A steviol glycoside composition having modified sensory attributes including reduced sweetness linger and/or increased sweetness intensity. The steviol glycoside composition comprises a steviol glycoside and a sensory modifier compound in an amount effective to modify the sensory attributes of the steviol glycoside.

A steviol glycoside composition having modified sensory attributes including reduced sweetness linger and/or increased sweetness intensity. The steviol glycoside composition comprises a steviol glycoside and a sensory modifier compound in an amount effective to modify the sensory attributes of the steviol glycoside.

The invention relates to an aqueous binder liquid that can advantageously be used in the layer-by-layer production of 3-D sugar-based food products. More particularly, the invention relates to an aqueous binder liquid containing: (a) 50-70 wt. % water; (b) 12-30 wt. % sugar alcohol; (c) 5-20 wt. % short chain polyol selected from glycerol, propane-1, 2-diol and combinations thereof; and (d) 3-10 wt. % ethanol; wherein components (a), (b), (c) and (d) together constitute at least 90 wt. % of the aqueous binder liquid. The aqueous binder liquid of the present invention is particularly suitable for use in methods of layer-by-layer production of 3-D sugar-based food products in which the binder liquid is applied by means of piezo inkjet print heads. These methods enable the production of highly creative and complex patterns, such as cocktail toppers, edible logos and decorative wedding cake toppers. The invention further relates to a three-dimensional sugar-based food product that has been obtained by a layer-by-layer production method that employs the aforementioned aqueous binder liquid.

According to embodiments, a dry powdered composition which may be reconstituted to provide a gelatin product includes powdered gelatin and a pelletized colorant. The pelletized colorant includes a pigment-protein complex and at least one encapsulating agent for encapsulating the pigment-protein complex. The pelletized colorant has a rate of dissolution a rate of dissolution of less than 2 grams/minute in water having an initial temperature of from about 95° C. to about 100° C. Methods of making food products with the pelletized colorant are also disclosed. In embodiments, when the food products are measured on the L*a*b* color space, the food products have an L* value of about 49 to about 57, an a* value of about −10 to about −16, and a b* value of from about −11 to about −20.5.

According to embodiments, a dry powdered composition which may be reconstituted to provide a gelatin product includes powdered gelatin and a pelletized colorant. The pelletized colorant includes a pigment-protein complex and at least one encapsulating agent for encapsulating the pigment-protein complex. The pelletized colorant has a rate of dissolution a rate of dissolution of less than 2 grams/minute in water having an initial temperature of from about 95° C. to about 100° C. Methods of making food products with the pelletized colorant are also disclosed. In embodiments, when the food products are measured on the L*a*b* color space, the food products have an L* value of about 49 to about 57, an a* value of about −10 to about −16, and a b* value of from about −11 to about −20.5.

A solubilized steviol glycoside composition including one or more steviol glycosides and one or more steviol glycoside solubility enhancers can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and the like.

A solubilized steviol glycoside composition including one or more steviol glycosides and one or more steviol glycoside solubility enhancers can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and the like.

Disclosed is a method for removing benzo[α]pyrene from a liposoluble natural extract. The method of the present invention comprises adding a suitable solvent to a crude natural extract product so as to obtain a mixed material; heating the mixed material, stirring until uniform, cooling and layering, and then separating the upper layer from the lower layer so as to obtain a precipitate and a filtrate; washing the precipitate with a small amount of a solvent so as to obtain a washed product and a washing solution; removing the solvent from the washed product at a low temperature so as to obtain a finished product; and directly recycling the filtrate and the washing solution as solvents. The present method achieves the purification of the crude natural extract product and the removal of benzo[α]pyrene in one step, and is a novel method which is simple, highly efficient, feasible and easy for industrial applications.

Disclosed is a method for removing benzo[α]pyrene from a liposoluble natural extract. The method of the present invention comprises adding a suitable solvent to a crude natural extract product so as to obtain a mixed material; heating the mixed material, stirring until uniform, cooling and layering, and then separating the upper layer from the lower layer so as to obtain a precipitate and a filtrate; washing the precipitate with a small amount of a solvent so as to obtain a washed product and a washing solution; removing the solvent from the washed product at a low temperature so as to obtain a finished product; and directly recycling the filtrate and the washing solution as solvents. The present method achieves the purification of the crude natural extract product and the removal of benzo[α]pyrene in one step, and is a novel method which is simple, highly efficient, feasible and easy for industrial applications.

This invention relates to kits including novel oral food challenge meal formulations. In particular, the invention also relates to kits including novel oral food challenge meal formulations, wherein the placebo dose formulation is indistinguishable from non-placebo dose formulations.