The present invention relates to a food grade powder comprising a dried hydrogel co-gel comprising a first biopolymer capable of forming a thermoreversible elastic gel upon cooling to 25 C. or above and a second biopolymer capable of forming a glassy matrix upon drying. The food grade powder may provide controlled release of aroma, the aroma being encapsulated in the hydrogel co-gel. Further aspects of the invention are a food product comprising the food grade powder, a method of making a food grade powder providing controlled release of an aroma and the use of a hydrogel co-gel to control the release of an aroma.

The present invention relates to a food grade powder comprising a dried hydrogel co-gel comprising a first biopolymer capable of forming a thermoreversible elastic gel upon cooling to 25 C. or above and a second biopolymer capable of forming a glassy matrix upon drying. The food grade powder may provide controlled release of aroma, the aroma being encapsulated in the hydrogel co-gel. Further aspects of the invention are a food product comprising the food grade powder, a method of making a food grade powder providing controlled release of an aroma and the use of a hydrogel co-gel to control the release of an aroma.

An object of the present invention is to provide a solid composition that provides excellent green laver aroma when added to a medium such as water. In the solid composition, dimethyl sulfide and 1-penten-3-one are incorporated, and a weight ratio of dimethyl sulfide content to 1-penten-3-one content is adjusted to not less than 120.

An object of the present invention is to provide a solid composition that provides excellent green laver aroma when added to a medium such as water. In the solid composition, dimethyl sulfide and 1-penten-3-one are incorporated, and a weight ratio of dimethyl sulfide content to 1-penten-3-one content is adjusted to not less than 120.

A creamer composition comprising sugar beet pectin, vegetable oil and bulking agent, a beverage capsule comprising such creamer, a beverage system comprising such creamer, a beverage composition comprising such creamer and a method of producing such creamer. Furthermore, the use of sugar beet pectin as an emulsifier in a creamer composition.

A beverage machine system that includes: an insulated potable liquid storage tank having an interior volume; a liquid carbonator spaced within the interior volume of the insulated potable liquid storage tank and submerged therein; a high pressure potable liquid pump configured to pump potable liquid from the interior volume of the insulated potable liquid storage tank through a potable liquid conduit to a spray nozzle within an interior volume of the liquid carbonator; and a cooling coil positioned in a spaced apart relationship but wound around the carbonator such that the cooling coil does not physically touch an exterior surface of the carbonator submersed within the chilled potable liquid and the space between the cooling coil and the carbonator is at least substantially free of any other structure other than periodic frozen potable liquid adjacent the cooling coil.

A beverage machine system that includes: an insulated potable liquid storage tank having an interior volume; a liquid carbonator spaced within the interior volume of the insulated potable liquid storage tank and submerged therein; a high pressure potable liquid pump configured to pump potable liquid from the interior volume of the insulated potable liquid storage tank through a potable liquid conduit to a spray nozzle within an interior volume of the liquid carbonator; and a cooling coil positioned in a spaced apart relationship but wound around the carbonator such that the cooling coil does not physically touch an exterior surface of the carbonator submersed within the chilled potable liquid and the space between the cooling coil and the carbonator is at least substantially free of any other structure other than periodic frozen potable liquid adjacent the cooling coil.

The present invention provides pyrroloquinoline quinone monosodium having a structure represented by the following formula (1).

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The present invention provides pyrroloquinoline quinone monosodium having a structure represented by the following formula (1).

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Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste, with lingering unpleasant bitterness unique to epigallocatechin gallate in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of epigallocatechin gallate and the content of cycloprolyl threonine in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.