a patient. The naturaceutical may also combine other food products into the naturaceutical, such as fruit juices, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals, and others.