A powdery food containing a sucrose-containing plant with a sucrose content of 2.5 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, a dietary fiber content of 1 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, has a particle sizes d50 after ultrasonication of 1,000 m or less and has an acetoin content of 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less, is provided. The powdery food easily controls the burnt odor derived from sucrose and extract the sweet flavor peculiar to sucrose in a food and drink containing a powder derived from a sucrose-containing plant.

A method for easily controlling dry odors and extracting plant-specific sweet flavors in dry plant powders is provided. A dried plant powder with a dietary fiber content is 5 mass % or more in terms of dry weight, a dimethyl sulfoxide content is 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less, d50 of particle size after ultrasonication is 1,000 m or less, a dimethyl sulfide content is 1 ppb or more and 2,000 ppb or less, and a ratio of dimethyl sulfoxide content to dimethyl sulfide content (DMSO concentration/DMS concentration) is 0.001 or more and 180 or less, is provided.

A method for preparing seafood alternatives from vegetation is provided. The method includes preparing the vegetation, wherein the preparing the vegetation includes cutting the vegetation into two or more pieces, brining the vegetation in a brining solution, cooking the vegetation, and marinating the vegetation in a marinade configured to give the vegetation a seafood flavor.

Provided are processes for aseptically preparing fruits and vegetables, such as mashed potatoes wherein the process minimizes and/or eliminates free starch in the final product, thereby resulting in a product having a superior taste and/or texture. The process includes heating of the fruit or vegetable to a temperature sufficient to gelatinize starch in the fruit or vegetable. Moreover, the fruit or vegetable may then be cooled, such as to set the structure of the fruit's or vegetable's starch cells. The fruit or vegetable may be reduced in size, such as to about inch before mixing with further ingredients. The fruit or vegetable is then sterilized, which may include a 5 log kill step and result in halting the enzymatic reactions within the fruit or vegetable. After sterilization, the potatoes may then be cooled before being aseptically packaged and stored.

A packaged food product with a seasoning disk is provided. The food product includes potatoes. The seasoning disk includes seasoning and fat that is in solid form at the food product's anticipated normal storage temperature. The fat includes milkfat. The potatoes can also be cooked and mashed in the package and can include a seasoning disk.

The invention relates to olive processing, and includes methods for producing olives, as well as the olives produced thereby. In one aspect, the invention provides compositions directed towards packaged olive preparations having novel and beneficial characteristics, for example, olive preparations that are free of packing liquids such as brine solutions. In other aspects, the packaged olive preparations of the invention can have other beneficial properties, such as extended shelf life and flavored stuffings or flavor infusions. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for producing such olives. The invention relates particularly, but not exclusively, to black-ripe olives.

A process for the production of a nest-shaped food product containing strips of a dried vegetable, preferably a garden vegetable, storable at room temperature for at least 7 days is disclosed. The process involves providing at least one fresh vegetable which has been previously washed, cutting the vegetable into strips, feeding the vegetable strips in metered amounts into a perforated mold, subjecting the strips to a stabilization heat treatment by means of saturated steam, drying the thermally stabilized strips by means of a flow of hot air so as to obtain a nest containing dried strips of vegetable with a moisture content of between 8% and 16% by weight of their total weight. The invention also concerns a nest-shaped food product which is obtained by means of the process and which may optionally contain strips of durum wheat semolina pasta.

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a sheet kimchi having a spicy taste, the method including separating chinese cabbage into sheets to prepare sheets of chinese cabbage leaves, pickling the sheets of the chinese cabbage leaves with a brine pickling solution, applying a kimchi seasoning, which includes a red pepper powder, an anchovy sauce, a sauced shrimp, minced garlic, ginger, starch syrup, L-monosodium glutamate, a roasted coffee bean powder, and a fruit extract of pepper, on the sheets of the chinese cabbage leaves and sequentially stacking and packing the sheets of the chinese cabbage leaves. According to the present invention, since the roasted coffee bean powder and the fruit extract of the pepper are included in the kimchi seasoning, a spicy taste of the kimchi is increased, and a decrease in spicy taste is suppressed even when the kimchi is stored for a long time.

The present invention relates to a method for three-dimensional microwave air-jet drying of persimmon slices, comprising steps of grading and cleaning, slicing, microwave heating, steam de-astringency, hot-air reverse primary drying, negative-pressure intermittent secondary drying, cooling and packaging. In the present invention, high-temperature (60-70 C.) high-pressure annularly sprayed citric acid and 40% alcohol vapor (rotating at 360) are adopted to remove astringency of persimmons, wherein high temperature causes more intense Brownian motion of liquid molecules; high pressure improves permeation and diffusion speed of de-astringency liquid in the persimmon slices; citric acid plays a membrane breaking role on persimmon cell membranes; and 40% alcohol vapor is allowed to rapidly diffuse into cells, so that tannin is polymerized into insoluble gel from a soluble state, thereby achieving a uniform and rapid de-astringency effect.

Habesha dried food product is prepared according to the steps of: selecting ingredients from at least one of a major food group, an accessory food group, and a whole grain; cooking the selected ingredients according to a Habesha cuisine to result in a form of food; partially dehydrating and freeze drying the freshly prepared form of food to result in segmented dried form of food; or directly freeze drying the freshly prepared form of food to result in powdered dried form of food; and packaging the dried form of food in moisture resistant containers to result in packaged Habesha dried food product. Dried food thus prepared results in less digestive discomfort, shortened food preparation, reduced objectionable smell, and stable products requiring no refrigeration.