2171 results about "Functional food" patented technology

The present invention involves new cosmetic, personal care, cleaning agent, biocidal agent, functional food, and nutritional supplement compositions. These new compositions incorporate bioactive glass into cosmetics, personal care items, cleaning agents, biocidal agents, functional foods, and nutritional supplements. The present invention also involves methods of making and methods of using such compositions.

The invention relates to unique compositions containing enriched and purified natural crocin and/or crocetin for prevention and/or treatment of cancers and other conditions and diseases. Compositions comprise mainly enriched or purified natural crocin or crocetin or combination of both and possible other active phytochemicals. A composition is used as functional food, drink, dietary supplement, or therapeutic dosage to a human orally or through other appropriate way (parenteral, percutaneous, rectal, mucosal, intranasal or topical administration). A method of natural crocin and crocetin enriching and purification is revealed.

A nutritional composition is described for prevention or treatment of an immune condition. The composition includes at least vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12, copper, zinc, selenium, fructo-oligosaccharides and/or gum acacia, a probiotic lactic acid bacterium. For example, in an embodiment it comprises per 300 g: 150 IU Vitamin E, 120 mg Vitamin C, 2 mg Vitamin B6, 400 ug Folic acid, 3.8 ug Vitamin B12, 1.5 mg Copper, 15 mg Zinc, 100 ug Selenium, 3 g Fructo-oligosaccharides and/or gum acacia, 10E10 cfu ST11 lactobacillus. Also disclosed are a method for making the nutritional composition, a method for manufacturing a functional food or medicament; and a method of prevention or treatment of an immune condition by administering an effective amount of the composition, functional food or medicament.

The present invention discloses an efficacy improving edible or/and medicinal (powder) product (/composition). The product (/composition) comprises a particulate matter (or a powder) I containing one (or more) polysaccharides (particularly starch and viscous polysaccharides) and/or peptides or protein-based macromolecular polymers, and a particulate matter (or a powder) of a (or more) hydrophilic polymers II having a higher AAP value than that of the particulate matter (or the powder) I. The product (/composition) is improved in dispersing performance and particularly the following performances are improved: the dispersing performance of the powder in (warm) water, the dissolution property of the effective ingredients of the powder in (warm) water, the non-caking property of the powder under a high humidity environment, the comprehensive performances of the food prepared from the powder, etc.

The invention provides lipid compositions comprising phospholipids having a high docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content, which compositions are preferably extracted from natural sources. The lipid compositions are excellent sources of highly bioavailable DHA and they can be used in oral delivery vehicles, dietary supplements, functional foods, and the like.

The laminarin preparing process includes the technological steps of material treatment, crushing, defatting and decolorizing with alcohol, ultrasonic wall breaking, enzyme treatment and vacuum extracting and vacuum freeze drying. During the material treatment, the kelp material including kelp, waste kelp material and leftover from kelp processing is washed first with water and then with citric acid or acetic acid. During the enzyme treatment, the kelp material is enzymolyzed with cellulose and pectase. The present invention has kelp including kelp waste and leftover best utilized to extract laminarin of high purity in high yield, and the prepared laminarin may be served directly or used in developing other functional foods.

The invention relates to unique compositions containing enriched and purified natural crocin and/or crocetin for prevention and/or treatment of cancers and other conditions and diseases. Compositions comprise mainly enriched or purified natural crocin or crocetin or combination of both and possible other active phytochemicals. A composition is used as functional food, drink, dietary supplement, or therapeutic dosage to a human orally or through other appropriate way (parenteral, percutaneous, rectal, mucosal, intranasal or topical administration). A method of natural crocin and crocetin enriching and purification is revealed.

