The present disclosure relates to a method of making foie gras, and more particularly, to a method of making foie gras using duck liver and the foie gras made thereby, the method allowing foie gras to be made using a duck liver produced by raising ducks without force-feeding to provide balanced nutrition and promote health and allowing the foie gras to have a texture that is juicy inside and crispy outside to improve the texture and flavor of the foie gras.

The present invention relates to a composition and a product which are used when cooking food containing carbohydrates and proteins as main ingredients, when cooling processed food such as ramen, when preparing vegetable protein food such as tofu, or when administering alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea, beverages and the like, so as to increase the elasticity, texture or taste of prepared or cooked food, thereby improving the flavor thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of a compound according to formula (I) ##STR00001## in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein n is an integer from 0 to 2; the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; and each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4, when taken independently from each other, represents a hydrogen atom or represents a R.sup.5 or OR.sup.5 group, R.sup.5 representing a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5, or even a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3, alkyl group; and optionally one of the groups R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 represents —OH; and/or when R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are taken together, and/or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are taken together, represent a OCH.sub.2O group, provided said groups taken together are adjacent substituents of the phenyl group;
as an ingredient in combination with other ingredients to confer, enhance, improve or modify the kokumi or umami taste of a flavored article.

A grocery meat product is provided having a tray receiving a raw, fresh, mixed meat product and covered with clear stretch film, the raw mixed meat product having: ten parts by weight raw, fresh beef having a meat-to-fat ratio of 80/20, six parts by weight raw, fresh pork shoulder having a meat-to-fat ratio of 72/38, and four parts by weight raw, fresh applewood-smoked bacon, said beef, said pork shoulder and said applewood-smoked bacon ground mixed together and presented on said tray for sale.

The invention provides a curing agent comprising a plant-based nitrite derived from plant material comprising nitrate and a process for preparing the curing agent comprising contacting a plant material with an organism capable of converting nitrate to nitrite. The curing agent can be used to preserve or cure meat or meat products.

The present invention is a method for cutting pork to create a meat cut that mimics a pork chop meat. The method involves removing the bone and meat from the pork leg. The method then includes sealing the pork chop within a hermetic enclosure and chilling the enclosed pork chop to a temperature in the range of 35 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit. The resulting meat cut includes, bones or no bones pork chops.

A process for producing a consumable for low carbohydrate snacking is provided. The process includes one or more consumables embodies a method of infusing a protein by way of encasing the protein in lactose-free dairy products, eliminating the need for adding sugars and salts to cure the protein as well as enabling high-temperature applications, thereby lessening the time for drying the resultant consumable.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a solution which has a savory flavor, the method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a mycelium of a basidiomycete, (b) cultivating the mycelium in an aqueous culture liquid for a cultivation duration of 5 to 108 hours, wherein the culture liquid has at least one part of a plant of the genus Allium L., wherein by cultivating the mycelium a savory flavor is produced in the culture liquid, and (c) separating the culture liquid from the mycelium and the part of the plant, as a result of which the solution having the savory flavor is obtained, wherein the part of the plant is a clove of a garlic plant and the basidiomycete is Laetiporus sulphureus, Polyporus umbellatus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus sapidus and/or Trametes versicolor, or wherein the part of the plant is an onion from an onion plant and the basidiomycete is Laetiporus sulphureus, Polyporus umbellatus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinula edodes and/or Lepista nuda. The invention also relates to a solution obtainable by the method and to a use of the solution for flavoring foodstuffs.

A first brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product. The brine is formed from an emulsion consisting of water, saltless flavoring and protein. The protein is from the same type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine. A second brine especially for ham with the bine being similar to the first brine, but with a low sodium content of a maximum of 0.5% to 1.0% of the weight of the food product. A third brine for pork bellies without phosphate. A fourth brine consisting of only protein from the same type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine and water.

The present invention relates to use of a laccase for controlled enzymatic browning of a meat analogue product comprising a red pigment which changes colour when oxidized. Preferably, the laccase is embedded in a fat having a melting temperature of at least 25° C. such that the oxidation of the red pigment occurs only at elevated temperature, e.g. during cooking of the meat analogue product.