The invention relates to a process comprising (a) providing a quantity of plant material; (b) heating the material of (a) in aqueous medium to a temperature of 75 to 105 C.; (c) physically disrupting the material of (b); (d) processing the physically disrupted material of (c) to enrich for cells and/or cell clusters; and (e) drying the material of (d). The invention also relates to a product, which comprises at least 30% or more intact plant cells, which comprises 15% or less water by weight, which has a particle size in the range 75-500 m, characterised in that the product comprises at least 30% resistant starch as a proportion of total starch. The invention also relates to foodstuffs.

The invention relates to a process comprising (a) providing a quantity of plant material; (b) heating the material of (a) in aqueous medium to a temperature of 75 to 105 C.; (c) physically disrupting the material of (b); (d) processing the physically disrupted material of (c) to enrich for cells and/or cell clusters; and (e) drying the material of (d). The invention also relates to a product, which comprises at least 30% or more intact plant cells, which comprises 15% or less water by weight, which has a particle size in the range 75-500 m, characterised in that the product comprises at least 30% resistant starch as a proportion of total starch. The invention also relates to foodstuffs.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition with reduced bitterness on the basis of legume proteins, a composition which can be obtained by said method, and uses of same particularly in the agri-food industry and more particularly in the preparation of food formulations.

In one embodiment, a method comprises adding a plurality of soybeans to an extractor, the soybeans having an average protein:oil ratio of greater than 2.3, heating the soybeans, removing hulls from the plurality of soybeans, and grinding the plurality of soybeans with water at a temperature between 180 F. and 190 F. to yield a soy extract having hexanal levels of less than 50 parts per billion (ppb).

Peanut powder and methods for treating peanut powder to reduce the concentration of aflatoxin B1 in peanuts are provided. Methods include grinding peanuts to produce peanut powder and exposing the peanut powder to an ozone-rich environment. Ozone-treated peanut powder comprises less than 20 ppb aflatoxin B1 and between 2.0 and 3.0 meq/kg peroxide.

A method of identifying a selected pollination window in a Poaceae crop by monitoring one or more environmental parameters and identifying a selected pollination window based upon the monitored parameters. The correct selection of parameters has been shown to markedly increase seed set, yield, and/or other desirable characteristics, including but not limited to preferred content of oil, starch, protein, and/or other nutritional components. Parameters may include one or more of: temperature, relative humidity, and vapor pressure deficit.

The invention relates to a method for producing a solid transformation product of a substrate comprising the following steps: preparing a substrate of biomass comprising carbohydrates and proteinaceous matter that originates from soya bean, rape seed, or mixtures thereof, optionally in further mixture with carbohydrates and proteinaceous matter originating from fava beans, peas, sunflower seeds, lupine, cereals, and/or grasses, mixing said substrate with a live microorganism or a combination of live microorganisms, which live microorganism or mixture of live microorganisms is not live yeast, and adding water in an amount which provides an initial incubation mixture having a water content from 30 to 70% by weight, and a ratio of wet bulk density to dry bulk density from 0.60 to 1.45 in the resulting mixture; incubating said initial incubation mixture for 1-240 hours at a temperature of 15-70 C.; and thereafter recovering wet solid transformation product from the incubation mixture; further comprising that the incubating step is performed as a continuous plug-flow process in a vertical, non-agitated incubation tank with inlet means for said mixture and additives and outlet means for said solid transformation product.

Provided are debittered chickpea based protein concentrates, methods of manufacturing thereof and food products comprising the protein concentrates.

Provided are methods for reducing or eliminating allergenicity of legumes, peanuts, or tree nuts, comprising contacting allergenic proteins embedded in seeds, or pieces thereof, of legumes, peanuts, or tree nuts with an aqueous solution of bromelain in an amount and for a time period sufficient to reduce or eliminate the allergenicity of the allergenic proteins (Ara h1, and/or Ara h2, and/or Ara h3 allergen). Additionally provided are methods for decontaminating machinery contaminated with allergenic proteins (Ara h1, and/or Ara h2, and/or Ara h3 allergen) or allergen residues thereof, comprising contacting the contaminated machinery with an aqueous solution of bromelain in an amount and for a time period sufficient to reduce or eliminate the allergenicity of the allergenic proteins.

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for soaking foodstuff in a liquid under set acid pH conditions of the liquid so as to reduce a content of phytic acid and/or phytate contained in the foodstuff. The apparatus comprises a vessel for receiving the foodstuff and for receiving the liquid for soaking the foodstuff within the vessel. The apparatus further comprises an amount determining system which is configured to determine an amount of the liquid and/or an amount of the foodstuff to be used for the soaking within the vessel and a pH adjusting system configured to perform an electrolysis of at least a portion of the liquid for adjusting a pH level of the liquid. The method comprises supplying an amount of the foodstuff and an amount of the liquid to a vessel; wherein the amount of foodstuff and/or the amount of the liquid is determined using an amount determining system; wherein a pH level of the liquid is adjusted using a pH adjusting system configured to perform an electrolysis of at least a portion of the liquid.