Methods of covering an animal feed product involve depositing in an open end of a container an animal feed. Placing a cover on an exposed surface of the feed at the open end of the container, where the cover includes a flowable coating arranged on one side of a flexible film and a rigid or semi-rigid layer bound to an opposite side of the film. The exposed surface of the feed comprises irregular surface structures due to feed components positioned at the exposed surface. A central portion of the flexible film of the placed cover conforms to the irregular surface structures at the exposed surface of the feed upon the flowable coating reaching a temperature of at least about 125 F.

To prepare a mineral supplementing agent capable of commonly used for a seasoning liquid, a supplement, a cosmetic, an oral cavity washing liquid, a plant growth promoting agent and the like, by using common materials and a common preparation method. A method of preparing a mineral supplementing agent capable of being administered to a human body or a plant is provided. The method includes a first charging step, a second charging step, a third charging step, a fourth charging step, and an extraction step. The first charging step charges a vessel with part of a prescribed amount of vinegar. The second charging step charges the vessel, which has been charged with the vinegar, with at least one of garlic, instant coffee, vinegar, and a fruit. The third charging step charges the vessel, which has been subjected to the second charging step, with at least one of a particulate grain hull, a charred product thereof, and a calcined ash thereof, and mixing the contents of the vessel. The fourth charging step adds the rest of the prescribed amount of vinegar to the vessel which has been subjected to the third charging step, while stirring the contents of the vessel concurrently with the addition. The extraction step separates a liquid component and a solid component in the vessel, after the fourth charging step, and extracts the separated liquid component as a mineral solution.

To prepare a mineral supplementing agent capable of commonly used for a seasoning liquid, a supplement, a cosmetic, an oral cavity washing liquid, a plant growth promoting agent and the like, by using common materials and a common preparation method. A method of preparing a mineral supplementing agent capable of being administered to a human body or a plant is provided. The method includes a first charging step, a second charging step, a third charging step, a fourth charging step, and an extraction step. The first charging step charges a vessel with part of a prescribed amount of vinegar. The second charging step charges the vessel, which has been charged with the vinegar, with at least one of garlic, instant coffee, vinegar, and a fruit. The third charging step charges the vessel, which has been subjected to the second charging step, with at least one of a particulate grain hull, a charred product thereof, and a calcined ash thereof, and mixing the contents of the vessel. The fourth charging step adds the rest of the prescribed amount of vinegar to the vessel which has been subjected to the third charging step, while stirring the contents of the vessel concurrently with the addition. The extraction step separates a liquid component and a solid component in the vessel, after the fourth charging step, and extracts the separated liquid component as a mineral solution.

The present invention provides a health functional food composition and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and alleviating depression, both compositions using an extract of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. fruits, which are Korean natural resources, so as to be safely usable without toxicity and side effects.

Methods of covering an animal feed product involve depositing in an open end of a container an animal feed. Placing a cover on an exposed surface of the feed at the open end of the container, where the cover includes a flowable coating arranged on one side of a flexible film and a rigid or semi-rigid layer bound to an opposite side of the film. The exposed surface of the feed comprises irregular surface structures due to feed components positioned at the exposed surface. A central portion of the flexible film of the placed cover conforms to the irregular surface structures at the exposed surface of the feed upon the flowable coating reaching a temperature of at least about 125 F.

Methods of covering an animal feed product involve depositing in an open end of a container an animal feed. Placing a cover on an exposed surface of the feed at the open end of the container, where the cover includes a flowable coating arranged on one side of a flexible film and a rigid or semi-rigid layer bound to an opposite side of the film. The exposed surface of the feed comprises irregular surface structures due to feed components positioned at the exposed surface. A central portion of the flexible film of the placed cover conforms to the irregular surface structures at the exposed surface of the feed upon the flowable coating reaching a temperature of at least about 125 F.

Disclosed are an oral film and stick jelly containing glutathione and a milk thistle extract. Provided are an oral disintegrating film, an oral mucosal adhesive film, and a stick jelly that contain glutathione, a milk thistle extract, or the like as an active ingredient, and thus are highly efficacious in improving absorption in the oral mucosa, antioxidant activity, and anti-inflammatory activity, strengthening immunity, and enhancing liver function of humans and companion animals.

A device for high-pressure treatment of goods in a sealable high-pressure chamber may include a holding frame that holds the high-pressure chamber during pressurization, a closure having a sealing plug for sealing the high-pressure chamber, a hydraulic drive for moving the closure relative to the pressure chamber, and a support device that is movable between an end face of the high-pressure chamber and the holding frame and transmits force between the closure and the holding frame during pressurization. Axial forces acting on the sealing plug from the pressure may be absorbed by a force-transmission device configured as a semicircular disk. The semicircular disk may have an end face that faces the high-pressure chamber and a holder for a hydraulic cylinder. The semicircular disk may form a part of the outer shell of the hydraulic cylinder bearing the hydraulic pressure.

A device for high-pressure treatment of goods in a sealable high-pressure chamber may include a holding frame that holds the high-pressure chamber during pressurization, a closure having a sealing plug for sealing the high-pressure chamber, a hydraulic drive for moving the closure relative to the pressure chamber, and a support device that is movable between an end face of the high-pressure chamber and the holding frame and transmits force between the closure and the holding frame during pressurization. Axial forces acting on the sealing plug from the pressure may be absorbed by a force-transmission device configured as a semicircular disk. The semicircular disk may have an end face that faces the high-pressure chamber and a holder for a hydraulic cylinder. The semicircular disk may form a part of the outer shell of the hydraulic cylinder bearing the hydraulic pressure.

Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.