A ready-to-bake brownie batter having prolonged shelf life and which produces brownies having desirable taste and texture characteristics is disclosed. The ready-to-bake brownie batter can include greater than or equal to 30 wt. % sugar, greater than or equal to 9 wt. % water, a sugar to flour ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5, and a water activity of from about 0.65 to about 0.85. Methods of preparing and packaging a ready-to-bake brownie batter using High Pressure Processing (HPP) is also disclosed.

The present invention encompasses vaccines or compositions comprising the chimeric KSAC protein that possesses immunogenic and protective properties, and methods of use including administering to an animal the antigenic KSAC protein thereof to protect animals. The invention also encompasses methods for making and producing the soluble, disaggregated, refolded or active proteins from inclusion bodies produced from prokaryotes or eukaryotes.

A method of preparing, butchering, cooking, carving and plating a turkey for sale to consumers in a pre-cooked fashion. Either a whole turkey or individual turkey components including turkey breast, turkey thigh meat, drumstick, and wings are selected. The parts are cooked separately to assure complete cooking of each piece. After cooking, and while still hot, the tendons are removed from the drumstick to ease of consumption. The three sections of each wing are separated. Prior to cooking bone and skin is removed from the thighs and the resultant boneless meat is in inserted into a tubular cook-in casing cooked and eventually sliced. The turkey breasts are separated from the bone, soaked in a brine, cooked, and sliced. The cooked turkey components are placed in an oven-safe container in a pleasing and convenient arrangement with the thigh in the middle, flanked by the white meat, drumstick and wing components.

Provided is a modular vacuum storage apparatus and method for storing, dispensing, preserving and shipping perishable items.

A refrigerator is described (1) having at least one fresh food compartment (2) wherein foodstuffs to be cooled are placed, a vacuum compartment (3) situated in the fresh food compartment (2), wherein foodstuffs are placed for being stored without being deteriorated, a pump (4) that enables the air inside the vacuum compartment (3) to be evacuated, and at least one ultraviolet lamp (5) that is situated on the vacuum compartment (3) and that provides sterilization.

An apparatus for extracting a vaporizable substance, from a material containing such substance, comprises an irradiation chamber for irradiating the material with electromagnetic radiation to vaporize the substance. The substance may comprise water and the material is dehydrated. The electromagnetic radiation comprises microwaves. The irradiation is conducted in the near-field range of the electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the electromagnetic radiation within the waveguide evanescently couples with the material.

There is disclosed a super critical hydrolysis extraction apparatus including a pressure container comprising a body and a lid coupled to the body to close a space formed therein to accommodate an object; a contact unit configured to open and close C the body, while moving the lid forward and backward; and a pipeline unit comprising a supply line where a liquid for filling in the pressure container and a discharge line for discharging the liquid of the pressure container.

The invention relates to a feed tank for use in a high-pressure system, said feed tank having a hollow space (3) for accommodating food items, a wall (1) and a temperature-control device (5). The invention further relates to a method for the simultaneous high-pressure and temperature treatment in a high-pressure tank.

A container assembly configured for use in a high pressure process (HPP) includes a container defining a container cavity and a fitment assembly coupled to the container. The fitment assembly defines a passageway arranged in fluid communication with the container cavity. The fitment assembly further defines a chamber within the passageway isolated from the container cavity. A pressure relief mechanism is operably coupled to the fitment assembly to relieve pressure within the chamber.

A container assembly configured for use in a high pressure process (HPP) includes a container defining a container cavity and a fitment assembly coupled to the container. The fitment assembly defines a passageway arranged in fluid communication with the container cavity. The fitment assembly further defines a chamber within the passageway isolated from the container cavity. A pressure relief mechanism is operably coupled to the fitment assembly to relieve pressure within the chamber.