The present invention relates to a method for the modification of cereal bran, a method for the production of a modified cereal bran product as well as the use of such products in the production of food products.

Heat-stabilized defatted rice bran (HDRB) is fermented with yeast to afford a food product having superior prebiotic for probiotic properties. Fermentation of HDRB with yeast yields a prebiotic composition that can promote the growth and/or activity of beneficial intestinal bacteria (probiotic) when consumed by an animal or human. The prebiotic and/or probiotic compositions can afford substances having desirable health effects when consumed. The yeast fermented, and the probiotic fermented extracts and residues will have several nutraceutical compounds including protein, phenolics, phytic acid, arabinose, bioactive isoflavones, dietary fibers and several others that will have health benefits. Inclusion of legumes during fermentation can synergistically enhance the bioactivities of HDRB. HDRB can be a source of growth medium for yeast/mold/microorganisms.

The present disclosure relates to methods of reducing the formation of acrylamide in a thermally processed food product and to cooked food products with reduced acrylamide. The method comprises providing a food product or food intermediate in need of reduction of formation of acrylamide during thermal processing and applying a bran composition to the food product or food intermediate in an amount effective to reduce formation of acrylamide during thermal processing to a level that is lower than if the composition had not been applied.

The present disclosure relates to a dough for producing a biscuit having a slowly-digestible-starch-over-total-available-starch ratio of at least 31%, the biscuit comprising at least 29 wt % cereal flour, 5 to 22 wt % fat and at most 30 wt % sugar relative to the total weight of the biscuit, the dough comprising: cereal flour, fat, sugar and added water; and wherein the added water is in an amount of at most 8 wt % relative to the weight of dough.

A method is described for treating bran to improve sensory attributes in food products made with the treated bran. The method includes acidifying a bran to a pH of less than 5 for a period of time sufficient to achieve an increase in soluble protein, then increasing the pH to at least 5.5. Also described are compositions including a treated bran, and methods of using a treated bran to increase bran content in foods or to improve organoleptic qualities in foods containing bran.

The invention provides a feed or food ingredient derived from soy hulls, wherein the feed or food ingredient comprises dietary fibres from the soy hulls in the form of soluble and insoluble polysaccharides, and wherein the dietary fibres from the soy hulls have been partly degraded by one or more carbohydrase(s) selected from mannanase(s), pectinase(s), xylanase(s), glucanase(s), and cellulase(s), into oligosaccharides having from 3 to 30 monomer sugar units (Oligosaccharides DP 3-30), and wherein the feed or food product comprises 5% by weight mono sugars, or less, preferably providing prebiotic effect.

A composition comprising: (i) a mixture containing a lipid-soluble vitamin dissolved in a lipid, and (ii) bran; wherein the mixture is absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto the bran and wherein the lipid does not originate from the bran. Also provided are processes for providing a stabilised vitamin composition.

A tribo-electrostatic separation process and system for the preparation of various food and feed products. A tribo-electric separation process and system for fractionating a feed mixture comprising at least two members of the group of proteins, starches, soluble and insoluble fibers. Namely, supplying a feed mixture comprising at least two of the group of proteins, starches, soluble and insoluble fibers to a tribo-electric separator and simultaneously charging and separating the feed mixture into at least two subfractions, with one of the subfractions enriched in one of protein, starch and fiber and having a composition different than the feed mixture.

The invention pertains to a method for processing aleurone-containing plant-based material characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: i) optionally washing the aleurone-containing plant-based material, whereby protein is separated from the aleurone-containing plant-based material to obtain a first protein-containing liquid (22) and the aleurone-containing plant-based material: ii) optionally removing water from the aleurone-containing plant-based material to obtain an aleurone-containing plant-based material suspension (2) containing 1 to 30% by weight of the aleurone-containing plant-based material, based on the total weight of the suspension, and obtaining a second protein-containing liquid (23); and ill) treating the suspension of the aleurone-containing plant-based material (2) containing 1 to 30% by weight of the aleurone-containing plant-based material with a high shear mill (3) to at least partially release protein encapsulated in the aleurone cells, and to obtain a ground aleurone-containing plant-based fiber (4).

A process for preparation of cereal fractions. The process comprises wet milling of oat grains or barley grains in the presence of an enzyme composition derived from malt; and when oat grains or barley grains are wet milled, optionally isolating, from the wet milled grains, a beta-glucan enriched fraction. Liquid and solid food products obtainable by the process.