A starch-containing solid composition having both preferable elasticity during water retention and low viscosity during water retention when heated under water-containing conditions is provided. The starch content in the composition is 20 mass% or more in terms of dry mass. 300 pieces/mm2 or less of starch grain structures are observed in a 6% suspension of a pulverized product of the composition. The gelatinization peak temperature is below 120° C. as measured using a rapid viscoanalyzer when a 14 mass% water slurry of the pulverized composition is heated from 50° C. to 140° C. at a heating rate of 12.5° C./min. The degree of gelatinization of starch in the composition is 50 mass% or more. For the composition, value α is 60% or less, and value β is 35% or more.

An improved rotary head extruder has at least one rotatable auger disposed within a single barrel and having an upstream end and a downstream end. The extruder has a die assembly that includes (i) a stator having a stator head at the downstream end of the at least one rotatable auger and a stationary plate surrounding an outlet end of the stator downstream from the single barrel and (ii) a rotatable plate downstream and spaced apart from the stationary plate to define a die gap. The apparatus includes a heating mechanism to maintain, within a predefined temperature range, one or more of the temperature of the die assembly or an extrudable composition disposed in the die gap.

A gluten-free, pulse-based food product includes pulse flour, a seaweed powder binder that is chemically unprocessed and retains alginate in native form within the seaweed powder, water, and optional minor ingredients. Methods of making the pulse-based food product involve mixing these components into a bound mass where the seaweed powder binder is the sole binder in the food product. The food product may be one of a dough, a noodle, a pasta, or a dumpling skin.

A manufacturing method for a starch-containing composition that is not prone to collapsingshape in a liquid during heat cooking, is highly lusterless, and has excellent appearance which utilizes an extruder including a feeder for loading a food material and a die for discharging the food material after kneading and shaping. The screw has a first flight, a kneading, and a second flight section, and the barrel has a bend section at the first-half of the second flight section of the screw. A composition containing at least 3.0 mass % insoluble dietary fiber, at least 10.0 mass % starch, at least 3.0 mass % protein, and a dry-basis water content of at least 25 mass % is prepared.; The composition is then heated under pressure, kneaded, and depressurized until the degree of gelatinization is lowered by at least 6 mass %.

A swollen composition containing starch as a main component, and maintaining the swollen state after heating and having a characteristic texture inherent to a swollen food imparted thereto is provided. A starch content of the entire composition is 15 mass % or more in terms of dry mass. A moisture content of the composition is less than 150 mass % in terms of dry matter. A degree of gelatinization of the starch in the composition is 50 mass % or more. A dietary fiber content of the composition is 3.0 mass % or more in terms of dry mass. A ratio of the area under the curve within the logarithmic molecular weight range of 3.5 or more and less than 6.5 to the total area under the curve is more than 60%. Particle diameter d50 of the composition subjected to a starch and protein degradation treatment followed by ultrasonication is less than 450 μm.

An object of the present invention is to provide: a soy milk having a pleasant flavor and suppressed soybean odor, raw smell, astringency, and so forth; and a method for producing the soy milk. Specifically, provided are: the soy milk; a soy-milk flavor improver containing, as an active ingredient, a triacylglycerol having a medium-chain fatty acid with 6 to 12 carbon atoms as a constituent fatty acid; an improved soy milk containing a soy milk and the soy-milk flavor improver; and a food and a drink containing the improved soy milk. A method for producing the improved soy milk is also provided.

The invention relates to pea proteins having improved flavour, a method of producing same involving wet grinding, and the use of these proteins in a food or pharmaceutical composition.

Pulse-based bread crumbs, coatings, and pre-dust products having an improved taste, texture and end use properties. The bread crumb, coating, and pre-dust products are produced by heat and moisture treatment at 100% by dry weight with pulse flours, e.g. pea flour, lentil flour, chickpea flour, faba bean flour, navy bean flour, pinto bean flour, black eye bean flour and black bean flour.

Method for producing a cooked food product, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a raw material, comprising chick peas, grinding the raw material to obtain a flour, hydrating the flour with water to obtain a flour mixture, preparing an oil mixture comprising at least olive oil and water, mixing the flour mixture and the oil mixture to obtain a batter, cooling and storing the batter to obtain a gel, cutting the gel to obtain individual food elements, and cooking the food elements to obtain a cooked food product, wherein the method is characterised in that, prior to the step of mixing the flour mixture and oil mixture, the oil mixture is heated, wherein the flour mixture is heated by mixing the flour mixture and the oil mixture due to transfer of heat contained in the oil mixture.

The present invention provides a pea isolate comprising, calculated by weight of dry matter: a. 0-10 wt.% of pea components having a molecular weight of at least 30 kDa; b. 0-70 wt.% galacto-oligosaccharides selected from raffinose, stachyose, verbascose and combinations thereof; c. 0.05-5 wt.% of 5′-inosine monophosphate (IMP); d. 0-1 wt.% of 5′-adenosine monophosphate (AMP); wherein the weight ratio IMP : AMP exceeds 1:1.

This pea isolate is a valuable flavouring material that can be isolated from pea whey - an effluent stream that is produced in the manufacture of pea protein isolates - by subjecting the pea whey to ultrafiltration and/or nanofiltration, and by subjecting the pea whey or the filtration permeate to enzymatic treatment with AMP deaminase.