The invention relates to a fermented onion composition having a dry matter content of at feast 8 wt. %, said composition comprising, per gram of dry matter: a) 0-150 mg of saccharides selected from fructose, glucose, sucrose and combinations thereof; b) 5-250 mg of phenols selected from acid equivalent of gallic acid, acid equivalent of ferulic acid, quercetin, kaempferol and combinations thereof; c) 75-500 mg acid equivalent of organic acid selected from propionic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid and combinations thereof,

The fermented onion composition of the present invention can advantageously be used as an effective, label-friendly food ingredient to increase overall quality of foods.

The invention also provides a method of preparing a fermented onion composition, comprising: providing an onion substrate containing 10-50 wt. % dry matter and 50-90 wt. % water, wherein at least 40 wt. % of the dry matter is derived from onion; inoculating the substrate with a micro-organism selected from lactic acid bacteria, Propionibacterium and combinations thereof; and incubating the inoculated substrate at a temperature in the range of 25-60° C. for at least 12 hours to produce an onion ferment.

The present invention relates to a novel black garlic extract using garlic bulbs separated into six bulbs as a raw material instead of conventional whole garlic and a preparation method thereof. There is an excellent effect of providing a novel black garlic extract with various functionalities of high sweetness and high viscosity and improved flavor and reddish brown color as well as induce high-concentration conversion of 10 times or more to a S-allyl-cysteine compound in which a functional ingredient of raw garlic having antioxidation, reduction in blood cholesterol, improved liver function, and enhanced blood pressure is present in a small amount of 10 ppm or less by maximizing conversion of starch into reducing sugar for most preferably 15 days in a 90% to 100% saturated steam state and a liquefied enzymatic action temperature of 75° C. to 80° C. or lower without separate enzyme addition, and optimizing the action of proteases.

Nutritional supplements and formulations containing bioactive substances found in plants are described. Uses of nutritional supplements and formulations are also described.

A food kit may include a food item, a shaped food seasoning product, and a container. In some examples, the shaped food seasoning product defines a three-dimensional shape and includes a binder material binding the shaped food seasoning product together to define the three-dimensional shape and seasoning. The seasoning may form greater than 20 weight percent of the shaped food seasoning product. The container may enclose the food item and the shaped food seasoning product so that the food item and the shaped food seasoning product are contained inside the container. During use, a consumer may transfer the contents of the food kit to a cooking container and add liquid to the container, causing the shaped food seasoning product to dissolve and release the seasoning bound in the seasoning product.

Onions in an aqueous brine have one or more acids chosen from lactic acid, citric acid, and phosphoric acid; and at least one acid chosen from ascorbic acid and bisulfite, which makes it possible for an onion food product to achieve commercial sterility. Although makeable in other ways, an onion product results from onions in the aqueous brine being sealed in a container, and optionally inverted, and heated.

A method of making a butter-based hot sauce includes caramelizing a sugar element to create a caramel, and combining the caramel, an amount of a butter, and a pepper sauce.

A method of preparing seasoned raw pollock includes cutting pollock flesh from pollock of which skin has been removed, preparing a salt mixture by adding Euphorbia humifusa powder and Dryopteris crassirhizoma powder to deep sea water brine, salting the pollock flesh in the salt mixture; preparing a vinegar mixture by adding Ixeris dentata powder and Androsace umbellata powder to vinegar water, performing fermentation by immersing the salted pollock flesh in the vinegar mixture, and mixing the fermented pollock flesh with salt, red pepper powder, garlic, ginger, sugar, syrup, vinegar, and sesame. Seasoned raw pollock is prepared by using the method, and a processed food is produced by using the seasoned raw pollock.

The present invention relates to a method for producing kimchi seasoning mix includes mixing the raw materials in the powder form and drying the raw materials with hot air, wherein the raw materials include red pepper powder, conventional seasoning, vegetable powder, yeast and vegetable lactic acid bacteria. Accordingly, the taste and aroma of kimchi can be felt without the process of preparing actual kimchi, such as soaking kimchi with pickled cabbage. In addition, as the process of soaking kimchi is omitted, the manufacturing process is greatly simplified. In other words, the time to soak kimchi is not only shortened, but the kimchi soup produced inevitably when actual kimchi is manufactured is omitted.

A solid flavour composition includes a plurality of individual components at least one of which is a flavour-providing substance and at least one of which is an auxiliary ingredient, in which all amorphous components are present as particulate aggregates. The flavour composition is particularly storage-stable.

The present invention relates to a novel black garlic extract using garlic bulbs separated into six bulbs as a raw material instead of conventional whole garlic and a preparation method thereof. There is an excellent effect of providing a novel black garlic extract with various functionalities of high sweetness and high viscosity and improved flavor and reddish brown color as well as induce high-concentration conversion of 10 times or more to a S-allyl-cysteine compound in which a functional ingredient of raw garlic having antioxidation, reduction in blood cholesterol, improved liver function, and enhanced blood pressure is present in a small amount of 10 ppm or less by maximizing conversion of starch into reducing sugar for most preferably 15 days in a 90% to 100% saturated steam state and a liquefied enzymatic action temperature of 75° C. to 80° C. or lower without separate enzyme addition, and optimizing the action of proteases.