An apparatus for separating a ribbon of uncooked embossed dough into separated pieces patterned/shaped like the embossed pattern. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced apart rollers for receiving a ribbon of dough there between. One of rollers has a pattern embossed on its surface to emboss the ribbon of dough with the pattern. The surface embossing and the spacing between the rollers maintains the structural integrity of the embossed ribbon of dough. The apparatus has a two spaced apart rotating arms to receive the embossed dough ribbon there between. A plurality of spaced apart fingers extend outward along the length of each of the arms and are configured to tear the dough, without sticking, into dough pieces reflecting shapes embossed in the dough ribbon. The dough pieces can be dried, and patterned shaped pieces are separated out for expansion to three dimensions by cooking.

A cooking procedure to cook pasta; the procedure comprises a water feeding step. During which a given quantity of liquid water at a temperature of at least 50? C. is fed to a container; and a vapour feeding step, during which a given quantity of water vapour is fed to the container containing a given quantity of pasta for an amount of time ranging from 7 to 40 seconds; the vapour feeding step is at least partially simultaneous with or subsequent to the water feeding step.

The present disclosure relates to extracts and sweetening compositions that may be wholly derived from fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family containing mogroside V and other terpene glycosides. The extracts have a low mogroside V content. The extracts also have a low monosaccharide content, and can be spray-dried to form a spray-dried product. The extracts may be suitable for use as a bulking agent, and can be combined with a terpene glycoside powder. The extracts and sweetening compositions can be used in a food, beverage, and dietary supplement products. Provided are also methods for preparing such extracts and sweetening compositions.

Methods and systems for pre-prepared pizza sheets including cheese, toppings, and spices. Cheese, toppings, and spices are melted together to create a composite. As an alternative, water is applied and ingredients are frozen together. Amounts of ingredients may be predetermined to ensure consistency. The pizza sheets are frozen or refrigerated until they are placed on prepared dough and baked. Pizza sheets may be prepared and shipped on transport trays or plastic sheets which can be vertically stacked.

The present invention relates to methods for preparing a powdered food product and powdered food products obtainable by the methods. There are also disclosed methods for preparing a food stock and food stocks obtainable by the methods, as well as methods for preparing a food broth, food broths obtainable by the methods, and a device for preparing such food broths. The methods and products obtainable by the methods find utility in the culinary field of preparing stocks and broths.

The present disclosure discloses a nutritional composition for nourishing heart. The nutritional composition includes: 58-83 parts by weight of rice, 7-25 parts by weight of red beans, 5-16 parts by weight of lotus seeds, 2-7 parts by weight of lilium brownii, and 0.4-1.6 parts by weight of longan. The present disclosure, in view of the heart's characteristics that clearing away the heart fire and calming the nerves can ward off diseases and prolong life, and prevent premature aging, provides the prescription with the purpose of nourishing the blood and tranquillizing, is suitable to cooperate with staple foods for long-term consumption and easily accepted by people due to the good taste, and can achieve certain efficacies of nourishing the heart and tranquillizing.

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.

A method having the following steps: (1) providing a composition containing proteins and amino acids from mucous membranes of animals for slaughter, inorganic salts and water, wherein the sum of the mass of proteins and amino acids in the dry mass of said composition is 30 to 70 weight percent and the mass of inorganic salts in the dry mass of said composition is at least 7.5 weight percent; (2) filtering the composition to obtain a filtrate and a filter cake; (3) cooling the filtrate to a temperature in the range of 15? C. to 15? C. to form a precipitate; (4) separating the resulting precipitate to obtain the liquid phase as product. The disclosure further relates to the products of this method.

The invention relates to a protein drink comprising, each with regard to the total weight of the drink, 3 to 20% by weight proteins, 0.5 to 5% by weight fat, 70 to 95% by weight water and 0.5 to 15% by weight carbohydrates, of which 0.5 to 10% by weight is sugar.

According to the invention, the protein drink consists of 80-100% by weight of meat broth. It is produced by the production steps: grinding meat, producing a meat broth, bringing the meat broth containing all the ground meat to the boil, finely pureeing, pouring the protein drink into bottles or cans and sterilising the protein drink.

The present application relates to a technique for extracting mogroside V. Provided is a method for extracting high-purity mogroside V from Siraitia grosvenorii. The specific steps comprise: pre-treatment of a raw material, extraction, centrifugation, enzymolysis, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, decolorization, concentration, microwave drying, and pulverization. The invention utilizes a membrane-based technique for separation and purification, and only uses pure water as a solvent to eliminate usage of an organic solvent. The method can be easily performed, has a simple process, and provides a safe, environment-friendly, high quality, and low-cost product. The method can be used to realize continuous large-scale industrial production.