The present invention relates to: Two-spotted cricket powder and an extract thereof for food, drugs, and cosmetic materials; a preparation method of the Two-spotted cricket powder; a food composition or care food prepared using the powder; and uses of the food composition prepared using the Two-spotted cricket powder for the prevention and amelioration of sarcopenia and antioxidant effects. Sarcopenia-preventive functional food prepared using Two-spotted cricket is a highly value-added novel alternative protein-source food that can make a contribution in the future to the edible insects industry and across the industries related to functional food, inner beauty food materials, and food, and is also expected to contribute to diversifying food choices and improving nutrition among older populations that are increasing in an aging society.

The present invention relates to: a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, improving, or treating muscle diseases, comprising a Tenebrio molitor larval protein or a hydrolysate thereof as an active ingredient; a food composition; a functional health food; and a feed composition. The Tenebrio molitor larval protein or hydrolysate thereof of the present invention can effectively inhibit myostatin expression, and thus, a composition comprising same as an active ingredient may be usefully used in the pharmaceutical, food, and feed industries as a composition for preventing, improving, or treating various muscle diseases caused by decreased muscle function, muscle loss, muscle atrophy, muscle wasting, or muscle degeneration.

Disclosed is a food texture presentation apparatus 1 including a synthesizer 13 that acquires, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database 15 and synthesizes the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented, and a presentation unit 14 that uses the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

The present invention relates to a stable emulsion of an aqueous phase in a lipid phase wherein non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids are present in the lipid phase. The present invention further relates to a process for making an emulsion, said process comprising adding the lipid phase in two steps.

A bending mechanism, a bending method and a food manufacturing method which are capable of bending a sheet-shaped flexible food material, such as a skin, with high accuracy and high speed are provided. A conveyance unit 11 conveys a flexible food material 81. A support unit 12 supports a bending reference portion 85 being a part of the flexible food material 81 in at least a part of a section while the flexible food material 81 is conveyed from a first conveyance area A1 to a second conveyance area A2. The conveyance unit 11 includes a first component part 21 and a second component part 22. An angle formed by a support portion of the second component part 22 which makes contact with a bending portion 87 with respect to a support portion of the first component part 21 which makes contact with a base portion 86 continuously changes from the first conveyance area A1 toward the second conveyance area A2 in such a manner that an angle of the bending portion 87 with respect to the base portion 86 in the second conveyance area A2 is larger than an angle of the bending portion 87 with respect to the base portion 86 in the first conveyance area A1.

The invention relates to compositions comprising a high amount of whey protein. The compositions further comprise native starch. Such compositions have a good processability and texture.

Systems and methods describe improvements in the automated production of meat analogues. Ingredients are provided, including oil, water, binding agent(s), and one or more forms of protein to be separately and continuously conveyed through a facility. Concurrently to the ingredients being conveyed through the facility, a number of actions occur. The system emulsifies the oil, water, and binding agent(s) within an emulsifying machine to form a final emulsion. A hydration process is separately applied to at least one of the forms of protein. The system mixes and conveys the protein(s) with the final emulsion in a final mixer to form a final dough.

The current invention relates to a method for producing emulsions using a layer multiplayer comprising the steps of: providing at least two immiscible fluid streams, combining said immiscible fluid streams to a focused total fluid stream, and subsequently carrying out baker's transformations on said total fluid stream, said baker's transformation comprises: (i) stretching and cutting said total fluid stream; (ii) recombining said total fluid stream. The present invention further relates to the use of said method for food grade, polymer, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. The present invention further relates to said food grade, polymer, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.

The invention relates to a method for the provision of degutted insects, such as black soldier fly larvae and mealworm, preferably live degutted insects. The invention also relates to degutted (live or dead) insects such as larvae and to processed degutted insects such as larvae. The invention also relates to the use of the degutted insect according to the invention or use of the processed degutted insect of the invention for the separation of the degutted insect or of the processed degutted insect in at least a fat fraction and/or at least a protein fraction. In addition, the invention relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is any one of live or dead insect, insect puree, minced insect, insect powder, particulate insect, granulated insect, or insect meal, dried insect, oven-dried insect, lyophilized insect, or oven-dried insect using refractive drying obtained from degutted insect provided with the method of the invention. The invention also relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is insect gut content, wherein the gut content is provided with the method of the invention. Finally, the invention relates to the method, the degutted insect provided with the method, the degutted insect, insects products, insect gut content according to the invention, wherein the insect is black soldier fly, preferably black soldier fly larvae, or wherein the insect is mealworm.

The invention relates to a method for the provision of degutted insects, such as black soldier fly larvae and mealworm, preferably live degutted insects. The invention also relates to degutted (live or dead) insects such as larvae and to processed degutted insects such as larvae. The invention also relates to the use of the degutted insect according to the invention or use of the processed degutted insect of the invention for the separation of the degutted insect or of the processed degutted insect in at least a fat fraction and/or at least a protein fraction. In addition, the invention relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is any one of live or dead insect, insect puree, minced insect, insect powder, particulate insect, granulated insect, or insect meal, dried insect, oven-dried insect, lyophilized insect, or oven-dried insect using refractive drying obtained from degutted insect provided with the method of the invention. The invention also relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is insect gut content, wherein the gut content is provided with the method of the invention. Finally, the invention relates to the method, the degutted insect provided with the method, the degutted insect, insects products, insect gut content according to the invention, wherein the insect is black soldier fly, preferably black soldier fly larvae, or wherein the insect is mealworm.