The invention relates to a method of producing an onion flavour compositions, said method comprising: providing onion juice concentrate having a dry matter content of 40-95 wt. %; providing onion component selected from fresh onion, dehydrated onion and combinations thereof; mixing the onion juice concentrate with the onion component in a weight ratio, calculated on a dry matter basis, of 100 parts by weight of dry matter from onion juice concentrate with 4 to 80 parts by weight of dry matter from onion component, to produce an onion mix having a dry matter content of 20-80 wt. %; subjecting the onion mix to a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 90° C. for at least 15 minutes; optionally mixing the heat treated onion mix with additional onion component and/or additional onion juice concentrate to produce an onion blend; drying the heat treated onion mix or the onion blend to produce a dried onion composite having a water content of less than 10 wt. %.

This method yields a shelf-stable onion flavour composition that has an intense flavour of roasted, shallow fried or deep fried onions, and that can suitably be used to impart this onion flavour to a wide variety of edible products.

The invention relates to a method of producing an onion flavour compositions, said method comprising: providing onion juice concentrate having a dry matter content of 40-95 wt. %; providing onion component selected from fresh onion, dehydrated onion and combinations thereof; mixing the onion juice concentrate with the onion component in a weight ratio, calculated on a dry matter basis, of 100 parts by weight of dry matter from onion juice concentrate with 4 to 80 parts by weight of dry matter from onion component, to produce an onion mix having a dry matter content of 20-80 wt. %; subjecting the onion mix to a heat treatment at a temperature of at least 90° C. for at least 15 minutes; optionally mixing the heat treated onion mix with additional onion component and/or additional onion juice concentrate to produce an onion blend; drying the heat treated onion mix or the onion blend to produce a dried onion composite having a water content of less than 10 wt. %.

This method yields a shelf-stable onion flavour composition that has an intense flavour of roasted, shallow fried or deep fried onions, and that can suitably be used to impart this onion flavour to a wide variety of edible products.

Producing sauce (e.g., mayonnaise) using animal fat on a commercial scale to obtain the quantity, quality, and life of traditional commercial-grade sauce made with common fruit, nut, seed, flower, and vegetable oils. An industrial-grade emulsifying machine such as a high-shear mixer is utilized to ensure that the animal fat particles are made sufficiently small to produce a good emulsion. An anti-rancidity or antioxidant (e.g., vitamin E, rosemary oil extract (ROE), bovine casein hydrolysate (BCH)) is utilized to prevent the animal fat from becoming rancid and enabling longer shelf life. The animal fat offers many benefits over traditional fruit, flower, nut, vegetable, and seed oils including being cheaper and more plentiful commercially, better-tasting and health benefits, including anti-carcinogenic properties.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a processed food that is produced from a roux using a plant oil and fat in a raw material for an oil and fat composition for roux, and that has a flavor similar to when pork fat or beef fat is used in a raw material for an oil and fat composition for roux. A solution to the problem is an oil and fat composition that is for roux and that uses shea fat as a raw material.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a processed food that is produced from a roux using a plant oil and fat in a raw material for an oil and fat composition for roux, and that has a flavor similar to when pork fat or beef fat is used in a raw material for an oil and fat composition for roux. A solution to the problem is an oil and fat composition that is for roux and that uses shea fat as a raw material.

A method for producing a plant-based soup base includes mixing and then emulsifying a raw material containing flavored oil and fat and plant milk cream.

A method for producing a plant-based soup base includes mixing and then emulsifying a raw material containing flavored oil and fat and plant milk cream.

A method of making a flavoured sweetener or food product by incubating an unrefined plant extract containing sucrose as the main solute with a microorganism or microorganisms to form a modified unrefined plant extract; evaporating water from the modified sucrose-based plant extract to form a concentrate; and cooking the concentrate to develop colour and flavour to produce the flavoured sweetener is disclosed. The flavoured sweetener can serve as a coconut sugar substitute. In a preferred embodiment the unrefined plant extract comprises sugarcane juice or sugar beet juice, and the microorganisms may be selected from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus flexus, or a Klyveromyces species. The flavoured sweetener can be used to make a range of food and beverage ingredients and also food products including sauces, natural flavour extracts and flavour molecules, chocolate, health foods and convenience forms of the various forms of flavoured sweeteners.

A method of making a flavoured sweetener or food product by incubating an unrefined plant extract containing sucrose as the main solute with a microorganism or microorganisms to form a modified unrefined plant extract; evaporating water from the modified sucrose-based plant extract to form a concentrate; and cooking the concentrate to develop colour and flavour to produce the flavoured sweetener is disclosed. The flavoured sweetener can serve as a coconut sugar substitute. In a preferred embodiment the unrefined plant extract comprises sugarcane juice or sugar beet juice, and the microorganisms may be selected from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus flexus, or a Klyveromyces species. The flavoured sweetener can be used to make a range of food and beverage ingredients and also food products including sauces, natural flavour extracts and flavour molecules, chocolate, health foods and convenience forms of the various forms of flavoured sweeteners.

A method for producing fermented shiitake mushroom sauce according to an embodiment includes adding lactose and sucrose to shiitake mushroom concentrate followed by inoculation of Pediococcus pentosaceus strain or Lactobacillus acidophilus strain and fermentation to prepare lactic acid bacteria fermented product of shiitake mushroom, and mixing the lactic acid bacteria fermented product of shiitake mushroom prepared above with hot pepper extract, garlic extract, onion extract, and shiitake mushroom block, water, salt, lemongrass, and coriander, and the present invention also relates to fermented shiitake mushroom sauce produced by the aforementioned method.