Provided is a solid paste composition for heat cooking which has excellent softening properties when cooked and has reduced stickiness during heat cooking. This composition contains 19 mass % or more, on a dry mass basis, of starch and 4.0 mass % or more, on a dry mass basis, of a protein. The composition also has a value (α1) of a frozen slice X of a frozen product of the composition prepared under a predetermined condition is 16.0 or less. The composition has a value (β) of the frozen slice X of the composition prepared under a predetermined condition satisfies the formula α1×β1≤7.0 in relation to the value α1.

Controlled studies demonstrate that products and related methods using soy related peptides lower total and LDL cholesterol levels in individuals. In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a product containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides that lowers cholesterol levels in an individual that consumes the lunasin peptides is provided. In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a composition containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides or lunasin peptide derivatives and one or more enzyme inhibitors is provided. In a related exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for lowering or reducing cholesterol levels in an individual is provided where a product containing an effective amount of lunasin peptides to an individual is provided and a claim that the product lowers or reduces cholesterol, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol or lipid levels in an individual that consumes the composition is made.

Tofu is typically sold saturated in liquid, and in order for the tofu to take on a desired flavour, the liquid content of the tofu must first be reduced. The present invention provides a method of reducing the liquid content of tofu and a tofu press 10, comprising: a tray 20 for receiving tofu 30 therein; a pressure member 80 for applying pressure to the tofu 30 within the tray 20; and a toggle latch 120 releasably coupleable between the tray 20 and the pressure member 80 such that pressure is applied to the tofu 30 within the tray by the pressure member 80.

A protein product, such as a beverage or the like, includes a mixture of water, a paste comprising protein, pH buffers, and a stabilizer. In particular, the protein product includes from about 40.00 wt. % to about 98.00 wt. % water, from about 0.50 wt. % to about 35.00 wt. % protein paste, from about 0.10 wt. % to about 0.50 wt. % sodium bicarbonate, from about 0.30 wt. % to about 0.80 wt. % calcium carbonate, and from about 0.10 wt. % to about 0.80 wt. % stabilizer. The pH of the protein product is from about 7.60 to about 8.40. The protein paste may be derived from peanuts processed at a heat load of greater than 3 and less than or equal to 2000.

An apparatus for producing soymilk includes heating units for heating a soybean soup, a defoaming unit for defoaming a heated soybean soup, an extracting unit for separating a defoamed soybean soup into soymilk, bean curd refuse and a liquid residue, and pipe lines for returning the separated liquid residue between the defoaming unit and the heating unit to refeed the separated liquid residue to the defoaming unit. The pipe lines for refeeding the separated liquid residue to the defoaming unit are connected to a liquid residue discharge port of the extracting unit from which the separated liquid residue is taken out and refed to the defoaming unit with a transfer pump.

The present invention relates to a vegan food composition comprising at least 30 wt % legume and at least 20 wt % non-legume seeds or non-legume nuts on a dry basis, wherein said composition comprises at least 5 wt % dietary fiber provided by the legume and at least 22 wt % protein provided by any one or more of said legume, non-legume seed, and non-legume nuts, and wherein the D90 particle size of said composition is less than 400 microns.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods of extracting a high protein food product from legumes comprising: milling a supply of legumes to form a fine powder; hydrating the fine powder to form a liquid slurry; separating solids from the liquid slurry to form a milk-like fluid; pasteurising said milk-like fluid to remove unwanted organisms therefrom; filtrating said pasteurised milk-like fluid to remove permeates therefrom to form a substantially liquid product; and removing most of the moisture from the substantially liquid product to generate a high protein food product in the form of a powder.

A method of processing a fava bean composition is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a fava bean composition comprising fava beans, and ii. subjecting the fava bean composition to a betaglucosidase and at least one lactobacillus plantarum bacteria under dosage, time and temperature conditions selected so as to be sufficient to reduce the content of at least one of the compounds vicine and convicine, and preferably also at least one of the compounds divicine and isouramil, by at least 90 wt % as compared to the content of said compounds in the fava bean composition provided in step i. A fava bean composition obtained by the method as well as methods of producing food compositions using the fava bean composition and food compositions thus produced are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a process for making a meat analogue product, comprising hydrating a plant extract, preparing a binding agent by mixing dietary fibre and protein, mixing the plant extract and binding agent, and molding into a shape. A meat analogue product made by the process is also provided.

The invention relates to a containerization system for dispensing a foamable food product comprising a single chamber pressure-resistant container comprising a base, a sidewall, and a nozzle, a food product composition comprising a food product and water, and a propellant. The invention is also directed to a process wherein the food product composition and propellant are combined to form a foamable mixture and the foamable mixture is disposed within a container such that the mixture expands in volume when it is released from the container, forming a foamed food product.