A method of preparing paprika red pigment with low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons includes (1) drying, crushing and granulating mature peppers to obtain pepper particles; (2) extracting the pepper particles with a vegetable oil in a rotocel extractor to obtain a paprika red pigment solution; (3) extracting the paprika red pigment solution with an ethanol solution in a liquid-liquid extractor to remove spicy substances; (4) running the paprika red pigment solution through a low-pressure chromatography column to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and (5) concentrating the paprika red pigment solution to obtain the paprika red pigment with low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

The invention relates to a process for purifying syrups. The process comprises removing charged components from the syrup by passing said syrup through a capacitive deionization cell. The present invention further relates to the use of capacitive deionization to recover charged components from syrups. In particular the syrups are mannose, fructose and sorbitol containing syrups.

The present invention relates to a browning-inhibiting composition containing a compound represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, R.sup.24, R.sup.26 and R.sup.27 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R.sup.21 or R.sup.23 is a hydrogen atom; when R.sup.23 represents a hydrogen atom, at least one of R.sup.22 or R.sup.24 represents a substituent; R.sup.25 represents a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a substituent; R.sup.22 and R.sup.23, or R.sup.23 and R.sup.24 may be bonded together to form a ring with an oxygen atom and a carbon atom to which these Rs are bonded; R.sup.25 and R.sup.26, or R.sup.26 and R.sup.27 may be bonded together to form a ring structure with carbon atoms to which these Rs are bonded; X represents an oxygen atom or CH.sub.2; and a dashed line may represent a double bond.

Disclosed herein is a method for removing heavy metals from biomass, performed by contacting the biomass with an acid, thereby producing an acidic suspension, solution, paste or a mixture thereof, followed by separating the heavy metals from said biomass, thereby removing the heavy metals from the biomass.

In one embodiment, a method for creating a food product is provided. The method may include providing a portion of egg base, the egg base including water and egg solids; providing a portion of cations; mixing the water, the egg solids, and the cation portion; and heating the mixture. The cation portion may include at least one of Zinc, Manganese, and Copper cations. In another embodiment, a food product is provided. The food product may include cooked egg; and Sulfur-containing salts of at least one of Zinc, Manganese, and Copper. The food product may contain between 0.25 and 10 mg of metal components of the Sulfur-containing salts per 0.967 g egg white solids and between 0.25 and 10 mg of metal components of the Sulfur-containing salts per 5.35 g egg yolk solids.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating or detecting allergy in a subject. The invention may be used to reduce allergenicity of compositions, such as food products, or to stimulate immunogenicity of products, such as vaccines. The invention may be used in any mammal such as human.

A process for preparing (1.fwdarw.6)--D-glucan. A large amount of (1.fwdarw.6)--D-glucan can be prepared from banana by using this process. The chemical structure of (1.fwdarw.6)--D-glucan is shown as Scheme 1. The yield of (1.fwdarw.6)--D-glucan is 3-16 g/kg (with a purity of 85%-95%). This process provides a feasible technique for extensive utilization of banana, and can improve the additional value of banana products. This process is helpful for the sustainable development of banana processing industry. ##STR00001##

The present disclosure relates to a process for debittering olives without intentional fermentation or lye treatment, the process comprising: providing at least one container loaded with olives; contacting an aqueous acidic brine with the olives under conditions sufficient to release at least some of any bitter compounds therefrom; and contacting the aqueous acidic brine with an adsorbent resin so as to remove one or more of any bitter compounds or colouring compounds from the aqueous acidic brine that has been in contact with the olives.

A malodor counteracting composition contains a malodor counteractant that is capable of neutralizing a malodor and a stabilizer that is capable of decreasing or preventing self-polymerization of the malodor counteractant. The malodor counteractant has a backbone and one or more reactive end groups that are covalently attached to the backbone, the backbone has a molecular weight of 100 to 50,000 Daltons, and the one or more reactive end groups each have an ,-unsaturated carbonyl group. Also disclosed are consumer, industrial or textile products containing the malodor counteracting composition and methods of neutralizing malodor using the composition.

The present invention relates to processes for removal of Michael acceptors from certain compositions wherein the composition is treated with a thiol-containing compound under conditions sufficient to remove Michael acceptors and the resulting thiol-Michael adducts. Certain embodiments of the present invention enable quantification and/or removal of Michael acceptors and/or Michael acceptor precursors.