A composition, containing a pepper component, a curcumin-cyclodextrin mixture and a mixture of fruits, vegetables and spices.

The present invention relates to a composition exhibiting a bile-salt hydrolase activity for its use for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, said composition comprising a bile-salt hydrolase (BSH)enzyme, a bacterium able to secrete a BSH, a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH, or a combination thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of a composition exhibiting a BSH activity for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, and to a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition comprising, as an active principle, a BSH, a lactic acid bacterium able to secrete a BSH, or a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH.

A digestive product includes a probiotic component and an immune modulator, such as transfer factor and/or a nanofraction immune modulator. The digestive product may also contain a prebiotic component, such as one or more of galactooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides, and fructooligosaccharides. The probiotic component may be encapsulated, such as probiotic micro beadlets.

Snack bars incorporating a prebiotic, probiotic and natural fibers, and methods of making such snack bars are described herein. The snack bar may incorporate waxy grains held together by a binder comprising inulin and may be enrobed with a yogurt coating. The methods may include mixing inulin into a binder syrup at low temperature and a slab-bake process for reducing water activity.

Snack bars incorporating a prebiotic, probiotic and natural fibers, and methods of making such snack bars are described herein. The snack bar may incorporate waxy grains held together by a binder comprising inulin and may be enrobed with a yogurt coating. The methods may include mixing inulin into a binder syrup at low temperature and a slab-bake process for reducing water activity.

The present application relates to fermented milk comprising allulose-containing saccharides, wherein the allulose is contained in an amount of 70 parts by weight or more with respect to 100 parts by weight of the saccharides on a dry solids basis.

A process of producing beverage includes the steps of washing cactus fruit and pitaya with clean water; drying the clean cactus fruit and pitaya; juicing the cactus fruit to obtain juice of the cactus fruit and juicing the pitaya to obtain juice of the pitaya respectively; filtering the juice of the cactus fruit and the juice of the pitaya respectively; mixing the filtered juice of the cactus fruit and the filtered juice of the pitaya with water to obtain a solution; pouring yeast and gram-positive bacteria in the solution wherein the yeast is Saccharomyces boulardii and the gram-positive bacteria includes Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium longum; and fermenting the solution until beverage is produced wherein fermentation temperature is between 26 C. and 35 C. and fermentation time lasts for 3 to 10 days.

The present invention relates to a method for extracting and purifying pea proteins. Hereto, according to the invention, peas are subjected to fermentation, preferably by lactic acid bacteria, prior to milling. Preferably the method for extracting pea proteins comprises the steps of: (a) subjecting an aqueous composition comprising peas to fermentation; (b) milling said peas; (c) fractionating said milled peas so as to obtain at least one protein comprising fraction; and (d) isolating pea proteins from said at least one protein comprising fraction. Also described are food or feed products comprising the pea proteins obtained according to the invention.

The invention herein relates generally to enhancing the survival and activity of probiotic Lactobacillus strains in mammals. Lactobacillus strain comprising a LacS transporter sequence having a sequence identity of at least 70% to SEQ ID NO: 1, and/or comprising a GH42 B-gal sequence, wherein the Lactobacillus strain is not a Lactobacillus reuteri strain. The invention comprises methods for cultivating and manufacturing probiotic Lactobacillus strains, and products containing such strains. In more detail the GC present invention relates to a composition comprising probiotic Lactobacillus strains, obtained by a step of growing the bacteria in a medium comprising galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) (pre-conditioning), and administering said pre-conditioned bacteria together with GOS in the final product. The inventors have found that such method induces a boost in the beneficial effects of the probiotic bacteria, such as survival in the gastrointestinal tract.

Provided is a novel Lactobacillus acidophilus YTI strain (deposition number: KCCM 11808P); and a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating menopause, comprising, as an active ingredient, Lactobacillus acidophilus comprising the novel strain.