An edible decoration is laser kiss cut from an edible decorating sheet by optically sensing at least one printed edible design on the edible decorating sheet relative to a laser cutting tool coordinate system and driving a laser along a circuit of cutting locations defined in the laser cutting tool coordinate system. The laser beam forms a separation channel by laser ablation of at least a portion of the edible decorating sheet at the cutting locations while leaving intact the non-adhesive releasable backing upon which the edible decorating sheet rests.

A mochi-like food product and an ice confection having a mochi-like texture under room temperature and a production method for an ice confection. A mochi-like food product includes a starch gellant and a sweetener. The starch gellant contains kudzu starch serving as a main ingredient, and includes no potato starch, sweet potato starch, corn starch, or wheat starch. The sweetener includes wasanbon, includes no refined sugar, glucose, or synthetic sweeteners. The mochi-like food product can be frozen to be served as an ice confection. The mochi-like food product can be provided as a tasty ice confection that has chewiness like uiro, is free of allergenicity, has a lower GI value than sugar, would not be too hard upon being frozen to be served as an ice confection, is easy to eat, and has unique thickness or gumminess.

The present invention is a candy that warms with an exothermic composition sufficient to not heat the candy past the candy's melting point or body temperature.

An instant smores system including: a sugar-based confectionery having ingredients of sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a deformable (squishy) consistency, admixed with chocolate and graham and molded into pieces, and coated with corn starch to provide an edible smore of the proper consistency for heating and consumption. The smore is safe to eat and is easy to transport and prepare.

An edible decoration is laser kiss cut from an edible decorating sheet by optically sensing at least one printed edible design on the edible decorating sheet relative to a laser cutting tool coordinate system and driving a laser along a circuit of cutting locations defined in the laser cutting tool coordinate system. The laser beam forms a separation channel by laser ablation of at least a portion of the edible decorating sheet at the cutting locations while leaving intact the non-adhesive releasable backing upon which the edible decorating sheet rests.

A formulated oral prebiotic edible composition includes a free amino acid containing ingredient comprising L-arginine, the L-arginine comprising free individual molecules of L-arginine, the free individual molecules of L-arginine L present at a concentration of greater than about 0.1 weight percent, a carrier, and a sugar comprising at least one of a monosaccharide and disaccharide, at least two distinct live lactic acid probiotics, wherein one is a lactic acid producing bacterium, and one is a lactic acid fermenting bacterium, wherein the composition is in configuration suitable to be maintained substantively dissolved within the oral cavity, and wherein the composition is in an effective amount to selectively promote stimulation of a first oral microbiota to produce an excretion product, and wherein a second oral microbiota metabolizes the excretion product to treat the respiratory allergic condition and/or an oral and/or sinus infection.

Functional optical equipment such as lenses, prisms, optical flats, and color filters are made from hard candy, resulting in working optics that can be treated as either experimental equipment or confectionaries. These hard candy optics are manufactured by an extremely precise casting process, which avoids the need to polish or reshape the candy after casting and allows for the production of a wider selection of optical equipment. This process also allows the inclusion of features that expand the applications of the hard candy optics, but are not themselves optically functional.

An edible decoration is laser kiss cut from an edible decorating sheet by optically sensing at least one printed edible design on the edible decorating sheet relative to a laser cutting tool coordinate system and driving a laser along a circuit of cutting locations defined in the laser cutting tool coordinate system. The laser beam forms a separation channel by laser ablation of at least a portion of the edible decorating sheet at the cutting locations while leaving intact the non-adhesive releasable backing upon which the edible decorating sheet rests.

The present invention relates to a family of compounds derived from 5-bromo-7-azaindole to which alkyl chains have been incorporated in one of the nitrogens to make them soluble in organic solvents as well as the incorporation in the position 5 of 4-(diphenylamino)phenylboronic acid derivatives. These structural modifications increase the emission of the derivative in a solid state. The incorporation of aldehyde and 2-cyano-but-2-enoic acid derivatives in position 3 facilitates the attachment thereof in different systems. Given this characteristic, they may be applicable in the development of solid-state luminescent materials used in applications of detection, biomedical applications, solid-state illumination, as well as optoelectronic devices.

The present invention relates generally to a methods of treating ear infections and clearing excess fluid from Eustachian tubes.