The invention relates to a method for extracting mycotoxins from grain and other food products or from feed and its subsequent quantification. Fields of application are the food industry, the animal feed industry or biotechnology. The objective of the present invention is to develop an extraction method with which it is possible to uniformly extract mycotoxins with different dissolving properties. It was found that with the aid of aqueous, buffered naphthyl and/or phenyl compounds or their heterocyclical analogues, both hydrophobic and hydrophilic mycotoxins can be extracted. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the buffered solutions of naphthyl and/or phenyl compounds and/or their heterocyclical analogues, which carry at least one sulphonic acid or at least one carbonate acid group, are brought into contact with the grain or other food products or animal feed, the aqueous solution is then separated and the content of the extracted mycotoxins in the aqueous solution is determined.

Methods of cannabis deflavoring, cannabis reflavoring, and combinations thereof are described. In some embodiments, the methods described herein allow the deflavored cannabis plant matter to absorb an essence of the at least one flavoring agent without the cannabis plant matter directly contacting the at least one flavoring agent. Cannabis flavoring devices are further described. In some embodiments, the cannabis flavoring device is configured to allow the cannabis plant matter to absorb an essence of the at least one flavoring agent without the cannabis plant matter directly contacting the at least one flavoring agent.

The present invention provides a method for removing antinutrients from turmeric spice. The antinutrient such as oxalic acid is removed by using the method of present invention and thus the toxicity associated with it is also eliminated. The method includes preparing the turmeric powder and repetitively extracting the turmeric powder with inorganic acid. The turmeric powder is stirred in a pre-defined volume and pre-determined concentration of the inorganic acid for pre-defined time with constant agitation at pre-determined temperature to obtain a turmeric paste. The turmeric paste is then washed with water and dried to obtain the purified turmeric powder.

The present invention relates to aqueous compositions comprising cyclodextrins or carbohydrates. The present invention also relates to the use of such compositions in the binding and removal of mycotoxins from foodstuff. The invention also includes compositions that show a broad affinity for mycotoxins.

Disclosed is a natural compound sweetener, comprising mogroside V, rebaudioside A, natural tea theanine and dietary fibre. The method for preparing the sweetener comprises the steps of: (1) dissolution, filtration, concentration and sterilization: dissolving the mogroside V, rebaudioside A, natural tea theanine and dietary fibre in water, filtering, concentrating in a vacuum, and sterilizing to obtain a sterilized solution; and (2) paste-collection, drying and granulation: carrying out paste-collection on the sterilized solution obtained in the step (1), vacuum drying the collected liquid paste, and drying and then granulating the dry powder to obtain the sweetener.

A method of producing trichodesma khasianum clarke leaf extracts. The trichodesma khasianum clarke leaf extracts contains: flavonoids and rosmarinic acid. When producing the trichodesma khasianum clarke leaf extracts, a concentration of alcohol is 50% to 60%, an extracting time is 1 hour to 1.5 hours, and an extracting temperature is 60° C. to 75° C., wherein the trichodesma khasianum clarke leaf extracts are configured to regulate a serum liver function index, a serum cholesterol, and a triglyceride in a user's body.

The present invention discloses a natural food antioxidant and a method for preparing the same, and belongs to the field of food industry technology. The food antioxidant includes main components of a red clover extract, whose main components are isoflavones, polysaccharides and the mixtures of isoflavones and polysaccharides. Different ingredients have different characteristics in activities, water solubilities and production cost accounting. Combining factors such as activity, solubility and cost, a compounding solution of different ingredients can be used. Especially, the best synergic effect and the highest activity are shown in the mixture of polysaccharides and isoflavones with mass ratio of 1:2. As a leguminous forage, red clover is widely distributed all over the world and has abundant sources. The isoflavones of red clover are usually used as health function. The product of the present invention is easy to be prepared in a safe and environmental process with lower cost, and diversified formulae to satisfy different purposes, which has very wide application prospects.

An edible mass comprising fungal particles of a filamentous fungus which can more readily be used in production of sweet products and/or has reduced mushroom taste whilst maintaining desired nutritional attributes is described. The mass may include relatively low levels of acetyl-glutamic acid, uridine, inosine, guanosine, UMP, GMP, AMP, sodium, potassium and/or ammonium.

The invention provides non-dairy, plant-based components, having reduced trace element contents, food products and nutritional compositions comprising them and methods for their preparation.

The invention relates to a method for the provision of degutted insects, such as black soldier fly larvae and mealworm, preferably live degutted insects. The invention also relates to degutted (live or dead) insects such as larvae and to processed degutted insects such as larvae. The invention also relates to the use of the degutted insect according to the invention or use of the processed degutted insect of the invention for the separation of the degutted insect or of the processed degutted insect in at least a fat fraction and/or at least a protein fraction. In addition, the invention relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is any one of live or dead insect, insect puree, minced insect, insect powder, particulate insect, granulated insect, or insect meal, dried insect, oven-dried insect, lyophilized insect, or oven-dried insect using refractive drying obtained from degutted insect provided with the method of the invention. The invention also relates to an insect product, wherein the insect product is insect gut content, wherein the gut content is provided with the method of the invention. Finally, the invention relates to the method, the degutted insect provided with the method, the degutted insect, insects products, insect gut content according to the invention, wherein the insect is black soldier fly, preferably black soldier fly larvae, or wherein the insect is mealworm.