The invention relates to edible films, and more particularly to a method for preparing a food packaging film with antibacterial activity. By adding konjac glucomannan and glycerin in starch to obtain a composite film, the aggregation and rearrangement effect among molecules of amylose starch can be weakened, the defects such as high brittleness and low ductility of high-amylose corn starch can be improved, and, since the konjac glucomannan is rich in dietary fiber that is slowly digestible, a low-calorie edible packaging film can be produced by compounding. By adding the embedded product of perilla oil and cyclodextrin in the mixed dispersion of high-amylose corn starch and konjac glucomannan to prepare an active film, the film can have a smoother surface and more perfect and uniform structure, and also, the composite film can have a function of bacteria inhibition.

Compositions, specifically a jelly, are provided the use of which composition as an auxiliary means eases the taking of oral medication in solid form, which composition comprises iota-carrageenan as a jellifying agent and citric acid as a salivating agent, characterized in that the composition further comprises maltodextrin. In another aspect, the composition comprises a calcium sequestrant for adjusting Ca-ion activity of the composition. In one embodiment, the composition comprises iota-carrageenan in 0.7-1.0% in mass, citric acid in 0.06-0.07% in mass, maltodextrin in 1.5% in mass, all relative to the total mass of the composition, and an amount of a calcium sequestrant such that the Ca-ion activity of the composition is between 20 ppm and 80 ppm.

The present invention relates to a food composition, a process for the production of the food composition, a food composition producible by the method according to the invention, the use of the food composition and products comprising the food composition according to the invention.

The present invention relates to a powdered creamer composition comprising plant protein having a specific median molecular weight, sodium bicarbonate and citric acid which has good sensorial properties and is stable when added to beverages such as coffee without the need for additional stabilisers.

The present invention is a capsule containing pyrroloquinoline quinone or salt thereof, a branched-chain amino acid, and an edible oil or fat or a cyclodextrin as contents of the capsule.

In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into sugars.

There is provided a method of manufacturing a nutritional composition comprising carbohydrate in an amount of at least 250 g l.sup.1 of composition. The method comprises the steps of: (i) combining a first gelling agent and water, (ii) heating the mixture produced in step (i) to a temperature of between 60 C. and 100 C.; (iii) combining a second gelling agent with the heated mixture of step (ii) with mixing; and (iv) maintaining the mixture produced in step (iii) at a temperature of between 70 C. and 100 C. for between 10 and 120 minutes; with a carbohydrate component being combined with the mixture during one or more of said steps. Also provided is a nutritional composition.

An edible composition to increase the metabolism of alcohol thus prevent or lessen the symptoms caused by ingesting excessive amounts of alcohol is disclosed.

A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.

Powdered cannabis extracts and methods for obtaining powdered cannabis extracts are described. In an aspect, the present application describes a method of preparing a single-serve container. The single-serve container may be configured for receipt in a single-serve brewing machine. The method may include: obtaining cannabis extract; processing the cannabis extract to obtain powdered cannabis extract and adding the powdered cannabis extract to the single-serve container; adding a flavoring agent to the single serve container; and sealing the single-serve container.