4362 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.

Disclosed is a novel food product characterized by a low glucose or glucose free content, a balanced functional fat content, and a proactive agent aimed for the diabetic and diabetic-prone populations. The food product of the invention is a functional food which may be used clinically to lower the lipid level in people suffering from an imbalanced lipid profile and which may progress towards diabetes complications and coronary vascular disorders. In particular embodiments the proactive agent can be any of a naturally occurring lipid, a synthetic or mimetic lipid which is not digestible by humans and interferes with body weight gain/loss, plant extracts and substances derived therefrom, antioxidants, animal-derived substances, minerals and pharmaceuticals, and any mixture thereof.

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.