This invention relates to a method for cultivating pluriennial plants belonging to the Cardueae tribe and for the integrated recovery of inulin, seeds and biomass from the said plants.

Stable vitamin A powders The present invention relates to BHT-free powderous formulations comprising a fat-soluble-vitamin or a carotenoid, a hydrocolloid, a starch hydrolysate, tocopherol and sodium ascorbate and its use for staple food fortification.

Compositions that can be used in foodstuff, cosmetic, or nutraceutical products, and consumer products comprising such compositions are provided. The compositions may comprise at least one or more oligosaccharides and one or more components. The compositions may comprise a sweet taste and may be suitable to be used as sweeteners, binders, and/or fiber content enhancers in finished products such as consumable products. The compositions may provide a favorable sweet taste, a desirable texture, or other desirable characteristics.

Glucosyl steviol glycosides (GSG) compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana. The GSG compositions can be used as sweeteners in various consumables including foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

The invention describes products, uses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods to prepare products formed from Maillard reaction products from a sugar donor and/or sweet tea extracts, stevia extracts, swingle (mogroside) extracts, one or more sweet tea extract components, one or more steviol glycosides, one or more mogrosides, one or more glycosylated sweet tea glycosides, one or more glycosylated steviol glycosides or one or more glycosylated mogrosides and an amine donor/reactant.

Compositions comprising polysaccharides and oligosaccharides are provided. Methods for the formation of the compositions, including the enzymatic production of the oligosaccharides, and the uses of the compositions in foodstuffs, cosmetics, and nutraceuticals are also provided.

Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions.

Provided herein are compositions with enhanced sweetness per weight when compared to the sweetener carbohydrate or sweetener polyol component thereof, and methods for the preparation thereof.

Compositions comprising high purity glycosylated steviosides and/or Maillard reaction products thereof are described. These compositions provide improved taste profiles and can be used as sweeteners or flavorants in consumable products, including foods and beverages.

A D-psicose-containing sweetener with the modification of the taste of D-psicose includes D-psicose, a sugar alcohol and/or a high intensity sweetener, preferably containing D-psicose as the main component, particularly a low-calorie sweetener and/or a sweetener giving refreshing feel in the oral cavity, as well as foods and drinks obtained by using the D-psicose-containing sweetener with the modification of the taste of D-psicose, and other products given with sweetness. The sugar alcohol is one or more sugar alcohols selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol, lactitol, maltitol, xylitol and erythritol, while the high intensity sweetener is one or more high intensity sweeteners as selected from aspartame, acesulfame K, sodium cyclamate, sodium saccharin, Sucralose (under trade name), stevia sweetener, dulcin, taumatin, neotame and monellin.