The present invention refers to an animal feed additive effective as broad-spectrum preservative, said feed additive comprises as active ingredients propionic acid, glyceryl propionates, hexanoic acid and optionally minor amounts of an alkali metal salt and/or a C7-C12 fatty acid. The present invention also refers to the use of said animal feed additive as a mould and/or yeast inhibitor and to the use of said animal feed additive as an inhibitor of aerobic bacteria. In a further aspect, the present invention refers to the use of said animal feed additive to protect an animal feed from aerobic deterioration.

The present invention refers to an animal feed additive effective as broad-spectrum preservative, said feed additive comprises as active ingredients propionic acid, glyceryl propionates, hexanoic acid and optionally minor amounts of an alkali metal salt and/or a C7-C12 fatty acid. The present invention also refers to the use of said animal feed additive as a mould and/or yeast inhibitor and to the use of said animal feed additive as an inhibitor of aerobic bacteria. In a further aspect, the present invention refers to the use of said animal feed additive to protect an animal feed from aerobic deterioration.

Disclosed are embodiments of a composition including propanoic acid, a C.sub.4 acid salt, and a component selected from a C.sub.2-C.sub.5 acid ester and a C.sub.2-C.sub.8 aldehyde and combinations thereof. The composition is provided in an aqueous medium. Each of the propanoic acid and the C.sub.4 acid salt are independently present in an amount at least partially sufficient to provide to said composition a pH greater than about 4.4.

A method for producing a fermentate including the steps of obtaining a fruit or vegetable extract, treating the extract with a hydrolytic enzyme, mixing the extract with a fermenting microorganism, water, and a growth media to produce a liquid composition; and incubating the liquid composition at a controlled temperature and a controlled pH to produce a fermentate. A method for killing or inhibiting the growth of a contaminating microorganism on or within a food product, and a food product including a fermentate having a cellular mass component from a fermenting microorganism, a fermented fruit or vegetable extract and a hydrolytic enzyme are disclosed. A fermentate produced by any one of the methods described is contemplated. The fermentate may be a concentrated liquid or a dry powder and has the ability to inhibit the growth of a contaminating microorganism by 100% when diluted to less than 5% (w/v).

Food protecting agent composition having a pH of between 5.5 and 7.5 containing at least 2000 mg/l, preferably at least 1800 mg/l of a combination food protecting agent and guanidinium derivatives, particularly to combinations of oligo(2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxy ethyl guanidinium chloride), poly(hexamethylendiamine guanidinium chloride), polyetheramines, triethyleneglycol diamine, enzymes, PGPR, amino acids, antioxidants such as humic acids and some natural products like phytotherapeutic plant extracts.

The purpose of any raw and procesesing pruduct for catte, pig etc, fish and chicken is to prevent the development of diseases that might impair the final quality of the products. The system for catte, pig etc, fish and chicken application of food protection products on catte, pig etc, fish and chicken during packing aims to safeguard the health of the catte, pig etc, fish and chicken during the period of storage and transport to the final consumer. Since, moreover, the environmental and economic requirements imposed on modern-day fungicides are continually increasing, with regard, for example, to the spectrum of activity, toxicity, selectivity, application rate, formation of residues, and favorable preparation ability, and since, furthermore, there may be problems, for example, with resistances developing to known active compounds, a constant task is to develop new fungicide agents which in some areas at least have advantages over their known counterparts. Therefore, there is still a need to find and/or develop other bacterial, viral and fungicides for storage disease control. Some of the chemical as such are already known. It is also known, that these compounds can be used as more healthy and applicable material.

A mixture of milled flaxseed, turmeric powder and piperine for prolonging the shelf life of milled flaxseed.

Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial load on a grain by using elevated temperature and an organic acid. Also disclosed are methods of tempering a grain at an elevated temperature and reduced time as compared to standard tempering methods.

Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial load on a grain by using elevated temperature and an organic acid. Also disclosed are methods of tempering a grain at an elevated temperature and reduced time as compared to standard tempering methods.

Disclosed is a preservation method for fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles, belonging to the technical field of food. According to the present disclosure, -polylysine hydrochloride, pyrophosphate, glycerol, sodium chloride, a highly water-soluble starch-dextrin complex, rice flour and water are mixed together, and the obtained mixture is stirred evenly to obtain a mixed system; and extrusion forming, first-stage aging, re-steaming, second-stage aging and rehydration are performed on the mixed system to obtain the fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles. Furthermore, the present disclosure employs a combination of thermodynamic sterilization and chemical preservation to preserve the fresh wet rice noodles, thereby prolonging the shelf life of the fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles to 2 months or more and keeping the quality thereof good.

Disclosed is a preservation method for fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles, belonging to the technical field of food. According to the present disclosure, -polylysine hydrochloride, pyrophosphate, glycerol, sodium chloride, a highly water-soluble starch-dextrin complex, rice flour and water are mixed together, and the obtained mixture is stirred evenly to obtain a mixed system; and extrusion forming, first-stage aging, re-steaming, second-stage aging and rehydration are performed on the mixed system to obtain the fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles. Furthermore, the present disclosure employs a combination of thermodynamic sterilization and chemical preservation to preserve the fresh wet rice noodles, thereby prolonging the shelf life of the fresh wet rice noodles or fresh wet brown rice noodles to 2 months or more and keeping the quality thereof good.