The invention discloses small molecule polypeptide Ca-chelate of fishbone, which belongs to the field of functional food or additive. The method for preparing the small molecule polypeptide Ca-chelate of the fishbone comprises the following steps: boiling the fishbone at high temperature and high pressure; pulping to obtain the fishbone paste; utilizing the compound protease to execute enzymolysis; centrifuging to obtain the liquid supernatant and the sediment; filtering the liquid supernatant to obtain the small molecule polypeptide liquid of the fishbone; executing the composite acid acidification through citric acid and lactic acid for the sediment so as to obtain the fishbone calcium liquid; mixing the small molecule polypeptide liquid of the fishbone with the fishbone calcium liquid; executing the chelation at 40-50 degrees centigrade while the pH value is 7.5-8.5; and drying to obtain the small molecule polypeptide Ca-chelate of the fishbone. The invention has high Ca-chelate rate which reaches over 90%, and has high biological absorption rate of the calcium which reaches over 70%. The invention has no side effects, has good flavor, can be directly absorbed from intestinal mucosa after being eaten, solves the problems that the solubility of the traditional calcium source is bad, the absorption rate is low and the side effect is large, and solves the problem of producing calculi. In addition, the invention has a simple preparation method and low cost.

A method for cultivating golden mushroom mycelia abundant in Se and Zn elements through liquid fermentation belongs to the field of biotechnology. The invention substantially comprises cultivation of strains, cultivation of liquid seed, namely the domestication of two elements, and enrichment, fermentation and cultivation of two elements in a deep liquid, and collecting, drying and smashing of mycelia. The dried golden mushroom mycelia abundant in organic Se and organic Zn obtained with the method of the invention has over 35Mug/g organic Se and 4.25mg/g organic Zn. The powder of the mycelia with suitable food can be used as food additives and made into functional food, which has great health care function for the people in sub-health state resulted from deficient intake of microelements of Se and Zn. The invention is high in technological content, high content in effective components of the products, high additive value, which is suitable for industrial production.

The invention discloses nanoparticles for encapsulating polyphenol active substances and a preparation method thereof, which belong to the technical field of high-polymer chemisty and functional foods. In the method, protein-polysaccharide nanoparticles for encapsulating polyphenol active substances through a Maillard reaction of proteins and polysaccharides and self-assembly of polyphenol and a protein-covalence conjugate. The nanoparticles have excellent properties of high encapsulating efficiency on polyphenol active substances, high loading amount, high protection activity and the like. The nanoparticles are cross-linked by using crosslinking agents such as glutaraldehyde, genipin and the like, so that the stability and slow-release performance of the nanoparticles can be further improved. A preparation process is performed in a full-water-phase environment, organic reagents, surfactants and other toxic reagents are not used, and raw materials of a carrier belong to natural macromolecules, so that the nanoparticles have excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, and are accordant with the requirement of green chemistry.

The invention discloses a method for preparing total saponins and polysaccharides from Apios americana flowers simultaneously and relates to the technical field of plant extraction. The method comprises the following steps: (1) harvesting raw materials, cleaning and drying; (2) reflux-extracting with ethanol, and filtering to obtain a supernatant and filter residues; (3) defatting the supernatant with petroleum ether, extracting with n-butanol, performing adsorption and elution, concentrating, and drying to obtain powdery Apios americana flower saponins; (4) removing the solvent from the filter residues, reflux-extracting with water, filtering, collecting and mixing the filtrates; and (5) decolorizing the filtrate, performing deproteinization, concentrating, precipitating with alcohols, dialyzing and concentrating, and drying to obtain Apios americana flower polysaccharides. The method has the advantages of simple process, high yield and low cost. Besides, the total saponins and polysaccharides of Apios americana flowers are prepared simultaneously, have high purity and strong activity, and can be widely used in pharmaceuticals or functional foods with antioxidant and blood sugar regulating effects.

The present invention provides a circadian rhythm normalizing composition containing astaxanthin and/or its ester as an active ingredient, and a composition having the action of enhancing the circadian rhythm normalizing action of melatonin by protecting melatonin. The composition can be in the form of a drug, a functional food, a food or a beverage.

This composition has a circadian rhythm normalizing action, and has the action of preventing or alleviating sleep disorder and various diseases due to disturbance of the circadian rhythm.

The invention provides a novel high gamma-aminobutyric acid, high flavone fragrant black glutinous germinating brown rice and preparation thereof. The germinating brown rice is produced from material of long-shaped fragrant glutinous black rice, which has gamma-aminobutyric content 89mg/100g, flavone content 8603mg/kg, and protein content 12.4%, wherein the content of amino acid and mineral substances is 3-5 times higher then the ordinary rice. The preparation includes material selecting, husk sieving, sterilizing, cleaning, immersing, sprouting, cleaning, terminating activity of enzyme, microwave drying, checking. The germinating brown rice has thick fragrance of popcorn, great mouth feeling, high content of gamma-aminobutyric acid, flavone and protein, high content of amino acid and mineral, high nutrition value. The germinating brown rice has reasonable materials, easy processing, enhances quality of germinating brown rice, prolongs storage period of the product, has obvious economic value, and provides technological guarantee to popularization of the germinating brown rice as a functional food.

