The application relates to a composition comprising separately by weight: a) from about 25% to about 50% by weight of a native rice flour; b) from about 5% to about 15% by weight of a rice flour which has been heat-moisture treated; c) from about 10% to about 20% of a flour which has been thermally inhibited; and d) from about 15% to about 35% of a reduced protein pulse flour selected from the group consisting of pea flour, faba bean flour, lentil flour, chickpea flour, and mixtures thereof.

The invention discloses a Semen Cassiae-containing tea bag and preparation method thereof. The Semen Cassiae-containing tea bag comprises Semen Cassiae, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf and folium mori. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) sorting; (2) grinding; (3) sieving; (4) sterilizing: placing a sieved powdery mixture into a material tray, and performing ozone sterilizing for 30 minutes, wherein the material thickness in the material tray does not exceed 5 cm; (5) weighing; (6) mixing and (7) packing. The tea bag has the beneficial effects that the tea bag is rich in color, pure and mild in taste, particularly suitable for female consumers, is simple and convenient, and has the effects of diuresis and bowel relaxing, heat clearing, detoxifying, resisting aging and beautifying, has no any side effects for a human body after drinking, complies with a tea drinking tradition of people, solves the problem of single flavor of tea leaves and bitter taste caused by direct drinking of the Semen Cassiae and is more obvious in the effects after drinking for a long term, and is easily accepted by the female consumers, and the cost is saved.

The invention discloses a Semen Cassiae-containing tea bag and preparation method thereof. The Semen Cassiae-containing tea bag comprises Semen Cassiae, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf and folium mori. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) sorting; (2) grinding; (3) sieving; (4) sterilizing: placing a sieved powdery mixture into a material tray, and performing ozone sterilizing for 30 minutes, wherein the material thickness in the material tray does not exceed 5 cm; (5) weighing; (6) mixing and (7) packing. The tea bag has the beneficial effects that the tea bag is rich in color, pure and mild in taste, particularly suitable for female consumers, is simple and convenient, and has the effects of diuresis and bowel relaxing, heat clearing, detoxifying, resisting aging and beautifying, has no any side effects for a human body after drinking, complies with a tea drinking tradition of people, solves the problem of single flavor of tea leaves and bitter taste caused by direct drinking of the Semen Cassiae and is more obvious in the effects after drinking for a long term, and is easily accepted by the female consumers, and the cost is saved.

A process for continuously producing a plurality of fully cooked, cured and battered frank products such as mini corndogs on a single production line is provided. The process comprises fully cooking the frank products after they have been battered.

A method to produce cheese chips, consisting in provides that cut cheese slices are frozen and then raised by means of rapid water evaporation due to the application of microwave and vacuum drying. The freezing step is preceded by drying and cooling, and the raised cheese chips containing cheese and flavourings are characterised in that their density does not exceed 0.46 g/cm.sup.3, the porosity does exceed 40%, and the crunchiness does exceed 4.

A method to produce cheese chips, consisting in provides that cut cheese slices are frozen and then raised by means of rapid water evaporation due to the application of microwave and vacuum drying. The freezing step is preceded by drying and cooling, and the raised cheese chips containing cheese and flavourings are characterised in that their density does not exceed 0.46 g/cm.sup.3, the porosity does exceed 40%, and the crunchiness does exceed 4.

The present invention is a system and method for performing freeze drying of small quantities of a liquid for personal use, wherein a liquid material is disposed within a single-use container, the container is then coupled to a small-scale freeze-drying unit which extracts liquid from the material in the container using a freeze-drying process, and the freeze-dried material is then left in the container and the container is stored until rehydration. The container may be a specialized single-use container that may be used to rehydrate the liquid and then fitted with a delivery device to feed an infant or child.

A method for crystallizing aqueous carbohydrate-containing substances, comprising: purifying the aqueous substance containing carbohydrates; mixing said aqueous substance with a water-absorbing medium; distributing the above mixture in a layer on a high temperature resistant container; heating the mixture layer of the previous step in a microwave apparatus; cooling the mixture layer; re-heating and cooling the mixture layer until it reaches a humidity of 2 to 4%; spraying the crystallized mixture-layer, removing the water-absorbing medium from the crystals obtained; and recovering said crystals. A crystallized or granular product obtained by such a crystallization method.

Described are nutritional beverages, including frozen nutritional beverages made using frozen particles that contain fruit or vegetable constituent, and diluted (fluid) nutritional beverages containing the frozen particles and liquid; also described are relate methods of preparing, storing, and consuming the frozen nutritional beverages and the diluted nutritional beverages.

Described are nutritional beverages, including frozen nutritional beverages made using frozen particles that contain fruit or vegetable constituent, and diluted (fluid) nutritional beverages containing the frozen particles and liquid; also described are relate methods of preparing, storing, and consuming the frozen nutritional beverages and the diluted nutritional beverages.