The invention provides protein adhesives and methods of making and using such adhesives. The protein adhesives contain ground plant meal or an isolated polypeptide composition obtained from plant biomass.

Methods of using wet-setting adhesives in oral environments, methods of using adhesives for bonding a dental material to a tooth, a gum, or a soft tissue in a mouth, a method of sealing a wound or closing an incision in a gum or a soft tissue, and a method of forming an adhesive coating on a tooth.

A fire-protecting insulation product has air-laid mineral wool fibres and a binder. The binder is the result of curing a binder composition comprising at least one hydrocolloid. The product further comprises a particulate endothermic material.

Provided herein are formulations and methods for adhering substrates. The formulations comprise yeast; carboxylic acid; and solvent.

The invention relates to a mineral wool product comprising mineral fibers bonded by a cured binder wherein the binder in its uncured state comprises at least one protein and at least one enzyme.

The invention relates to an aqueous binder composition for mineral fibers comprising at least one hydrocolloid.