The invention relates to a method for preparing wheat bran dietary fiber by utilizing ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis, and in particularly belongs to the technical field of the agricultural and sideline product development, the functional food additive and the nutritional heath caring. The invention is characterized in that the invention adopts wheat bran as the raw material, and the wheat bran dietary fiber preparation is realized through utilizing the ultrasound treatment, and removing starch and protein by enzymatic method, and then the preparation of fine dietary fiber with different grain size is realized by crumbling with a grinder. The invention realizes the effective value increment and the utilization of the wheat bran, the prepared functional dietary fiber has important physiological function, and thereby can realize the functions of preventing constipation, colon cancer, intestina diverticulum, hemorrhoid and varicose veins of the lower extremities; the serum cholesterol is lowered, and the heart disease caused by coronary sclerosis can be prevented; the sensitivity of the peripheral nerve tissue to the insulin is improved, and the blood sugar level of the diabetes patient can be regulated, the invention is very useful for human health, and the economic benefit as well as the social benefit are greatly increased.

This invention proposed applications of the extracted materials from shell of Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge to making drugs for enhancing brain functions. The extracted materials from the shell of X. sorbifolia include 2~10 percent of crude fats, 15~20 percent of crude protein, 15~25 percent of Bunkankasaponin A. B. C. D., 20~30 percent of sugar and 7~12 percent of water as well as two kinds of sterols of (3beta,5alpha,20R,24S)-stigmasta-7, trans-22-dien-3-ol and (3beta,5alpha,20R,24R)-stigmasta-7-en-3-ol. The applications of this invention shows evidently effective for curing diseases of mental retardation and deficiency, dementia, enuresis, and increasing body's ability of resistance to activity of glycosuria. The extracted materials can also be made of functional foods for increasing brain's functions.

The invention discloses a Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei K56, in particular to an isolated Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei K56, deposited at the German Collection of Microorganismsunder the registration number DSM27447. It is very suitable for increasing the flavor of fermented products, functional foods or dairy products, and has the function of regulating immune and inflammation symptoms.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising PKC agonist as an active ingredient. More precisely, the present inventors confirmed that absence seizure specific SWD was reduced by administrating PKC agonist into an animal model. Therefore, the composition of the present invention comprising PKC agonist as an active ingredient can be effectively used for the prevention and treatment of absence seizure and for the production of health improving functional food.

The invention provides processes to make slowly digestible starches from native and commercial starches. Slowly digestible starches are prepared by controlled hydrolysis of gelatinized starch by alpha amylase. The slowly digestible starches have a range of starch digestion rates and fall between normal, untreated commercial and native starch, and commercial resistant starches. The slowly digestible starches provide a range of starch functionalities. These slow digesting starches retain their digestion characteristic after cooling, and can used in a range of processed food products to modulate the rapid glucose release typical of many processed starchy foods. Edible products incorporating slowly digestible starch will exhibit lower glycemic index and increase satiety. The invention provides solid and liquid food, nutritional, and drug preparations containing the slowly digestible starch. The invention further provided edible products for extended energy release for example, for use in sports drinks and snack bars. The slowly digestible starches can also be employed as functional food grade additives to provided beneficial rheological or other properties to edible compositions.

The invention provides a method for biologically synthesizing nano-selenium through bacillus subtilis and application of the method. Bacillus subtilis S12 capable of tolerating high-concentration sodium selenite is separated from soil, biological nano-selenium is synthesized through the strain S12 and then separated and purified, and a large amount of biological nano-selenium is prepared and applied to fertilizer, feed, selenium-rich functional food processing, healthcare products and medicine products. Nano-selenium is prepared through a biological fermentation process, the method has the advantages of being friendly to the environment, high in yield, safe, efficient and the like, and the produced biological nano-selenium is used for selenium-rich fertilizer and selenium-rich feed and has a remarkable selenium enriching effect on crops, fruits, vegetables, meat, milk and egg after applying and feeding.

