The present disclosure provides a fermented plant composition comprising (i) at least one component of an aqueous extract of a plant and (ii) at least one organic acid of a fermentation of the aqueous extract of the plant by a consortium of a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts, wherein the aqueous extract of the has an organoleptic defect prior to the fermentation. The resulting fermented plant composition lacks the organoleptic defect of the unfermented plant and, in some embodiments, has an increased bioavailability in one or more components of the composition (when compared to the non-fermented, raw, aqueous plant extract).

The invention relates to a liquid or semi-liquid bioactive dairy composition formed from a bioactive powder containing a colostrum powder and/or milk powder and immunoglobulin G (IgG), water and a food grade acid; the composition having a pH between 2.5-4.0. The bioactive dairy composition can be used in the preparation of a range of ready-to-drink and ready-to-eat food products having bioactive properties. Processes for the preparation of the bioactive dairy composition and the associated food and beverage products is also described.

The invention provides a hybrid ale strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and uses thereof.

Disclosed is a Ganoderma Lucidum strain suitable for large-scale liquid fermentation, named as Ganoderma Lucidum G2, deposited with China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center under the accession number CGMCC No. 3982 on Jul. 20, 2010, and a method of mutation breeding the same and use of the strain. The Ganoderma Lucidum strain which belongs to Ganodermataceae, genus Ganoderma, species red Ganoderma Lucidum is obtained by artificial mutagenizing and breeding. The production of mycelia using the Ganoderma Lucidum strain G2 is 80120 times higher as compared with the production of mycelia using wild-type nave Ganoderma Lucidum strain. The mycelia produced using the Ganoderma Lucidum strain G2 have higher contents of main pharmaceutical ingredients. The Ganoderma Lucidum strain suitable for large-scale liquid fermentation can be used for manufacturing oral solution or beverage comprising Ganoderma mycelia or extracts of Ganoderma mycelia as main active ingredient.

The present disclosure provides soluble dietary fibers, food and beverage products including them, and methods for using them. In one aspect, the disclosure provides soluble dietary fiber having a fiber content of at least 97% as measured by AOAC 2001.03 and a DP1+DP2 content of no more than 3 wt % (e.g., no more than 2 wt %) on a dry solids basis. The soluble dietary fiber can be useful in variety of food and beverage applications including fermented foods and beverages like beer and sake.

The invention provides an agent for improving circadian rhythm comprising cells of lactic acid bacterium or treated product thereof as an active ingredient.

The multiple embodiments described herein comprise the genome of a probiotic Bifidobacterium longum bifidobacteria strain and genes encoded by the genome. Various novel Bifidobacterium longum are described.

Provided is a culture product having a mild rose aroma and suitable for imparting the rose aroma to a cosmetic product, a food or a drink, a pharmaceutical product, and the like.

A culture product, which is obtained by fermenting a lactic acid bacterium culture product in a medium containing a milk component with Kluyveromyces marxianus, and comprises isoamyl alcohol in an amount of 0.3 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of phenylethyl acetate.

Disclosed is a method for preparing Agrocybe cylindracea fermented kudzuvine root and coix seeds beverage, and relates to the technical field of fermented beverage product development. The method includes steps of germinating coix seeds to obtain germinated coix seeds, respectively pulping kudzuvine root and germinated coix seeds with water into pastes of kudzuvine root and germinated coix seeds, gelatinizing the pastes, followed by respectively adding with high-temperature amylase for primary enzymolysis and inactivating enzyme, and respectively adding with glucoamylase for secondary enzymolysis and inactivating enzyme to obtain saccharified liquids of kudzuvine root and germinated coix seeds; mixing the saccharified liquids of kudzuvine root and germinated coix seeds, followed by sterilizing and inoculating with Agrocybe cylindracea seed solution for fermentation, and then obtaining a Agrocybe cylindracea fermented kudzuvine root and coix seeds beverage.

Disclosed are a roxburgh rose and Coix seeds composite beverage and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of food processing. The preparation method includes: heating Coix seeds pulp for gelatinization, followed by adding alpha-amylase (-amylase) for liquefaction, then adding saccharifying enzyme for saccharification to obtain Coix seeds enzymatic hydrolysate; then using Coix seeds enzymatic hydrolysate and roxburgh rose juice as raw materials, carrying out staged fermentation with Coriolus versicolor and Lactobacillus plantarum to obtain a fermentation broth, followed by homogenizing and filtering, centrifuging, sterilizing to obtain a new type of natural fermented beverage with aroma of roxburgh rose fruit, Coix seed, Coriolus versicolor-specific mushroom flavor and lactic acid fermentation flavor.