Provided is vegetarian gat-kimchi including 1 to 4 weight % sweet pumpkin.

Disclosed are date palm compositions and methods of use of such compositions. Such compositions may be used as part of a growth medium for culture of microorganisms. In certain embodiments, date palm extracts of the disclosure are used as part a culture medium to grow Lactobacilli.

The present invention is directed to an extruded food product constituent composed of a gelling food product constituent extrudate and method of extruding a gelling food product constituent extrudate used as an ingredient of a food product normally using a gelling gum, like guar gum, xanthan gum or carrageenan as an ingredient. The gelling food product extrudate is composed of cold-water soluble gelling pregelatinized starch formed of starch in a starch-containing admixture modified by extrusion at extrusion pressures greater than 2000 PSI that gels when mixed with water, which preferably also modifies additional starch or starches in the admixture into a plurality of different molecular weight polymers of a cold-water soluble gellant that polymerize forming a gel when mixed with water, preferably forming a hydrocolloid gel, which more preferably is a self-gelling gel, which even more preferably is a thermo-reversible gel crosslinked by one or more proteins freed by or modified during extrusion. Preferred admixtures configured to produce gelling extrudates include admixtures composed of cereal grains, including sorghum, wheat, oats, barley and/or corn, and/or legumes, including chick pea, yellow pea, pea and/or lentils with legume containing admixtures producing gelling extrudates that form thicker gels whose viscosity increases over time that are well suited for use in non-dairy dairy substitutes like non-dairy butter, non-dairy creamers, non-dairy whipped cream, non-dairy yogurt, non-dairy cream cheese, non-dairy cheese, and non-dairy ice cream.

A method for producing a food product includes preparing a mixture including one or more dried food ingredients and at least one oil or fat, wherein a total fat content in the mixture is 30% by mass or more, wet pulverizing the dried food ingredients in the mixture, and obtaining a food composition including the at least one oil or fat and 20% to 98% by mass of fine particles of the dried food ingredients. The wet pulverization is performed with a maximum pressure of 0.01 to 1 MPa and under a rising temperature condition satisfying T1+1<T2<T1+50. The fine particles subjected to an ultrasonication treatment have a modal diameter of 0.3 to 200 μm and a decreased maximum particle size. A 10.sup.th percentile value of a numerical value N for each fine particle complex is 0.40 or less.

A method for treating autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease includes a step of identifying a subject exhibiting symptoms of autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease administering a fasting mimicking diet. A probiotic composition for gastrointestinal autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease Bacteroides acidifaciens, Bifidobacterium choerinum, and combinations thereof is also provided.

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 dried products of the present invention provide snacks (so-called crispy smoothies) having a particularly high proportion of fruit, which, owing to their production at low temperatures with extensive exclusion of oxygen, are distinguished by a high level of preservation of oxidation- and temperature-sensitive, but valuable, fruit constituents and which have an intense flavor and also a homogeneous appearance which is attractive in terms of color.

A ready-to-use emulsified food formulation containing a vegetable in a finely divided form, vegetable oil, water, and an oleaginous seed in a finely divided form and, present in an amount of between 0.1% and 15% by weight, is disclosed. The emulsified food formulation is free of thickeners, emulsifiers and stabilizers and is obtained by homogenization carried out at a pressure greater than or equal to 10000 kPa. The emulsified food formulation is characterized by having a modal diameter of the particles contained therein of greater than or equal to 300 μm and by containing a vegetable fiber in a finely divided form having a fiber content of greater than (70)% w/w and a water binding capacity of greater than 5 g water/g dry matter.

A method supporting children choosing healthy foods in alternate form (desserts) to help them to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables by focusing on body functions (strength, vision, movement, memory, digestion, and all-in-one). The method uses special packaging approaches that associate healthy foods disguised as desserts, candy, chips, chewing gum, or frozen treats. This method would include body function labeled packaging in the form of pods, flaps, or sleeves that are engaging ways for quick lunch options for children. Children would have the freedom to choose a labeled pod, flap, or sleeve to help to improve their selected body function. Body function options could include superfoods in dessert form for strength, vision, movement, memory, digestion, and all-in-one.

Plant (1) for producing juice and/or puree starting from a food product of vegetable origin comprising an extraction machine (20) within which a starting food product, at a temperature T0, is subject to an extraction step, in order to obtain an extracted food product and a waste product. The plant (1) furthermore comprises a heat exchange apparatus (40) positioned downstream of the extraction machine (20) configured to heat, or cool, the food product from an inlet temperature up to a predetermined outlet temperature. Furthermore, a deaeration and/or concentration apparatus (30) is provided configured to contain a predetermined quantity of the extracted food product and to maintain the predetermined quantity of the extracted food product at a temperature Tv and ad a predetermined vacuum degree. The plant (1), furthermore, provides a recirculation circuit (50) comprising the extraction machine (20), the heat exchange apparatus (40) and the deaeration and/or concentration apparatus (30) for recirculating a predetermined quantity of heated, or cooled, and deaerated and/or concentrated food product, into the extraction machine (20).