A composition and method for supplementing food, nutrition, and diet systems with omega-6 to omega-3 balanced oils comprising a synergistic blend of at least two oils. The composition further comprises a synergistic blend of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids as a means to further increase the nutritional value. The composition provides an effective increase in therapeutic and pharmacological properties in nutrition, and retards the rate of oxidation thereof.

The present invention relates to a plant protein product with colouring ingredients and to a production method. In the method, a protein formula is provided which comprises plant proteins from oil seeds or from legumes and oil seeds, and secondary plant compounds from the oil seeds. In this method, the secondary plant compounds from the oil seeds contain polyphenols which alter their colour on oxidation. The polyphenols fraction selected for the protein formula. is between 10 ppm and 0.2%. The protein formula is then extruded at a temperature of more than 100° C. in the presence of atmospheric oxygen. The addition of proteins and of the aforesaid secondary plant compounds from the oil seeds allows different hues to be established in the vegetable extrudate that lend the impression of meat in any of a variety of prepared forms, without any need to add further colorants to the extrudate.

A dry powder including an edible part and an inedible part of immature pulses is provided. The dry powder has a proportion of the inedible part to the edible part of immature pulses from 1 mass % to 200 mass % by dry mass, a moisture content of 20 mass % or less, brightness in a Munsell color system of 7 or more, chroma in the Munsell color system of 3 or more, and hue in the Munsell color system from 5Y to 10Y or from 0GY to 10GY. The dry powder also has a specific surface area per unit volume of dry powder particles before ultrasonication of 0.05 m.sup.2/mL or more, a standard deviation of particle size distribution of dry powder particles before ultrasonication of 200 μm or less, and a number average diameter of dry powder particles after ultrasonication of less than 30 μm.

An emulsion composition includes dry powder of dicotyledonous plant seeds in a range between 1 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less, the dry powder having an average particle size in a range between 0.2 μm or larger and 150 μm or smaller, water in a range between 20 mass % or more and 69 mass % or less, and fat and oil in a range between 21 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less.

A process is provided for the treatment of a particulate leguminous plant material, such that the processed particulate leguminous plant material possesses characteristics that are desirable for animal, such as human, consumption. The leguminous plant material is subjected to one or more cycles of temperature treatment, each cycle including a heating phase and a cooling phase. The heating phase temperature of at least one of the temperature treatment cycles may be lower than the heating phase temperature of the preceding temperature treatment cycle. Particulate leguminous plant material comprising substantially reduced concentrations of one or more molecules that contribute to odour and/or flavour may be produced by the process. Particulate leguminous material produced by the process may be used as a food, or as an ingredient in a food product.

A banana food made using ripe banana removed from bark and stalk. Cooking and stirring the ripe banana and dried banana as a mash. Adding green banana biomass to partially cooked mash of ripe banana and dried banana and further cooking the mixture of green banana biomass with the mash of ripe banana and dried banana.

A food package comprising a container having a sealed top layer and comprising a fresh, preservative-free food product comprising chickpeas, such as hummus, which includes no preservatives and exhibits a total yeast and mold counts of less than 10 CFU/g at 28 days after production when stored at 2° C. to 8° C. The package includes a headspace between the fresh hummus and the top sealing layer, the headspace comprising a modified atmosphere which is nitrogen rich, such as 70% N.sub.2:30% CO.sub.2.

A composition and method for supplementing food, nutrition, and diet systems with omega-6 to omega-3 balanced oils comprising a synergistic blend of at least two oils. The composition further comprises a synergistic blend of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids as a means to further increase the nutritional value. The composition provides an effective increase in therapeutic and pharmacological properties in nutrition, and retards the rate of oxidation thereof.

An improved rotary head extruder incorporates an auger system comprising more than one auger to create asymmetrical, substantially cylindrical extruded products having a density within the range of about 3.0 to about 6.0 lbs./cu ft. A wide variety of fine particles such as flour and powder can be successfully introduced into and conveyed within a rotary head extruder to the die assembly, where the materials are cooked to form hard, dense extruded collets with randomly asymmetrical shapes. A transition piece at the downstream end of the augers allows for continuous, uniform flow to the die assembly, where cooking takes place. Using the equipment described, raw materials other than the typically used corn meal are produced, while maintaining the desired bulk density, texture, and crunch of random extruded products.

A comprehensively nutritious instant food includes the following raw ingredients: rice powder 39.593849% to 44.930798%, soybean meal 29.695386% to 33.698099%, protein 8.908616% to 10.109430%, edible fiber 4.949231% to 5.616350%, carotene 0.000099% to 0.000112%, calcium 0.197969% to 0.224654%, iron 0.000356% to 0.000404%, zinc 0.000297% to 0.000337%, copper 0.000040% to 0.000045%, sodium 0.395938% to 0.449308%, potassium 0.395938% to 0.449308%, manganese 0.000040% to 0.000045%, selenium 0.000014% to 0.000016%, iodine 0.000030% to 0.000034%, phosphorus 0.013858% to 0.015726%, magnesium 0.007919% to 0.008986%, fluorine 0.000554% to 0.000629%, vitamin B1 0.000297% to 0.000337%, vitamin B2 0.000040% to 0.000045%, vitamin B6 0.000040% to 0.000045%, vitamin B12 0.000001% to 0.000001%, vitamin B3 0.000396% to 0.000449%, vitamin D 0.000013% to 0.000015%, vitamin K 0.000016% to 0.000018%, vitamin H 0.000059% to 0.000067%, vitamin B 0.000079% to 0.000090%, vitamin E 0.000178% to 0.000202%, vitamin C 0.001188% to 0.001348%, vitamin A 0.000020% to 0.000022%, edible fat 0 to 10.523458%, and refined sugar 0-5.939077%.