The present invention relates to a new method for drilling the coconut with an integrated screw cap, which consists of the following stages: coconut cleaning; making a cut in the endocarp of the coconut; cleaning and sanitation of the cutting area; and, placement of the screw cap to maintain the aseptic area.

Described are food compositions that include a fruit paste, a dried fruit, and a nut butter. The food compositions have a lower water activity (less than 0.6) than similar fruit paste-based food compositions that do not include a dried fruit, while retaining a desired texture and moisture perception. Also described are methods of making the described food compositions, and food products including the described food compositions.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an aglycone or hydrolyzed glycoside converted from a glycoside and, specifically, to a method for preparing an aglycone or hydrolyzed glycoside from a glycoside by converting a glycoside into an aglycone form or hydrolyzed glycoside by using a microorganism producing -glycosidase, and then recovering the aglycone or hydrolyzed glycoside accumulated in the cells of the microorganism.

A self-contained, consumer-ready product from a coconut that has a seed-case, a layer of coconut meat inside of the seed-case, and an internal cavity containing sterile coconut water, in a condition that is ready for a consumer to access and remove the sterile water within the coconut, and a method for providing such a product. One method comprises forming an aperture that extends through the seed-case of the coconut but does not extend through the layer of coconut meat; forming a coconut pre-product in a first location, by affixing to the apertured coconut a closure member that is adapted to close the aperture and to be easily removed by a consumer in a second location different from the first location; and providing a self-contained, consumer-ready coconut product, by associating, with the coconut pre-product, a pre-selected plunger member that includes an elongated lance member that the consumer slides within the aperture after removal of the closure member in the second location and penetrates through the layer of coconut meat and into the internal cavity containing the sterile water.

The present document describes a system and a process for the extraction of several products from apple peel. There are several unit operations involved including an ultrafiltration unit, concentration unit, and a three stage counter current separator centrifuge wherein water is used as the solvent. The final products that are extracted from apple peel include pectin, syrup, fibers, as well as soluble and dried retenate fractions.

The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQXL12-1012. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQXL12-1012, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

It is provided a food product made from fresh food, wherein said food product comprises a first amount of fresh food and a second amount of fresh food and said fresh food may be a fresh fruit or vegetable. A method for preparing said food product is also provided.

A method of manufacturing a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a first starch ingredient into a cooking device; inputting mechanical and thermal energy into the cooking device so as to cook and gelatinise the first starch ingredient in the cooking device, thereby to provide a processed starch component; adding a potato starch ingredient comprising native potato starch to the processed starch component to provide a starch mixture; and forming the starch mixture into pellets by extrusion. Also disclosed is a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food.

A method for producing a cruciferous vegetable seasoning, the method including: at least an odor-reducing heat treatment and an odor-imparting heat treatment, wherein: the odor-reducing heat treatment includes heating a cruciferous vegetable so as to reduce an odor thereof; the odor-imparting heat treatment includes subjecting a liquid of the cruciferous vegetable to odor-imparting heating, thereby imparting a heated odor thereto; and the odor-imparting heat treatment is performed after the odor-reducing heat treatment.

A method for producing a cruciferous vegetable seasoning, the method including: at least an odor-reducing heat treatment and an odor-imparting heat treatment, wherein: the odor-reducing heat treatment includes heating a cruciferous vegetable so as to reduce an odor thereof; the odor-imparting heat treatment includes subjecting a liquid of the cruciferous vegetable to odor-imparting heating, thereby imparting a heated odor thereto; and the odor-imparting heat treatment is performed after the odor-reducing heat treatment.