An example modular meal system includes two or more modular meal components. Example modular meal components include a tray, a meal component disposed within the tray, and a sauce component disposed within the tray. The meal component is selected from a protein component, a starch component, a vegetable component, an appetizer component, and a dessert component. Each modular meal component is configured and/or formulated to reach at least 165 F. or at least 167 F. when heated from frozen for a heating time period within the range of from about 20 minutes to about 60 minutes and at a heating temperature within the range of about 350 F. to about 450 F.

An example modular meal system includes two or more modular meal components. Example modular meal components include a tray, a meal component disposed within the tray, and a sauce component disposed within the tray. The meal component is selected from a protein component, a starch component, a vegetable component, an appetizer component, and a dessert component. Each modular meal component is configured and/or formulated to reach at least 165 F. or at least 167 F. when heated from frozen for a heating time period within the range of from about 20 minutes to about 60 minutes and at a heating temperature within the range of about 350 F. to about 450 F.

The present invention is directed to plant-based vegan simulated egg compositions and methods of producing such compositions. More particularly, the invention provides, for example, vegan simulated egg yolk and/or egg white compositions for producing a fried or poached egg, an omelette, or as a substitute for egg yolks in various foods. In some embodiments the egg yolk comprises beta glucan, to reduce blood cholesterol, and/or the egg white comprises about 10 wt % protein.

The present invention is directed to plant-based vegan simulated egg compositions and methods of producing such compositions. More particularly, the invention provides, for example, vegan simulated egg yolk and/or egg white compositions for producing a fried or poached egg, an omelette, or as a substitute for egg yolks in various foods. In some embodiments the egg yolk comprises beta glucan, to reduce blood cholesterol, and/or the egg white comprises about 10 wt % protein.

The present invention provides an onion processed product which is less pungent and less bitter and has natural sweet flavor of onions and freshness, and a method for producing the same. The onion processed product disclosed in the present description has a pyruvic acid content of less than 3.8 mol/g and a hexanal content of 0.025 ppm (wt/wt) or more with respect to the amount of the onion processed product calculated in terms of raw onion as a raw material. The method for producing an onion processed product as disclosed in the present description comprises the steps of: cutting an onion; heating the cut onion at 50 C. or more so that the cooking value obtained by integrating a value for an onion product temperature (A) [ C.], which is calculated by 10.sup.{(A40)/10}, with the time of heating [minute] is 900 or more and less than 10,000; and processing the heated onion to produce an onion processed product.

The present invention provides an onion processed product which is less pungent and less bitter and has natural sweet flavor of onions and freshness, and a method for producing the same. The onion processed product disclosed in the present description has a pyruvic acid content of less than 3.8 mol/g and a hexanal content of 0.025 ppm (wt/wt) or more with respect to the amount of the onion processed product calculated in terms of raw onion as a raw material. The method for producing an onion processed product as disclosed in the present description comprises the steps of: cutting an onion; heating the cut onion at 50 C. or more so that the cooking value obtained by integrating a value for an onion product temperature (A) [ C.], which is calculated by 10.sup.{(A40)/10}, with the time of heating [minute] is 900 or more and less than 10,000; and processing the heated onion to produce an onion processed product.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing an edible foodstuff from food industry waste stream byproducts. This process involves the steps of: (i) combining, in an extruder, an extrusion formulation comprising a first food byproduct and at least one additional ingredient; (ii) introducing supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO.sub.2) into the extruder to mix with the first food byproduct and the at least one additional ingredient; and (iii) producing an edible foodstuff containing the first food byproduct and the at least one additional ingredient, where the edible foodstuff comprises an extrudate prepared under supercritical fluid extrusion (SCFX) conditions. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing an edible foodstuff from a protein concentrate. The present invention further relates to edible foodstuffs produced by the various processes disclosed herein.

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, Moms 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.

A method for producing a food product includes preparing a mixture including one or more dried food ingredients and at least one oil or fat, wherein a total fat content in the mixture is 10 to 98% by mass, pulverizing the dried food ingredients in the mixture, and obtaining a food composition comprising the at least one oil or fat and 2 to 98% by mass of fine particles of the dried food ingredients. The dried food ingredients are selected from the group consisting of a vegetable, a fruit and an alga. The food composition has a water content of less than 20% by mass. When the food composition is subjected to an ultrasonication treatment at a frequency of 40 kHz and an output of 40 W for 180 seconds, the fine particles after the ultrasonication treatment have a modal diameter of 0.3 to 200 m.

A method for producing a food product includes preparing a mixture including one or more dried food ingredients and at least one oil or fat, wherein a total fat content in the mixture is 30% by mass or more, wet pulverizing the dried food ingredients in the mixture, and obtaining a food composition including the at least one oil or fat and 20% to 98% by mass of fine particles of the dried food ingredients. The wet pulverization is performed with a maximum pressure of 0.01 to 1 MPa and under a rising temperature condition satisfying T1+1<T2<T1+50. The fine particles subjected to an ultrasonication treatment have a modal diameter of 0.3 to 200 m and a decreased maximum particle size. A 10.sup.th percentile value of a numerical value N for each fine particle complex is 0.40 or less.