Edible blood compositions and methods of preparation and uses thereof are described. The method may include preparing an aqueous hibiscus solution; preparing a mixture of cornstarch and cherry juice concentrate; heating the aqueous hibiscus solution; adding cocoa powder to the aqueous hibiscus solution; combining the mixture of cornstarch and cherry juice concentrate with the mixture of the aqueous hibiscus solution and the cocoa powder to form a combined mixture; adding a nutritive sweetener to the combined mixture; allowing the combined mixture to reach a boiling point to activate the cornstarch; and cooling the mixture after a desired consistency and color are obtained to prepare the edible blood composition. An animal edible blood composition may be prepared using water, tart concentrate, and tart cherry juice concentrate.

Edible blood compositions and methods of preparation and uses thereof are described. The method may include preparing an aqueous hibiscus solution; preparing a mixture of cornstarch and cherry juice concentrate; heating the aqueous hibiscus solution; adding cocoa powder to the aqueous hibiscus solution; combining the mixture of cornstarch and cherry juice concentrate with the mixture of the aqueous hibiscus solution and the cocoa powder to form a combined mixture; adding a nutritive sweetener to the combined mixture; allowing the combined mixture to reach a boiling point to activate the cornstarch; and cooling the mixture after a desired consistency and color are obtained to prepare the edible blood composition. An animal edible blood composition may be prepared using water, tart concentrate, and tart cherry juice concentrate.

A method for preparing seafood alternatives from vegetation is provided. The method includes preparing the vegetation, wherein the preparing the vegetation includes cutting the vegetation into two or more pieces, brining the vegetation in a brining solution, cooking the vegetation, and marinating the vegetation in a marinade configured to give the vegetation a seafood flavor.

The present invention relates to bouillon tablets, in particular to a process for preparing a bouillon tablet. The process comprises a co-processed salt-fiber mass and mixing said co-processed salt-fiber mass with at least one further ingredient selected from the group consisting of salt, sugar, MSG, flavourings, fillers, oil, fat, or any combination thereof to result in a dry mass and pressing the dry mass into a tablet.

Methods of preparing a hemicellulose-product and a holocellulose-product from a carbohydrate-rich material, including spend coffee grounds, are described. Hemicellulose-products and holocellulose-products produced according to these methods are also described.

The present invention relates to a meat processed food, into which a gel-like material is locally and quantitatively filled. Provided is a method for producing a meat processed food, having a step of cooling a gelling agent solution prepared by adding a gelling agent into water and then heating and dissolving the gelling agent, so as to prepare a gel-like material having fluidity; and a step of filling the gel-like material into a plurality of predetermined positions inside a meat-containing raw material.

The invention provides an edible fiber comprising a biopolymer and a plasticiser; wherein the weight ratio of biopolymer to plasticiser is about 1:0.25 to about 1:3; and wherein the fiber has a diameter of about 0.5 m to about 1 mm.

The invention provides a savoury concentrate comprising: a) at least 30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of an oil phase comprising liquid oil; b) 3-30 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of edible salt selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and combinations thereof; c) 1-50 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of savoury taste giving ingredients selected from glutamate, 5-ribonucleotides, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactic acid, citric acid and combinations thereof; d) up to 10 wt. %, by weight of the concentrate, of water; and e) particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from plant tissue selected from parenchymal plant tissue, stem tissue of monocotyledon plants and combinations thereof, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 m and 500 m;
wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is dispersed in the oil phase in a concentration of 0.05 to 15 wt. %, by weight of the liquid oil.

The particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from parenchymal pant tissue and/or stem tissue of monocotyledon plants is capable of forming an oil-retaining matrix within the liquid oil and thereby minimize oil exudation.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a water-soluble polysaccharide which is less expensive and enables the production of an acidic protein food or drink, said acidic protein food or drink being stable in an acidic pH range at the isoelectric point of protein or higher, even by using a starting material such as a root vegetable. A water-soluble polysaccharide, which is extracted from a starting material derived from a root vegetable in a wet state with hot water under acidic conditions of pH 2.7-3.7, can well stabilize an acidic protein food or drink in a pH range at the isoelectric point of protein or higher.

This invention relates to the development of a method and process of enrichment of a fructan of Agave Tequilana Weber and Oaxacan Agave Angustifolia Haw in a prebiotic drink with unique characteristics that offers the prebiotic effect in probiotic and animal strains, using the in vitro and in vivo method. The developed process of enrichment protects the unique fructan against the polimerization grade change, thus allowing the preservation of its innate prebiotic characteristics.