The present disclosure relates to extracts and sweetening compositions that may be wholly derived from fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family containing mogroside V and other terpene glycosides. The extracts have a low mogroside V content. The extracts also have a low monosaccharide content, and can be spray-dried to form a spray-dried product. The extracts may be suitable for use as a bulking agent, and can be combined with a terpene glycoside powder. The extracts and sweetening compositions can be used in a food, beverage, and dietary supplement products. Provided are also methods for preparing such extracts and sweetening compositions.

The present disclosure relates to extracts and sweetening compositions that may be wholly derived from fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family containing mogroside V and other terpene glycosides. The extracts have a low mogroside V content. The extracts also have a low monosaccharide content, and can be spray-dried to form a spray-dried product. The extracts may be suitable for use as a bulking agent, and can be combined with a terpene glycoside powder. The extracts and sweetening compositions can be used in a food, beverage, and dietary supplement products. Provided are also methods for preparing such extracts and sweetening compositions.

This invention relates, inter alia, to various plant-based electrolyte compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. One embodiment concerns a plant-based electrolyte composition comprising a plant-derived electrolyte content high in potassium relative to sodium, and a plant-derived carbohydrate content less than about 6% weight/volume. Another embodiment concerns a method for re-hydrating an individual or preventing dehydration or over-hydration of an individual or for preventing or treating potassium deficiency in an individual, by administering to the individual a plant-based electrolyte composition. The electrolyte compositions can be prepared from sugarcane juice, sugar beet juice, sweet sorghum juice, palm syrup, maple sap, vegetable juice or fruit juice.

Provided is a solid drink for regulating yang-deficiency constitution. The solid drink includes the following components of raw materials in parts by weight: perilla 30-60, raspberry 35-55, lycium barbarum 35-57, poria 30-54, cinnamon 35-55, fennel 20-40, ginger 33-55, dextrin 50-90, maltodextrin 23-45, soluble starch 20-44, and aspartame 0.15-0.35. The solid drink is easy to manufacture, and all the raw materials used are medicine materials of medicinal and edible dual purposes, and all the excipients used also satisfy national standard GB2760-2011 (National Food Safety Standard for Uses of Food Additives). It is safe to eat (drink) with good taste, and long-term consumption has certain effects on improving the yang-deficiency constitution. Moreover, the processing process is suitable for industrial mass production.

The invention provides a method for treating rootor tuber juice, comprising a) a pretreatment of the rootor tuber juice to remove rootor tuber lipids to a level below 28 g/kg dry weight; b) cooling the rootor tuber juice to a temperature of ?0.3? C. to ?16? C. to form ice crystals; and c) separating the ice crystals from the rootor tuber juice to obtain, as a first rootor tuber juice product, a concentrated rootor tuber juice. In addition, the invention provides methods to obtain protein depleted rootor tuber juice products, as well as products comprising rootor tuber free amino acids, and uses thereof.

A method/process is provided for extracting and processing sugarcane juice from sugarcane stalks to produce a shelf-stable natural juice product preserving policosanols naturally-occurring in raw sugarcane sticks. The method includes steps of: providing sugarcane stalks having a high sucrose level; extracting sugarcane juice from the sugarcane stalks using a roller mill apparatus; filtering the extracted sugarcane juice through a screen filter; stabilizing the pH of the juice in a non-acidic solution of calcium hydroxide to a pH level in the range of 7.4 to 7.6; flocculating the sugarcane juice with a mixture of water and at least one natural flocculate product; evaporating the sugarcane juice to form a sugarcane juice concentrate having a Brix in the range of 50 Bx to 60 Bx; and extracting the sugarcane juice concentrate from the evaporator, while maintaining a maximum sugarcane juice temperature never exceeding 70 C. throughout the process.

A method/process is provided for extracting and processing sugarcane juice from sugarcane stalks to produce a shelf-stable natural juice product preserving policosanols naturally-occurring in raw sugarcane sticks. The method includes steps of: providing sugarcane stalks having a high sucrose level; extracting sugarcane juice from the sugarcane stalks using a roller mill apparatus; filtering the extracted sugarcane juice through a screen filter; stabilizing the pH of the juice in a non-acidic solution of calcium hydroxide to a pH level in the range of 7.4 to 7.6; flocculating the sugarcane juice with a mixture of water and at least one natural flocculate product; evaporating the sugarcane juice to form a sugarcane juice concentrate having a Brix in the range of 50 Bx to 60 Bx; and extracting the sugarcane juice concentrate from the evaporator, while maintaining a maximum sugarcane juice temperature never exceeding 70 C. throughout the process.

The invention provides a method for treating root- or tuber juice, comprising a) a pretreatment of the root- or tuber juice to remove root- or tuber lipids to a level below 28 g/kg dry weight; b) cooling the root- or tuber juice to a temperature of ?0.3? C. to ?16? C. to form ice crystals; and c) separating the ice crystals from the root- or tuber juice to obtain, as a first root- or tuber juice product, a concentrated root- or tuber juice. In addition, the invention provides methods to obtain protein depleted root- or tuber juice products, as well as products comprising root- or tuber free amino acids, and uses thereof.

This disclosure relates to an proanthocyanidin extract, extract comprising sugars of a fruit juice processes for preparing same as well as the use of the extract or a composition thereof as food or neutraceutical composition.

This disclosure relates to an proanthocyanidin extract, extract comprising sugars of a fruit juice processes for preparing same as well as the use of the extract or a composition thereof as food or neutraceutical composition.