The present invention relates to a filling composition comprising an aqueous phase comprising water, glycerin and sorbitol, and a fat phase, wherein the filling composition further comprises of a dairy powder, whey and starch. The invention also relates to a method for preparing such a filling composition. When used in a baked product, this filling composition has little or no oil leaking, little or no spread and low water activity. At the same time, the filling composition is creamy and flavorful.

The present invention concerns the use of a composition containing a hydroxypropyl phosphate crosslinked starch and a white dextrin for producing fresh milk products with a reduced fat content, characterised in that: the hydroxypropyl phosphate crosslinked starch has a degree of substitution of between 0.09 and 0.2, preferably between 0.09 and 0.14, and more preferably between 0.10 and 0.11, and the white dextrin has a DE of less than 5, preferably less than 3, more preferably less than 2, a viscosity at 40% dry matter of between 3600 and 6000 mPa.Math.s, and a solubles content of less than 30%.

Disclosed herein is one or more food compositions comprising at least one edible ingredient and a texturizing agent comprising an inhibited starch and a non-granular, enzymatically-debranched waxy starch selected from waxy maize, waxy tapioca and combinations thereof. Also disclosed herein is a process for making said food compositions, the method comprising adding a texturizing agent comprising an inhibited starch and a non-granular, enzymatically-debranched waxy starch selected from waxy maize, waxy tapioca and combinations thereof to the composition, wherein an effective amount of the texturizing agent is added to thicken the food composition. The texturizing agent can be used to replace protein and/or fat in said one or more food composition.

Meat substitutes include at least a dried milk product, a carbohydrate, and a liquid such as water. The dried milk product includes one or both of non-fat dry milk and buttermilk powder. The carbohydrate includes one or both of syrup solids, such as corn syrup solids, and a starch, such as modified corn starch. The meat substitutes include amino acids and sugars that undergo a Maillard reaction during preparation of the meat substitutes, yielding flavor compounds in, and non-enzymatic browning of, the meat substitutes. The meat substitutes can be used in the production of food products such as dairy-based jerky.

The present disclosure relates to starch materials useful, for example, as texturants in foodstuffs. In particular, the present disclosure relates to delayed-gelling, inhibited starches and methods of using them, in one aspect, the disclosure provides a delayed-gelling, inhibited starch having an amylose content in the range of 15-30%; a sedimentation volume in the range of 10-50 mL/g; and a % solubles in the range of 10-40%, wherein the starch is not pregelatinized. In certain embodiments, products including the cooked starches of the disclosure can have a much longer processing window (e.g., for pumping, dispensing, packaging) at room temperature than conventional starches, especially conventional tapioca starches. The starches of the disclosure can also have a desirable shear stability, e.g., similar to the shear stability of conventional crosslinked tapioca starches.

The subject matter of this invention is a composition and method of making a water-dispersible, stabilizing colloidal microcrystalline cellulose:carboxymethylcellulose composition. The method of making the composition does not require a salt solution as an anti-slip agent.

Suggested is a mixture of matter, comprising: (a) steviol glycosides, (b) starch degradation products and (c) one or more phenolic sweetness-enhancing aroma substances selected from the group formed by hesperetin, phloretin, 1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)propan-1-one, 7,3-dihydroxy-4-methoxyflavan and 5-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-2-chromanone. On condition that components (a+b) and (c) are present in a ratio by weight of from 1.99 to 99:1.

The present invention relates to a pea fiber product that is at least 45 dwt. % pea fiber, preferably at least 70 dwt. %, most preferably 90 dwt. % fiber of which at least 5 dwt. % fiber is soluble, preferably 10 dwt. % is soluble, most preferably 20 dwt. % is soluble, as well as the process of making such, and the beverages, sauces, bakery, and aerated products that use such. The resultant pea fiber product is such that it has a same day viscosity of 300-1100 cp at 15 wt. % concentration and of 2150-2950 cp at 17 wt. % according to viscosity Test A run at 30 RPM; and has a 60 hour viscosity of 1420-2220 cp at 15 wt. % concentration and of 6400-7200 cp at 17 wt. % concentration according to viscosity Test A.

The present invention is directed colloidal microcrystalline compositions, particularly for suspending particles in low viscosity fluids, produced by co-attrition of a mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and a first polysaccharide in the presence of acidic attrition aid and blending a second polysaccharide; their preparation; and, products made therewith.

A process produces a water, juice, and/or milk-based ready-to-drink jellified product including at least two separate homogeneous gel masses, and adjacent separate gel masses have different gel strengths. The process includes the steps of, in order: separately preparing at least two liquefied gel compositions, each containing an aqueous and/or juicy and/or dairy base mixed with carrageenan and galactomannan; separately preheating each of the compositions; separately mixing each of the liquefied gel compositions; separately cooling down each of the liquefied gel compositions, while keeping a constant agitation of the mass of each of the liquefied gel compositions; and sequentially dosing each of the liquefied gel compositions into a container.