The invention relates to olive processing, and includes methods for producing olives, as well as the olives produced thereby. In one aspect, the invention provides compositions directed towards packaged olive preparations having novel and beneficial characteristics, for example, olive preparations that are free of packing liquids such as brine solutions. In other aspects, the packaged olive preparations of the invention can have other beneficial properties, such as extended shelf life and flavored stuffings or flavor infusions. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for producing such olives. The invention relates particularly, but not exclusively, to black-ripe olives.

The present invention is situated in the field of food technology. The invention more specifically relates to a cream substitute wherein the milk or dairy-derived components, e.g. the milk protein component has been replaced by intact pulse protein. The invention further provides cream substitute products such as whipped cream, culinary cream, ice cream and milk dessert substitute as well as methods for producing these.

The present invention is situated in the field of food technology. The invention more specifically relates to a cream substitute wherein the milk or dairy-derived components, e.g. the milk protein component has been replaced by intact pulse protein. The invention further provides cream substitute products such as whipped cream, culinary cream, ice cream and milk dessert substitute as well as methods for producing these.

Described herein is method of preparing a food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function. The method includes washing medicinal herbs, extracting the medicinal herbs to obtain extracts, passing the extracts through a packed column, aging and filtering the extracts, mixing the filtered extracts with palm oil and grape seeds to obtain a mixture, aging the mixture, sterilizing the aged mixture, passing the sterilizing mixture through a packed column, packaging the sterilized mixture, and making the packaged mixture into a final product. The medicinal herbs includes Hovenia dulcis, young leaves of Artemisia scoparia, Pueraria thunbergiana, Curcuma longa, Angelica gigas, licorice, or cinnamon. Also described herein is the food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function made according to the method.

Described herein is method of preparing a food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function. The method includes washing medicinal herbs, extracting the medicinal herbs to obtain extracts, passing the extracts through a packed column, aging and filtering the extracts, mixing the filtered extracts with palm oil and grape seeds to obtain a mixture, aging the mixture, sterilizing the aged mixture, passing the sterilizing mixture through a packed column, packaging the sterilized mixture, and making the packaged mixture into a final product. The medicinal herbs includes Hovenia dulcis, young leaves of Artemisia scoparia, Pueraria thunbergiana, Curcuma longa, Angelica gigas, licorice, or cinnamon. Also described herein is the food including medicinal herb extracts for strengthening liver function made according to the method.

The invention relates to a foamable or whippable food composition, in particular a cream, comprising at least 12 wt. % fat, protein, water, a citric acid ester of a mono- or diglyceride of one or more fatty acids comprising an unsaturated acyl chain and a lactic acid ester of a mono- or diglyceride of one or more fatty acids, the total content of substances other than water being at least 15 wt. % of the total weight of the composition.

The invention relates to a foamable or whippable food composition, in particular a cream, comprising at least 12 wt. % fat, protein, water, a citric acid ester of a mono- or diglyceride of one or more fatty acids comprising an unsaturated acyl chain and a lactic acid ester of a mono- or diglyceride of one or more fatty acids, the total content of substances other than water being at least 15 wt. % of the total weight of the composition.

Provided is a method for producing a rumen-bypassing preparation which is produced at a low cost and simultaneously achieves the objects of protecting an active ingredient from release and decomposition in the first stomach and increasing release behavior in a target internal organ. A granular agent obtained thereby is also described. The method includes a step of applying vibration to a die head containing a melt of a coating agent for the rumen-bypassing preparation and a nutrient to bypass a rumen and having at least one injection port or to the melt, thereby injecting the melt from the injection port.

Provided is a method for producing a rumen-bypassing preparation which is produced at a low cost and simultaneously achieves the objects of protecting an active ingredient from release and decomposition in the first stomach and increasing release behavior in a target internal organ. A granular agent obtained thereby is also described. The method includes a step of applying vibration to a die head containing a melt of a coating agent for the rumen-bypassing preparation and a nutrient to bypass a rumen and having at least one injection port or to the melt, thereby injecting the melt from the injection port.

Provided is a composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function, containing Bifidobacterium breve as an active ingredient. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function is capable of reducing blood creatinine levels. The composition for preventing or improving impaired renal function can also be used in a pharmaceutical composition or a food or beverage product composition.