A method and system are described for reducing smoke taint in fruits and vegetables using limited ozone exposures ranging from 1 ppm-hour to 5000 ppm-hour of said fruits and vegetables.

Perennial grasses can be a source of sustainable and renewable food supplies. Unlike efforts in selective genetics to produce grains with perennial phenotypes, this invention processes perennial grasses that can be efficiently and economically extracted to produce an easily stored food that does not require refrigeration. Grasses are cut, juice is extracted, centrifuged, treated with non-activated coconut charcoal, filtered , microscopically examined to assure minimal cellulose content, and dehydrated to produce a stable solid that can be rehydrated or incorporated into flours. Yields from fresh grass extraction exceeds those from rehydration of hay. Non-activated coconut charcoal is a renewable and inexpensive resource. Perennial pasture grasses grown with clover or other legumes require minimal yearly fertilization. This process can be sustainable in societies without electricity.

A composition for degradation of mycotoxin including, as an effective component, Aspergillus culture filtrate which contains an iron compound or yeast extract, and uses thereof, are proposed. As aflatoxin can be degraded with high efficiency and simple composition by the composition of the present invention and the activity of degrading mycotoxin is maintained in very stable state in a broad temperature range of from room temperature to heating at 121° C. for sterilization, it is expected that the composition can be advantageously used for processing like heating at high temperatures.

Provided are methods and systems for remediating toxins present in feedstock that are used in processes to produce ethanol and other products.

A process and system for reducing contaminants contained in a contaminated feedstock comprising mixing the contaminated feedstock with water and at least one of metal scavengers or reactants, to form a feedstock-water-reactant mixture, feeding the mixture under pressure into a hydrothermal purification reactor, wherein the mixture is subject to heat, pressure, and turbulent flow conditions to cause rapid reaction of the inorganic contaminants with the metal scavengers or reactants to form inorganic salts that partition into an aqueous phase and maintaining the temperature, pressure, and turbulent flow conditions of the feedstock-water-reactant mixture for a predetermined space time to prevent the organic portion of the feedstock in the mixture from undergoing a conversion reaction and to form a hydrothermal reactor effluent; and separating the effluent into the aqueous phase containing salts of the inorganic contaminants and an organic phase that contains a lower concentration of inorganic contaminants than the contaminated feedstock.

The present invention provides methods of producing decolorized beet products and compositions produced therefrom. In some implementations, the decolorized beet product is decolorized beetroot juice.

Provided are methods and systems for remediating toxins present in feedstock that are used in processes to produce ethanol and other products.

Described herein is a corn protein product comprising greater than about 20% corn protein on a dry weight basis and a free sulfite concentration of less than 150 ppm on an as-is basis. Also disclosed herein is a method to obtain this corn protein product including the steps of providing a protein-rich stream derived from a wet corn milling operation, wherein the protein-rich stream comprises greater than 20% corn protein on a dry weight basis, and treating the protein-rich stream with an oxidant, preferably hydrogen peroxide.

Described herein is a corn protein product comprising greater than about 20% corn protein on a dry weight basis and a free sulfite concentration of less than 150 ppm on an as-is basis. Also disclosed herein is a method to obtain this corn protein product including the steps of providing a protein-rich stream derived from a wet corn milling operation, wherein the protein-rich stream comprises greater than 20% corn protein on a dry weight basis, and treating the protein-rich stream with an oxidant, preferably hydrogen peroxide.

Targeted at, for example, mammalian animals including human, and for the purpose of realizing an effective reduction in the malodor inherent to flatulence and/or stool with an orally ingestible material such as an inorganic substance, provided is an orally ingestible malodor reducing agent for reducing the malodor of flatulence and/or stool, the agent containing nanosized colloidal platinum microparticles as an active ingredient.