In one aspect, baked food products with high protein content are provided. The baked food products include from 10 to 45% by dry ingredient weight algae flour, wherein the algae flour has a protein content of less than 50%; from 30 to 70% by dry ingredient weight fruit and/or vegetables; from 15 to 50% by dry ingredient weight protein source, wherein the protein source has a protein content of greater than or equal to 50% and is of non-meat origin; and less than 10% by dry ingredient weight other food ingredients; The baked food product has a protein content greater than 15%, and has a water activity of less than 0.8.

Shelf stable, expanded or popped snack products are disclosed that contain at least one fruit ingredient and/or at least one vegetable ingredient. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using the snack products.

A method for producing a fruit or vegetable product, wherein the method consists essentially of (a) infusing a whole or sliced fruit or vegetable with an infusible molecule to between 10 and 55 Brix; (b) pre-drying the whole or sliced fruit or vegetable at a temperature between 80 C. and 120 C. to produce a pre-dried fruit or vegetable; (c) exposing the pre-dried fruit or vegetable to freezing temperatures and to vacuum to a temperature between 1 C. and 40 C. and a pressure between 7.5 mmHg and 0.53 mmHg, thereby partially subliming the fruit or vegetable; (d) puffing the fruit or vegetable under vacuum between 0.1 mmHg and 600 mmHg at a temperature between 40 C. and 110 C.; (e) cooling the fruit or vegetable under vacuum to a temperature between 0 C. and 40 C., to thereby produce the fruit or vegetable product.

An ingredient-containing liquid seasoning packed in a hermetically sealed vessel includes ingredients and a seasoning liquid. The ingredients are swollen in the seasoning liquid, and a size of the swollen ingredients ranges from 3 to 60 mm. The ingredient-containing liquid seasoning includes 20 to 80% by mass of the swollen ingredients on a wet weight basis.

After whey protein concentration and recovery by ultrafiltration, the lactose in the permeate is further concentrated by nanofiltration, resulting in a retentate used as a substrate for enzymatic production of GOS by a ?-galactosidase enzyme. A GOS ingredient is obtained, characterized by having between 30 and 95% of GOS, which could improve the organoleptic properties (in terms of texture and flavor) of the products in which it is applied, and also giving it prebiotic properties.

The present invention provides a tomato-derived thickening agent, said agent being characterized in that, on a dry weight basis, it contains: 0.1-3 wt. % of lycopene; 14-34 wt. % of protein; 11-35 wt. % of pectin; 17-39 wt. % of sugars selected from fructose, glucose, and combinations thereof. The invention further relates to a process for preparing a tomato-derived thickening agent and to the use of such a thickening agent in food products such as tomato ketchup, tomato-based sauces, pizza sauce, tomato soup and tomato juice.

The present invention concerns a process for producing a solid product and a liquid product, comprising the steps of a. heating by direct steam injection a finely divided starting material, b. separating the heated starting material in the solid product and an aqueous liquid, c. heating and pressurizing the aqueous liquid, and d. reducing the pressure of the aqueous liquid thereby generating steam and the liquid product, wherein the steam generated in step d is returned to step a for injection into the finely divided starting material. The process suggests a solution for extracting the additional water appearing in the aqueous liquid due to condensed steam.

Frozen plant-based breakfast bowl products and associated precursor compositions provide a healthy, nutritious, and tasty breakfast or snack. The products and compositions are made with fresh frozen ingredients, without adding refined sugar, artificial ingredients, or artificial preservatives.

Frozen plant-based breakfast bowl products and associated precursor compositions provide a healthy, nutritious, and tasty breakfast or snack. The products and compositions are made with fresh frozen ingredients, without adding refined sugar, artificial ingredients, or artificial preservatives.

A method of making a porous, crunchy, dehydrated, vegetable, meat or seafood snack product. A piece of vegetable, such as potato, sweet potato, carrot, beet or parsnip, or a piece of meat or seafood, is frozen, forming ice crystals within the piece of food. The frozen piece is exposed to microwave radiation in a microwave-vacuum dehydrator at a vacuum pressure at which the boiling point of water is above 0 C., causing the frozen piece to thaw and water to evaporate from the thawed piece. The evaporation leaves pores that were formed by the ice crystals within the piece of food, resulting in a porous, crunchy, dehydrated snack product.