Provided are an oil or fat based confectionery having the original pleasant flavor of a functional ingredient, and a method for producing the oil or fat based confectionery. The oil or fat based confectionery is an oil or fat based confectionery that includes a functional food containing a functional ingredient having at least one of bitterness and astringency, and an oil or fat having a solid fat content (SFC) of 70% or more at 25° C. and a SFC of less than 15% at 35° C.; has a granularity of 30 μm or less; has a content of the functional food of 8% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less and a content of sucrose of less than 24% by mass with respect to the oil or fat based confectionery as a whole; and contains no milk ingredient.

The invention describes products, uses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods to prepare products formed from Maillard reaction products from a sugar donor and/or sweet tea extracts, Stevia extracts, swingle (mogroside) extracts, one or more sweet tea extract components, one or more steviol glycosides, one or more mogrosides, one or more glycosylated sweet tea glycosides, one or more glycosylated steviol glycosides or one or more glycosylated mogrosides and an amine donor/reactant.

Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.

Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.

Provided is a novel functional composition having an excellent beneficial effect on memory-learning ability that can also be utilized in the form of a food or beverage, etc. Phosphatidylinositol is used as an active ingredient of an oral composition for improving memory-learning ability. The phosphatidylinositol is preferably derived from soybeans. This composition can be used suitably in the form of a food or beverage, food additive, pharmaceutical, supplement, animal feed, etc.

The present invention relates to a cocoa composition comprising at least 2 weight % of cocoa solids and less than 5 weight % of milk solids, and characterized in that it comprises 0.5-20% of a bulking ingredient and 0.5-10% of a plasticizers ingredient. Food products comprising the cocoa composition described are also provided, for example, bakery products, confectionary products, and dairy-alternative products.

The present invention relates to a cocoa composition comprising at least 2 weight % of cocoa solids and less than 5 weight % of milk solids, and characterized in that it comprises 0.5-20% of a bulking ingredient and 0.5-10% of a plasticizers ingredient. Food products comprising the cocoa composition described are also provided, for example, bakery products, confectionary products, and dairy-alternative products.

The present invention relates to ingredients, particularly sweetening ingredients, for example ingredients for use in reduced sugar, low-sugar, or zero-sugar beverage or food products. More specifically, the present invention relates to ingredients derived from plant infusions, in particular fermented infusions of stevia.

Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions.

A composition for human consumption that combines various ingredients that boost stem cell activity. Illustrative ingredients may for example include high cacao content chocolate, medicinal mushroom extracts, substances containing or promoting DHEA, pine bark extract to convert arginine from cacao into nitric oxide to improve circulation. DHEA boosting substances may include truffle powder and/or pine pollen. An illustrative composition may have about 75% chocolate by weight, with cacao content of 73% or more, at least 10% truffle powder or pine pollen, at least 10% medicinal mushroom extracts, the remainder pine bark extract. The composition may be formulated into sublingual tablets of about 1 gram, and daily consumption may for example consist of 5 tablets for 5 grams total. Includes a method of supporting cardiovascular health, improving sexual performance and sexual health, and improving athletic performance by administering a therapeutic amount of the compound to a subject.