Rapid hydrolysis methods for producing oat-based beverage compositions, and compositions produced thereby. Continuous flow process to yield a hydrolyzed oat-based beverage in only a few hours, comprising a sequential treatment of an oat flour slurry with glucoamylase and then alpha-amylase enzyme with respective hydrolysis times of less than about 1.5 hours to yield a final hydrolyzed oat slurry, and finishing the composition with one or more flavorings or additional ingredients yield the oat-based beverage composition.

An object of the present invention is to provide a film coated tablet that has an excellent tablet slipperiness in an oral cavity and prevents delay in disintegration time of an uncoated tablet. The present invention provides a film coated tablet including a tablet, a first film layer that coats the tablet and contains an inorganic salt, and a second film layer that coats the tablet coated with the first film layer and contains a thickener, and a film coated tablet including a tablet, a first film layer that coats the tablet, and a second film layer that coats an outside of the first film layer and contains a thickener, in which the first film layer contains an inorganic salt, and the inorganic salt reduces a viscosity of the thickener contained in the second film layer

An adjuvant beverage, comprising a water-based mixture comprising water in amounts of 80-85% w/w, salts in amounts of 0.2-0.5% w/w, agar agar, and/or vegetable pectin, and/or starches, in amounts of 0.2%-0.5% w/w, Hibiscus sabdariffa tea, and/or herbal tea with mallow and/or oats, in amounts of 0.3-0.5% w/w, simple carbohydrates in amounts of 15-20% w/w, at least one acidifier in amounts of 0.1-0.3% w/w.

The adjuvant beverage can be used as an oral administration contrast agent for the performance of magnetic resonance imaging of the mesenteric small intestine (Entero-MRI).

There is provided herein a porous silica particle characterized by having a hierarchical pore structure wherein at least about 20% of the pores of the silica particle are of a size in the range of from about 7.0 to about 13.0 nm, and at least about 10% of the pores of the silica particle are of a size in the range of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 nm, and by having a particle size of from about 0.1 μm to about 10.0 μm. There is also provided compositions comprising such silica particles, process for their preparation, and medical and non-medical uses thereof.

Process for the preparation of a fibrous product comprising protein and having a moisture content of at least 65% by weight by first preparing a homogenous mixture of protein material comprising cheese, a moisture binder material, a calcium-complex forming agent and water at a temperature between 70 and 90° C. under high shear with the pH of the homogenous mixture being from 6.4 to 7.5. The homogenous mixture has a water content of at least 75% by weight whilst total protein content is from 5 to 20% by weight. Into this homogenous mixture is mixed a hydrocolloid which precipitates with metal cations, after which a solution of a metal cation with a valency of at least 2 is added in order to form the fibrous product. This fibrous product is then isolated and cooled. The fibrous product thus obtained is particularly suitable for use in preparing meat substitute products.

The present invention is a system and method for calculating the differences in chemical and/or mineral constituencies present in the makeups of a source water profile and a target water profile and calculating an optimized routine for altering the source water profile to mimic the target water profile. The present innovation utilizes an optimization function to determine the constituent differences and to derive a dosing routine to mix one or more batches of output mixture. The present innovation employs a dosing machine to affect the routine determined by the optimization function. In an embodiment the dosing machine utilizes one or more ingredient-dedicated peristaltic pumps to mix ingredients into one or more output mixture batches and deliver the one or more output mixture batches to a human user.

This disclosure provides CaCO.sub.3 and/or ZnO-loaded microcapsules for use as whitening agents in foods, beverages, supplements, pharmaceutic products, cosmetic products, and personal care products.

A spray-dried composition comprising an enzyme which is a β-galactosidase having transgalactosylating activity and a maltodextrin and/or sodium chloride.

The present invention pertains to a flavor water that comprises: (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X1; (b) a high intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X2; (c) sodium in an amount of less than 40 mg/100 ml; and (d) potassium in an amount of less than 70 mg/100 ml and/or calcium in an amount of less than 70 mg/100 ml, wherein the high intensity sweetener comprises at least one high intensity sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of Rebaudioside M, Rebaudioside D, Rebaudioside N, Rebaudioside O, Rebaudioside E, an extract of Momordica grosvenori, Mogroside V and Thaumatin, and (X1+X2) is larger than 1 and not larger than 20.

The present invention relates to creamers for food products such as coffee and tea. In particular, the invention relates to a liquid creamer comprising casein based protein, phospholipids, gellan gum, bicarbonate, citrate and oil. Further aspects of the invention are a beverage comprising a liquid creamer and a process for preparing a liquid creamer.