The invention provides a weight-losing food with balanced nutrition, containing the following components of: soybean isolate protein expanded grains, maltitol liquid, water-soluble dietary fiber, concentrated lactalbumin, glycerol, fish collagen protein, phytosterol, quick-freezing blueberry grains, Arabic gum, sodium caseinate and compound vitamin. The weight-losing bar has the advantages of good taste and high protein content; the weight-losing food bar can enhance the satiety and also can supplement the protein; and meanwhile, functional food raw materials including the fish collagen protein, the phytosterol and the like, the compound vitamin and the like are added, so as to achieve the aim of healthily losing the weight of a consumer.

The invention provides a preparation method of slowly digestive starch by utilizing Pullulanase to modify and process raw starch by an enzyme method, changing the particle structure of the starch, enabling molecular chains of the starch to realign and recombine, controlling action conditions to damage amorphous structure and adjust crystal structure and further changing crystallization conditions so that the crystallinity of the starch is improved and can be controlled. The method comprises the following steps: preparing the raw starch, adding the Pullulanase to be enzymatically hydrolyzed, sterilized, cooled, refrigerated, baked, pulverized, screened, and the like. The invention provides an enzymatic preparation technology for a novel functional food raw material-slowly digestive starch and can be used in raw starch and modified starch enterprises, and the slowly digestive starch and slowly digestive starch products, which are produced by the technology, can be applied to the food industry and the medicine industry.

The invention discloses fishbone bioactive polypeptide calcium powder and a preparation method, belonging to the field of functional food or food additives. The preparation method comprises the following steps: freezing fishbone, coarse grinding, fine grinding, adding water, stirring, adding a compound protease to hydrolyze, centrifugating, and respectively collecting the supernatant and the precipitate; ultrafiltering the supernatant by a filter membrane, concentrating the filtrate, and freeze-drying to obtain the fishbone protein polypeptide powder; washing the precipitate, drying and pulverizing; activating by using citric acid, and drying to obtain the soluble calcium; and mixing the fishbone protein polypeptide powder and the soluble calcium to obtain the fishbone bioactive polypeptide calcium powder. The fishbone bioactive polypeptide calcium powder enables the biological absorptivity of calcium to reach above 65%, and meanwhile, maintains the functional characteristics of polypeptide. Hydrolysis is carried out by using the food-grade protease, and thus, the fishbone bioactive polypeptide calcium powder has the advantages of high safety and no side effect. The method of the invention has the advantages of simple and feasible realization, and low cost. The fishbone bioactive polypeptide calcium powder can be used as a food additive or directly eaten as nutritional food.

The invention discloses purple sweet potato noodles. The noodles comprises components of, by weight: 78-84 parts of raw material flour, 16-24 parts of purple sweet potato powder, 1.5-3 parts of salt, and 10-15 parts of water. Further, 0.2-0.8 parts of chitin by weight can be added, and 0.05-0.1 parts of trace elements by weight can be added, and also 5-10 parts of vegetable juice by weight can be added. The noodles provided by the invention are advantaged in simple manufacturing technology and abundant nutrients. The noodles are beneficial for human health. Other nutrients can be added to the noodles. The purple sweet potato noodles are a functional food satisfying diet requirement of people.

The invention relates to a separating, purifying and inspecting method of anthocyanin in blueberry wine dregs, which belongs to the technical field of functional active constituent extraction and purification. In the separating method, blueberry wine dregs or frozen blueberry wine dregs are ground into slurry or are freeze-dried and crushed into powder; and the slurry or the powder is separated in a warm extraction method in an acidified ethanol solution, and blueberry anthocyanin coarse extracting liquid is obtained through reduced pressure concentration. The blueberry anthocyanin coarse extracting liquid is purified and concentrated to prepare a blueberry anthocyanin concentrated solution. The concentrated solution is freeze-dried to obtain blueberry wine dreg anthocyanin freeze-dried powder. In the invention, the anthocyanin is separated out from waste produced by blueberry wine, which shows the research and development of simple, efficient, environment-friendly and low-cost production technology; and the content of the anthocyanin in the blueberry anthocyanin freeze-dried powder is 10-40%. The anthocyanin concentrated solution or coarse extracting liquid can be directly manufactured into oral liquid, tablets and other functional foods. The anthocyanin freeze-dried powder can be manufactured into food stain with an obvious antioxidation to be widely used in the fields of beverages, wines and the like.

