Provided herein are microalgal skin care compositions and methods of improving the health and appearance of skin. Also provided are methods of using polysaccharides for applications such as topical personal care products, cosmetics, and wrinkle reduction compositions. The invention also provides novel decolorized microalgal compositions useful for improving the health and appearance of skin. The invention also includes insoluble polysaccharide particles for application to human skin.

A pre-fermented symbiotic matrix based on a cereal suspension containing encapsulated probiotics and prebiotics, the manufacturing process and the corresponding use are disclosed. The invention complements the actual functional food market solving problems inherent to reduced shelf-life of foods due to loss of probiotic viability to values below the minimum limits needed to promote biological activity. The invention also improves the enzymatic process in the preparation of the cereal base and the fermentative process conditions at different levels, namely the ability to control the concentration of sugars in the cereal suspension without adding sugars, increase protein and fiber content, reduce fermentation time to reduce energy consumption during the process and reduce the risk of contamination as well as promote long term microbial stability maintenance. The invention is designed for cases where intolerance and/or allergy to dairy products occur, as wells for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries, including pet food.

The present invention relates to frozen confectionary product comprising up to 20% wt fat, up to 25% milk solids non fat (MSNF), from 5 to 40% wt sweetening agent and up to 3% of stabilizer and/or emulsifier, wherein said frozen confectionery further comprises a hydrolyzed whole grain composition and an alpha-amylase or fragment thereof which alpha-amylase or fragment thereof shows no hydrolytic activity towards dietary fibers when in the active state.

A flowable food composition product utilizing a novel blend of ingredients and a method for creating the same is provided. The flowable food composition includes a food product having a liquid component, such as a condiment like sauerkraut, that is combined with a water-holding agent and a lubricating agent to allow the food composition to flow from a flexible squeeze-type bottle. The method for creating this food product comprises adding a water-holding agent and a lubricating agent to a raw food material which, in some cases, has been strained and chopped, enabling the mixture to become flowable from a flexible package, such as a plastic squeeze bottle.

The present invention relates to a liquid single serving composition comprising a cereal component, a dairy component, a fruit component and an additional soluble fibre and to a process of making such composition. The invention also relates to the use of the composition for providing nutrition to a child in the morning and its use for preventing a child from fasting in the morning.

Exemplary embodiments provide oat fractions, and methods of producing the oat fractions, of the species Avena Sativa that has a concentration of total Avenanthramides that is from about 2 to about 25 wt. %, and up to about 30 wt. % or more, higher than the concentration before treatment with infrared energy. The higher concentration is achieved without treatment with enzymes or exposure to fungal agents to increase the concentration of total Avenanthramides. Instead, the enhanced concentration of Avenanthramides is achieved through exposure to infrared energy for a selected period of time.

The disclosure discloses stabilized rice aleurone and a preparation method, using the technology of classifying a rice aleurone layer by a tangential injection airflow impeller classifier combined with an ultrasonic vibrating screen for the first time, and simultaneously uses steam treatment coupled with thermal enzyme inactivation by drum drying as a stabilization method to prepare the stabilized rice aleurone for the first time. The drum drying equipment realizes the two purposes of enzyme inactivation and drying, and the method has the advantages of short process flow, simple equipment, high utilization rate, small floor space, low investment, low energy consumption and no pollution, and is suitable for industrial promotion. The stabilized rice aleurone has high nutritional value, is rich in functional ingredients, and can be used as a raw material for functional food development in industrial production and food applications.

The present invention relates to the solubilisation of cereal bran, for preparing compositions comprising soluble fractions of cereal bran and the use of these compositions comprising solubilised cereal bran for the preparation of food products, such as bread.

The disclosure concerns a method for producing a layered cookie comprising at least one biscuit and a filling, the layered cookie containing 10 wt % to 25 wt % fat and 15 wt % to 40 wt % sugar, wherein the slowly-digestible-starch-over-total-available-starch ratio of the layered cookie is at least 31 wt %, the method including: forming a dough comprising a cereal flour, fat, sugar and at most 8 wt % added water relative to the total weight of the dough; molding the dough into the shape of a biscuit; baking the biscuit; and assembling the biscuit with a filling to form a layered cookie; wherein the cereal flour comprises refined cereal flour, in an amount of at least 21 wt % over the total weight of the dough, with a water absorption under 55% as measured by Brabender Farinograph.

Embodiments herein relate to stabilized, whole-grain flour, food products including such stabilized, whole-grain flour, and methods of making stabilized, whole-grain flour and food products including the same. In an embodiment, a method of making a stable, whole grain flour is included. Whole grain wheat flour made using this method has shown exceptional biscuit and cracker making functionality producing high quality end products. The method can include tempering whole grain wheat and heating the tempered whole grain wheat at a temperature of about 120 degrees Celsius to about 160 degrees Celsius for about 5 to 20 minutes. The method can further include milling the whole grain to form a bran and germ fraction and a break flour fraction, fine milling the bran and germ fraction, and recombining the fine milled bran and germ fraction with the break flour fraction to produce a straight run flour. Other embodiments are also included herein.