A process for making a simulated bacon product comprises a series of steps of mixing and processing ingredients, followed by shaping into loaves and cooking and slicing the cooked loaves, after which a topping sauce is added and slices are packed for distribution and sale.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a pea extract comprising fibres, the process comprising the following steps: (a) bringing shelled peas into contact with an aqueous solution in order to form an aqueous composition comprising peas; (b) leaving the peas to hydrate in said aqueous composition for at least 30 minutes and at most 15 hours; (c) grinding said peas in order to as a result obtain ground peas; and (d) fractionating said ground peas in order to obtain at least one pea extract comprising fibres. The invention also relates to a pea extract that can be obtained according to the process of the invention. The invention also relates to an edible composition comprising the pea extract according to the invention.

A composition formed from chickpea flour and having improved mouthfeel and taste, includes dextrinized starch and a controlled concentration of certain volatiles. Methods of forming the composition include extruding a composition containing chickpea at a temperature and pressure such that, when the extrudate exits the extruder, at least one volatile component is expelled.

A composition formed from chickpea flour and having improved mouthfeel and taste, includes dextrinized starch and a controlled concentration of certain volatiles. Methods of forming the composition include extruding a composition containing chickpea at a temperature and pressure such that, when the extrudate exits the extruder, at least one volatile component is expelled.

A plant-based food product and methods of producing thereof. The plant-based food product may include a gel matrix formed from about 20% to 80% w/w of a liquid and about 15% to 50% w/w of a flour, a plant-derived protein or a combination thereof. The flour and/or plant-derived protein may be pretreated by impregnation and enriched with an additive, an amino acid, a peptide, a protein or a dietary supplement. The gel matrix may be formed by mixing the components, optionally pressurizing the mixture within a cooking container and heating at a maintained temperature to form a gel matrix to provide a plant-based food product that mimics the characteristics of meat fat. The gel matrix may be incorporated into plant-based meats or other non-meat base products as a visual, taste and/or mouthfeel mimicker of fat.

A method for making a plant-based yogurt product, by combining and mixing a predetermined amount of pulse of legumes, a predetermined amount of seeds and/or nuts, and a predetermined volume of water to create a first mixture. Then combining a predetermined amount of soy beans with water to create a second mixture that and heating it to a near boiling temperature, combining and mixing the first mixture and the second mixture. Then heating the combined mixture to between about 175 to about 190° F. for a predetermined time period, cooling, and adding a bacterial culture to the combined mixture and maintaining the combined mixture at between about 110° F. and about 120° F.

An immune checkpoint suppressant containing as an active ingredient a mixture of (a) to (g), which are koji mold, yeast, and/or lactic acid bacterium fermentation products of: (a) barley, black soybean, red rice, black rice, adzuki bean, adlay, Japanese barnyard millet, foxtail millet, and/or proso millet; (b) mandarin orange, grape, apple, Vitis coignetiae berry, peach, persimmon, papaya, Japanese pear, watermelon, Japanese apricot, fig, Chinese quince fruit, kabocha squash, kumquat, Yuzu, loquat fruit, apricot, jujube, chestnut, matatabi fruit, and/or Japanese plum; (c) purple sweet potato, Jerusalem artichoke, carrot, onion, sweet potato, taro, Japanese wild yarn, daikon, red turnip, great burdock, lotus root, yacon, lily bulb, arrowhead, ginger, garlic, and/or turmeric; (d) cabbage, perilla, Morus leaf, fish mint, Japanese mugwort, Sasa veitchii, and/or dandelion; (e) kelp, wakame, and/or mozuku; (f) black sesame, walnut, and/or ginkgo nut; and (g) maitake and/or shiitake mushroom.

The invention relates to aerated food products. The aerated food products comprise between 40 wt % and 95 wt % of at least one edible plant paste, especially at least one vegetable paste, and have an overrun ranging from 7% to 150%. The edible plant paste is not a dry particulate or powder composition. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such aerated food products.

The invention relates to a dry product based on peas, to the process for preparing same and to the use thereof.

This disclosure relates for example to meat alternative compositions comprising a plant based meat alternative and a cranberry seed preparation. This disclosure is also related to methods of preparing such meat alternative compositions.