The present invention relates to a method for three-dimensional microwave air-jet drying of persimmon slices, comprising steps of grading and cleaning, slicing, microwave heating, steam de-astringency, hot-air reverse primary drying, negative-pressure intermittent secondary drying, cooling and packaging. In the present invention, high-temperature (60-70 C.) high-pressure annularly sprayed citric acid and 40% alcohol vapor (rotating at 360) are adopted to remove astringency of persimmons, wherein high temperature causes more intense Brownian motion of liquid molecules; high pressure improves permeation and diffusion speed of de-astringency liquid in the persimmon slices; citric acid plays a membrane breaking role on persimmon cell membranes; and 40% alcohol vapor is allowed to rapidly diffuse into cells, so that tannin is polymerized into insoluble gel from a soluble state, thereby achieving a uniform and rapid de-astringency effect.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions comprising rice bran extract, method of making rice bran extract and method of using same.

Methods are described for removing contaminants, including glycidyl fatty acid esters, 3-monochloropropane diol and toxins from edible oils by using short path stripping at reduced temperatures and pressures.

Food for human consumption is smoked by providing smoke, removing one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the smoke and contacting the food with the treated smoke, or smoking the food and then removing the PAHs from the smoked food. PAH removal is selective, to remove the PAHs that contain 4 or more benzene rings, in particular without significantly changing the volatile profile of the smoked food. A selective filter is provided, as is apparatus comprising a smoke generator, a chamber in which to smoke food, and the selective filter, disposed between the smoke generator and the chamber.

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for soaking foodstuff in a liquid under set acid pH conditions of the liquid so as to reduce a content of phytic acid and/or phytate contained in the foodstuff. The apparatus comprises a vessel for receiving the foodstuff and for receiving the liquid for soaking the foodstuff within the vessel. The apparatus further comprises an amount determining system which is configured to determine an amount of the liquid and/or an amount of the foodstuff to be used for the soaking within the vessel and a pH adjusting system configured to perform an electrolysis of at least a portion of the liquid for adjusting a pH level of the liquid. The method comprises supplying an amount of the foodstuff and an amount of the liquid to a vessel; wherein the amount of foodstuff and/or the amount of the liquid is determined using an amount determining system; wherein a pH level of the liquid is adjusted using a pH adjusting system configured to perform an electrolysis of at least a portion of the liquid.

Described is a multi-mushroom mycelial compound and botanical mixture, formulated as a solid or liquid composition, and methods of using the composition having nutritional and mood enhancing properties. The mushroom composition can include cactus or cactus extract, and can be formulated as a solid or liquid form for ingestion by a patient in need of the benefit provided by the composition.

The present invention discloses a method for efficiently and mildly reducing ovalbumin allergenicity. The present invention promotes the exposure of the ovalbumin allergenic site to the molecular surface by repeated freezing and thawing pretreatment, and combines transglycosylase and trypsinase for synergistic treatment to reduce the ovalbumin sugar chain and epitope to achieve the purpose of significantly reducing the allergenicity of ovalbumin and egg foods. Compared with other traditional methods such as high temperature and high pressure and other physical means to reduce egg allergenicity, the method significantly improves the specificity and effectiveness of egg desensitization, and minimizes the damage to the nutrition and quality of egg proteins, and is an efficient and mild egg desensitization method. The method has the prospects of being applied to the industrial development of low-allergenicity egg products.

Methods of manufacturing products from material comprising oilcake, compositions produced from materials comprising processed oilcake, and systems for processing oilcake are provided herein. A product is produced by a method comprising de-solubilizing protein in a first material comprising oilcake to produce a processed material comprising an insoluble protein fraction by extruding the first material in a pressure range of 10 bar to 80 bar. The processed material is hydrolyzed to produce a mixture comprising the insoluble protein fraction and a hydrolyzed fraction. The insoluble protein fraction is separated from the hydrolyzed fraction. The insoluble protein fraction is processed into the product by extruding the insoluble protein fraction in a pressure range of 10 bar to 80 bar.

Refined poultry fat comprising less than about 300 ppm of minerals and metals, wherein the refined poultry fat is resistant to bacterial growth when challenged with a bacterial species. The refined poultry fat is prepared from rendered poultry fat by a process comprising introducing moisture into the rendered poultry fat product to form a hydrated poultry fat product; (b) agitating and heating the hydrated poultry fat product such that droplets of water are dispersed throughout and coalesce with water-soluble impurities and/or particulate impurities in the hydrated poultry fat product to form a plurality of water-laden particles; and (c) removing the plurality of water-laden particles. The refined poultry fat can be used as an ingredient in the animal food industry, or can be used in the renewable energy industry.

A plant for the production of puffed pasta or puffed legumes comprising a cooker/dryer assembly, which is supplied with pasta or raw legumes and is designed to carry out a partial cooking of the pasta or of the legumes and a partial drying thereof, a puffing assembly, where the pasta or the legumes are puffed, and a collecting tank, into which the pasta or the legumes that have been subjected to the puffing process are conveyed. The cooker/dryer assembly comprises a cooking pipe, which is designed to house pasta or legumes in a running manner, heating means, which are designed to heat the pipe, moving means, which are designed to rotate the pipe around a longitudinal axis thereof, inclination means, which are designed to incline the pipe, a plurality of controlled running partitions, which are housed inside the pipe and are designed to slow down the running of pasta or legumes inside the pipe, and a plurality of mixing blades, which are housed inside the pipe and are designed to mix pasta or legumes inside the pipe.