This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.

This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.

Methods and compositions for the production of non-meat consumable products are described herein. A meat substitute is described which is constructed from a muscle analog, a fat analog, and a connective tissue analog.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a beer bittering agent via enzyme catalyzed bioconversion of hop-derived isoalpha acids to dihydro-(rho)-isoalpha acids.

The embodiments disclose a method including bottling alcoholic beverages with selected ingredients including alcohol neutral spirits, alcohol and whisky, beer, wine, ingredients to add flavors and nutritional additive ingredients to benefit the health of an alcoholic beverage drinker, wherein a selection of alcohols includes vodka, tequila, gin, rum, brandy and other alcoholic spirits, wherein a selection of ingredients to add flavors includes flavorings including fruit flavorings, an artificial sweetener, and natural sweetener, wherein a selection of nutritional additive ingredients includes vitamins, minerals, fulvic acid, humic acid, ulmic acid and a purified and sanitized black water with humic acid and fulvic acid molecules in a mixed solution, and wherein bottling includes a bottling electronic monitoring, at least one control network, at least one bottling quality control process and a bottling labeling and packaging process and devices.

A beer manufacturing apparatus includes a chamber, a coupler installed in the chamber and including a wort line and an air line, and a flow path unit connecting the wort line to the air line. The apparatus further includes a sterilization and washing cap coupled to the coupler to form a closed flow path with the flow path unit, a sterilization and washing filter bottle connected to the flow path unit and containing sterilization and washing water therein, a pump connected to the flow path unit, and a controller controlling an operation of the pump to circulate the sterilization and washing water contained in the sterilization and washing filter bottom in the closed flow path.

Disclosed herein is one or more maltose syrup having a (i) viscosity of 10,000 cP or less at 40 C. and 81.5% solids, and/or (ii) distribution of polysaccharides comprising 12% or less DP1, 42% or more DP2, 10% or more DP3, and 20.0%-33.0% DP4+, and the process for making and comestibles containing said syrup.

A beer-taste beverage, containing a carbon dioxide-extracting product of a plant raw material containing fruit peels of a citrus plant. The present invention provides a beer-taste beverage which is capable of favorably providing an aroma component of a citrus plant and a method for producing the same, which can provide a new taste as luxury products.

The present invention recognizes that there is a long felt need for the ability to produce extracts of natural products, such as but not limited to wood, in order to provide flavoring to foods and beverages, including but not limited to non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. A first aspect of the present invention generally relates to a method of making a flavored extract of at least one natural product such as wood. A second aspect of the present invention generally relates to a product produced ty the method of the first aspect. A third aspect of the present invention generally relates to a method of making a food or beverage including a product of the first aspect. A fourth aspect of the present invention generally relates to a food or beverage produced by a method of the third aspect. A fifth aspect of the present invention generally relates to aspects of the present invention particularly adapted for beer.

A method of purifying a hop raw material includes subjecting the hop raw material to a first processing step to form a hop oil extract substantially free of lipids, waxes, flavonoids, and plant matter, collecting the hop oil extract, and optionally subjecting the hop oil extract to a second processing step to yield a purified hop oil product.