Provided is a solid composition which is not too hard and excellent in edibility and to which a dry and good crispy texture and a favorable raw material-derived flavor are imparted regardless of a high content of insoluble dietary fiber. A solid composition includes a powder of an edible part and/or an insoluble dietary fiber localized site of one or more selected from the group consisting of dried vegetables, dried grains, dried pulses, and dried fruits is provided. The solid composition contains 3 mass % or more of protein. The solid composition contains 3 mass % or more of insoluble dietary fiber. The moisture content on wet basis is 11 mass % or less. The drying rate (105° C., 5 minutes) is 0.02 g/s.Math.m.sup.2 or more. A 50% integrated diameter of particles in an aqueous dispersion of the solid composition after ultrasonication is more than 5 μm and 600 μm or less.

A ready-to-eat sweet potato cheesecake that includes 2-3 medium-sized sweet potatoes, 8 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese (softened), ⅓ oz Aunt Jemima maple Syrup, ½ cup Light Brown Sugar, 1¾ cups of pureed sweet potatoes, 2 large eggs, ½ cup low-fat buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of corn starch, ½ teaspoon of grounded cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg, 7-8 ginger snaps, and one 9″ graham cracker crust.

A baked food composition is provided that exhibits an unexpectedly loose, crunchy texture and multi-textural chew. The baked composition comprises a high amount of expanded inclusions and shredded root vegetable, which are agglomerated by a binder component comprising low amounts of oil, added sugar, and flour. The food composition is preferably free of hydrocoiloid gums and sugar syrups.

The present invention provides a food product comprising at least 1.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, or more, by weight total ingredients of a low bitter chicory plant material or flour. The present invention also provides a method for obtaining a chicory product with reduced bitterness, comprising blanching chicory roots or root chips, drying the blanched chicory root chips, and optionally grinding the dried chicory root chips and incorporating it into flour, dough, or other food products. Also provided is a method for obtaining a chicory taproot with reduced bitterness, comprising cultivating a chicory plant at a soil nitrogen level of 150 lbs per acre or less in the upper 3 feet of the soil.

A baked food composition is provided that exhibits an unexpectedly loose, crunchy texture and multi-textural chew. The baked composition comprises a high amount of expanded inclusions and shredded root vegetable, which are agglomerated by a binder component comprising low amounts of oil, added sugar, and flour. The food composition is preferably free of hydrocoiloid gums and sugar syrups.

The present invention provides a food product comprising at least 1.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, or more, by weight total ingredients of a low bitter chicory plant material or flour. The present invention also provides a method for obtaining a chicory product with reduced bitterness, comprising blanching chicory roots or root chips, drying the blanched chicory root chips, and optionally grinding the dried chicory root chips and incorporating it into flour, dough, or other food products. Also provided is a method for obtaining a chicory taproot with reduced bitterness, comprising cultivating a chicory plant at a soil nitrogen level of 150 lbs per acre or less in the upper 3 feet of the soil.

The present disclosure discloses a high-content buckwheat dried noodle and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of multi-grain flour products processing. The high-content buckwheat dried noodle of the present disclosure includes whole buckwheat flour, high-gluten wheat flour, vital wheat gluten, resistant starch, egg white powder, sodium alginate, konjac flour, sodium carbonate, glutamine aminotransferase, hemicellulase and phytase. The preparation method include: preprocessing a buckwheat raw material, optimizing a ratio of raw materials to auxiliary materials, and vacuum mixing, improved sheeting process, cutting, hanging, drying, strip shortening, packaging and other techniques and preparing high-content buckwheat dried noodles. By using the enzyme modification technique, the present disclosure improves protein cross-linking, increases soluble dietary fiber content, and biodegrades the anti-nutritional factor phytic acid, thereby effectively improving the utilization rate of nutrients, controlling the generation of post-prandial blood glucose and preventing obesity. Moreover, the high-content buckwheat dried noodle of the present disclosure includes no edible salt in its formula, is a healthy low-salt product which conforms to the concept of modern healthy diet.

A process and system is provided for the manufacture of vegetable dough using only water as an ingredient of the dough, and for a time interval ranging between 5 minutes and up to 10 minutes, wherein the vegetable is selected from vegetables and grains.

Food product compositions provide for gluten free or gluten-reduced food products having organoleptic properties that are the same or substantially the same as their gluten-containing food product counterparts, and related methods for making the compositions thereof.

At least one embodiment is gluten dry mix compositions consisting substantially of rice flour, sweet rice flour, oat flour, and millet flour, buckwheat flour, teff flour, potato flour, xanthan gum and maltodextrin.

At least one embodiment is gluten dry mix compositions consisting substantially of oat flour, and millet flour, buckwheat flour, teff flour, potato flour, xanthan gum and maltodextrin.

At least one embodiment is gluten dry mix compositions consisting substantially of rice flour, sweet rice flour, oat flour, and millet flour, buckwheat flour, teff flour, potato flour.

At least one embodiment is gluten dry mix compositions consisting substantially of oat flour, and millet flour, buckwheat flour, teff flour, potato flour.

At least one embodiment is gluten dry mix compositions consisting substantially of buckwheat flour, millet flour, teff flour, potato flour.

To any of the above coconut flour can be added for another embodiment.

A process and system is provided for the manufacture of vegetable dough using only water as an ingredient of the dough, and for a time interval ranging between 5 minutes and up to 10 minutes, wherein the vegetable is selected from vegetables and grains.