The invention discloses a low-sugar flavorful jam and a preparation method thereof which belong to the field of functional food. The jam is prepared with the following materials in percentage by weight: 5 to 35 percent of isomaltooligosaccharide, 1 to 20 percent of polydextrose, 0.01 to 0.5 percent of xanthan gum, 0.5 to 2 percent of pectin, 0 to 2 percent of dextrose, 0.05 to 0.15 percent of vitamin C, 0 to 0.15 percent of stevioside, 0.5 to 1.5 percent of other auxiliary materials and the balance of water. The jam is suitable for peoples in various classes and ages, particularly the group of people wanting to control weight and diabetics, the jam does not contain medicines, the materials can be easily obtained, the jam cannot be limited by regions and seasons, the equipment and the process are simple, and the cost is low.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medicine and relates to a lutein solid dispersion with steady characteristics and a preparation method thereof. The prescription composition of the solid dispersion according to the weight ratio is that lutein crystals: carrier material: additive is 1: 5-100: 0-20. The lutein solid dispersion is prepared by adopting a fusion method, a solvent method, a solvent-fusion method, a grinding method, a spray drying method, a carbon dioxide supercritical method, and an ultrasonic method, and can be prepared into a plurality of dosage forms or added into various functional foods. The grain diameter of the dispersion prepared by the process is less than 150mu m, the dissolution rate can reach 90 percent, and the dispersion has the advantages of good dispersivity, high stability and good water solubility; and the solid dispersion can also be mixed with various carriers to be prepared into various clinically acceptable dosage forms, and is applied to various fields such as food, medicine, cosmetics.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus and the use for it and its metabolin are disclosed. The strain is sieved and obtained from excrement of long-lived old. It's safe, has excellent antibacterial, acid-resisting and antioxidant performances. It can be used in dairy process and functional food production.

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.

According to the present invention, fat and caloric content of processed cheeses can be reduced by the replacement of a portion fat content normally found in processed cheeses with an equal amount of emulsified liquid shortening composition comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid. The result is that fat and caloric content of processed cheeses can be manipulated with minimal effect on taste and texture. Furthermore, these emulsified mixtures, or “emulsified liquid shortening compositions comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid”, can further comprise functional foods such as high omega three and omega six oils and pure omega three and omega six fatty acids, medium chain triglyceride, beta carotene, calcium estearate, vitamin E, bioflavonoids, fagopyritrol, polyphenolic antioxidants of vegetable origin, lycopene, luteine and soluble fiber, for example Beta-Glucan derived from yeast, and other soluble fibers derived from grain, flax seed, and other vegetable and fruit fiber sources, and any combination thereof. Hence, in addition to reducing fat and caloric content of processed cheeses, further health benefits can be achieved by replacing a portion of fat with emulsified liquid shortening compositions comprising dietary fiber gel, water and lipid.

The invention discloses a kernel-shell structural nanofiber membrane, a preparation method thereof and an application; the preparation method includes steps of (1), preparation of spinning; dissolving sodium alginate, polyoxyethylene and poloxamer F127 in distilled water, stirring evenly and acquiring shell layer spinning solution; mixing the chitosan nanoparticle solution loaded with active matters with polyving akohol solution evenly, and acquiring the kernel layer spinning solution; (2), coaxial electrostatic spinning: respectively injecting the shell layer spinning fluid and kernel layer spinning fluid in a static spinning device containing a coaxial needle, performing the coaxial electrostatic spinning under room temperature, performing solvent evaporation in the spinning process, and acquiring the kernel-shell structural nanofiber membrane loaded with the nanoparticle. The preparation method is simple in operation and gentle in reaction condition and can well control the slow release of the active matter; moreover, the prepared colon targeting controlled release system has obvious colon targeting property, thereby improving the utilization degree of the active matter. The colon targeting controlled release system can be applied to functional food domain.