Provided is a shell composition that is formed with a water-insoluble powder such as starch and/or a water-soluble polymer such as dextrin as a base component, and with locust bean gum and/or xanthan gum as a gelling agent. This shell composition enables a novel shell composition which can favorably form a shell without using carrageenan, has favorable properties that enable the shell composition to substitute traditional shells that use a gelatin shell or carrageenan, and comprises a plant-derived base.

An adjusting and control method for 3D printing precise shape forming of instant recuperation mashed potato relates to the field of new food processing technologies. First, a potato is cleaned, peeled, and sliced to be steamed. Subsequently, the steamed potato slices are pulped until a pulp is smooth and shiny. A colloid is added, and after mixing the pulp with the colloid, the mixture is steamed to cook the potato and fully dissolve the colloid. After the mixture is cooled to room temperature, white chocolate powder is added to the mixture. To implement refined printing of recuperation mashed potato, printing temperature, a moving speed of the nozzle, a discharging speed and so on are selected and determined to perform printing. Precision of a print object may reach more than 95%, and the object does not collapse within 40 min to 60 min after being printed.

A mayonnaise powder composition and a method of making a food product such as a sauce using the mayonnaise powder is disclosed. The mayonnaise powder composition comprises a predetermined quantity of a stabilizer, a sugar, a citric acid, a salt, and a spice. The proposed invention also discloses the composition of the stabilizer with a predetermined quantity. The method of preparing the sauce by the said mayonnaise powder composition comprises the step of introducing and mixing one or more ingredients in the mayonnaise powder with predetermined quantity. The mayonnaise powder composition facilitates the simple and inexpensive process of producing mayonnaise at home, and reduces the cost of production in large scale industries. The mayonnaise powder according to the present invention, is made of natural ingredients, and contains no chemical/artificial preservatives.

The present invention relates to a formulation in the form of an aqueous suspension comprising calcium citrate. Said formulation exhibits excellent stability and compliance and finds use in calcium supplementation in subjects in need of such supplementation.

An object of the present invention is to provide, when preparing food products for dysphagia patients, a food product for dysphagia patients having useful functions of probiotics and capable of delivering probiotics administered to a dysphagia patient to the intestines as viable cells by imparting functions of probiotics to such food products, and a thickening composition therefor. For achieving these objects, the present invention provides a thickening composition for dysphagia patients prepared as a powder mixture by mixing dried probiotic cells or a dried probiotic cell preparation and one or more polysaccharides selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides consisting of xanthan gum or guar gum and hydrolysates of these polysaccharides, wherein in the powder mixture, the probiotics and the polysaccharides are allowed to coexist in a contact state. The thickening composition for dysphagia patients is prepared as a powder mixture and the probiotics in the thickening composition can be stably retained without employing special conditions, and when a food product for dysphagia patients is produced by using the thickening composition, a probiotics-containing food product for dysphagia patients having stability against decomposition action by gastric juice after such a food product is eaten can be provided.

A frozen food product is described to include frozen foodstuffs combined with a polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber, individually or in combination, separated from the food stuff through one or more mechanisms including but not limited to, suspension of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber in oil, encapsulation of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber, or a dry mixture of the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber and seasoning applied to frozen foodstuffs. As the frozen foodstuffs are cooked, water expressed from the foodstuffs activates or hydrates the polysaccharide, protein, or other water absorber.

A liquid seasoning contains ingredients that reduce changes in color and smell during preservation. The liquid seasoning has (A) a solid ingredient, (B) a water-insoluble powder, (C) a component selected from the group consisting of a fruit juice, a vegetable juice, a colorant, and combinations thereof, and (D) a viscosity adjuster.

There is provided a method of manufacturing a nutritional composition comprising carbohydrate in an amount of at least 250 g l.sup.1 of composition. The method comprises the steps of: (i) combining a first gelling agent and water, (ii) heating the mixture produced in step (i) to a temperature of between 60 C. and 100 C.; (iii) combining a second gelling agent with the heated mixture of step (ii) with mixing; and (iv) maintaining the mixture produced in step (iii) at a temperature of between 70 C. and 100 C. for between 10 and 120 minutes; with a carbohydrate component being combined with the mixture during one or more of said steps. Also provided is a nutritional composition.

Provided herein are compositions, for example: oral rehydration compositions, beverages, food items, methods and uses, which utilise resistant starch to prevent or treat dehydration, including dehydration which is caused by diarrhoea. Beverages, food items and oral rehydration solutions including a resistant starch, which are suitable for aiding in the maintenance and restoration of hydration levels in individuals undertaking physical activities, including sports, are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a sterilised composition for texturising reconstituted foods, comprising a mixture of texturising agents, water, and a mixture of thickeners and gelling agents.