The present invention relates to a food comprising soybean powder and an edible fat or oil. More specifically, the present invention relates to a food in which the edible fat or oil contains a triglyceride with a medium-chain fatty acid(s) at a ratio of 50% by mass or higher relative to the mass of the edible fat or oil. In particular, the present invention relates to a food which is reduced in beany flavor, grassy flavor, astringency, oily feeling (oiliness), oily odor, and the like, which has a good flavor, and which is improved in feel-on-the-tongue, mouthfeel, milkiness, melt-in-the-mouth, smoothness, and richness, and to a method for producing the food. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for improving a flavor originated from soybean powder in a food comprising the soybean powder and an edible fat or oil.

Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous substrates, such as renewable H.sub.2 and waste CO.sub.2 producer gas, or syngas into high-protein biomass that may be used directly for human nutrition, or as a nutrient for plants, fungi, or other microorganisms, or as a source of soil carbon, nitrogen, and other mineral nutrients. Renewable H.sub.2 used in the processes described herein may be generated by electrolysis using solar or wind power. Producer gas used in the processes described herein may be derived from sources that include gasification of waste feedstock and/or biomass residue, waste gas from industrial processes, or natural gas, biogas, or landfill gas.

Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous substrates, such as renewable H.sub.2 and waste CO.sub.2 producer gas, or syngas into high-protein biomass that may be used directly for human nutrition, or as a nutrient for plants, fungi, or other microorganisms, or as a source of soil carbon, nitrogen, and other mineral nutrients. Renewable H.sub.2 used in the processes described herein may be generated by electrolysis using solar or wind power. Producer gas used in the processes described herein may be derived from sources that include gasification of waste feedstock and/or biomass residue, waste gas from industrial processes, or natural gas, biogas, or landfill gas.

This invention provides a tofu with long shelf life and preparation method thereof, comprising soaking soybean to make soy milk, filtering to remove bean dregs, boiling, primary cooling, homogenizing, deaerating, UHT sterilization, secondary cooling, inline mixing soy milk with sterilized composite coagulant, aseptic filling, microwave heating, solidification, cooling for formation. According to this invention, a composite coagulant is prepared by combining basic salts with coagulant, then, the composite coagulant is inline mixed with soy milk, next, the mixture is intermittently heated by microwave to form tofu. The invention solves the problems existed in the preparation of tofu with long shelf life, including short temporary storage time, easy tube pasting and other issues after the coagulant is mixed with soy milk. This invention has the advantages of causing no corrosion on pipes, and taking less time in the heating and solidification process, etc. The long-shelf-life tofu produced by the invention has a shelf-life of more than 3 months at room temperature, while maintaining the original quality of the tofu, and has better taste and higher elasticity.

This invention provides a tofu with long shelf life and preparation method thereof, comprising soaking soybean to make soy milk, filtering to remove bean dregs, boiling, primary cooling, homogenizing, deaerating, UHT sterilization, secondary cooling, inline mixing soy milk with sterilized composite coagulant, aseptic filling, microwave heating, solidification, cooling for formation. According to this invention, a composite coagulant is prepared by combining basic salts with coagulant, then, the composite coagulant is inline mixed with soy milk, next, the mixture is intermittently heated by microwave to form tofu. The invention solves the problems existed in the preparation of tofu with long shelf life, including short temporary storage time, easy tube pasting and other issues after the coagulant is mixed with soy milk. This invention has the advantages of causing no corrosion on pipes, and taking less time in the heating and solidification process, etc. The long-shelf-life tofu produced by the invention has a shelf-life of more than 3 months at room temperature, while maintaining the original quality of the tofu, and has better taste and higher elasticity.

A method for manufacturing low-sugar tofu rice containing indigestible maltodextrin, includes: a first step of preparing grains by pretreating them; a second step of preparing rice cooking water containing mulberry leaves, Solomon's seal, and bitter melon; and a third step of mixing and cooking the pretreated grains, the rice cooking water, indigestible maltodextrin, tofu, soaked white rice, protein powder, konjac, and coconut oil to manufacture low-sugar rice. In addition, the pretreatment of the first stage includes: a step 1-1 of washing the grains and soaking them for 30 to 60 minutes; a step 1-2 of adding 5 to 7 parts by weight of water to 10 parts by weight of the soaked grains and heating them for 10 to 15 minutes; and a step 1-3 of washing the heated grains with water to remove starch.

A method for manufacturing low-sugar tofu rice containing indigestible maltodextrin, includes: a first step of preparing grains by pretreating them; a second step of preparing rice cooking water containing mulberry leaves, Solomon's seal, and bitter melon; and a third step of mixing and cooking the pretreated grains, the rice cooking water, indigestible maltodextrin, tofu, soaked white rice, protein powder, konjac, and coconut oil to manufacture low-sugar rice. In addition, the pretreatment of the first stage includes: a step 1-1 of washing the grains and soaking them for 30 to 60 minutes; a step 1-2 of adding 5 to 7 parts by weight of water to 10 parts by weight of the soaked grains and heating them for 10 to 15 minutes; and a step 1-3 of washing the heated grains with water to remove starch.

Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous substrates, such as renewable H.sub.2 and waste CO.sub.2 producer gas, or syngas into high-protein biomass that may be used directly for human nutrition, or as a nutrient for plants, fungi, or other microorganisms, or as a source of soil carbon, nitrogen, and other mineral nutrients. Renewable H.sub.2 used in the processes described herein may be generated by electrolysis using solar or wind power. Producer gas used in the processes described herein may be derived from sources that include gasification of waste feedstock and/or biomass residue, waste gas from industrial processes, or natural gas, biogas, or landfill gas.

Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous substrates, such as renewable H.sub.2 and waste CO.sub.2 producer gas, or syngas into high-protein biomass that may be used directly for human nutrition, or as a nutrient for plants, fungi, or other microorganisms, or as a source of soil carbon, nitrogen, and other mineral nutrients. Renewable H.sub.2 used in the processes described herein may be generated by electrolysis using solar or wind power. Producer gas used in the processes described herein may be derived from sources that include gasification of waste feedstock and/or biomass residue, waste gas from industrial processes, or natural gas, biogas, or landfill gas.

A cheese-like fermented food includes a fermented and aged curd formed from a coagulated product of a soybean raw material, where the curd is fermented by a Koji mold. The soybean raw material contains soymilk and okara, and a content of the okara is greater than 0 parts by mass and 50 mass % or less on a dry mass basis, per 100 parts by mass of the soybean raw material.