The disclosure relates to products and methods for improving the performance of cereal manufactured with silk solutions and powders containing silk fibroin obtained from silk inputs. The coatings, or otherwise incorporated silk fibroin, can be used to improve the shelf life of cereals, reduce the glycemic index of cereals, and to improve the performance of those cereals in areas valued by consumers.

The disclosure relates to products and methods for improving the performance of cereal manufactured with silk solutions and powders containing silk fibroin obtained from silk inputs. The coatings, or otherwise incorporated silk fibroin, can be used to improve the shelf life of cereals, reduce the glycemic index of cereals, and to improve the performance of those cereals in areas valued by consumers.

Salt particles adhered to a bulk carrier of the present invention are improved over prior alternative salts by having smaller salt particles adhered to a bulk carrier are achieved through modifications of variables for production of salt adhered to carrier particles, including starting solid composition, salt-carrier slurry composition, inlet and outlet drying temperature, slurry temperature, and moisture content control. The resulting salt-carrier product of salt adhered to carrier particles can be produced with much smaller salt particles of about 100 nanometers to less than 2 microns adhered to a carrier, which in turn improves electrostatic forces that help the salt-carrier product better adhere to and coat a food product than salts not adhered to a carrier particle.

Salt particles adhered to a bulk carrier of the present invention are improved over prior alternative salts by having smaller salt particles adhered to a bulk carrier are achieved through modifications of variables for production of salt adhered to carrier particles, including starting solid composition, salt-carrier slurry composition, inlet and outlet drying temperature, slurry temperature, and moisture content control. The resulting salt-carrier product of salt adhered to carrier particles can be produced with much smaller salt particles of about 100 nanometers to less than 2 microns adhered to a carrier, which in turn improves electrostatic forces that help the salt-carrier product better adhere to and coat a food product than salts not adhered to a carrier particle.

Disclosed are methods and systems for continuously coating food pieces. The methods include a steps of directing and uncoated food stream through an enrober to apply a first coating to at least a portion of a surface of each food piece to form a coated stream and continuously redirecting a portion of the coated stream back through the enrober along with the stream of uncoated food pieces to apply at least one additional coating to the portion of the coated stream.

Disclosed are methods and systems for continuously coating food pieces. The methods include a steps of directing and uncoated food stream through an enrober to apply a first coating to at least a portion of a surface of each food piece to form a coated stream and continuously redirecting a portion of the coated stream back through the enrober along with the stream of uncoated food pieces to apply at least one additional coating to the portion of the coated stream.

A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi.

A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi.

The present application relates to: an edible sheet comprising a joined sheet, which comprises at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed, and a moisture prevention layer, which comprises a moisture prevention material formed on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet and/or one surface of the joining part at which the grain sheet and the seaweed sheet are joined in order to form the joined sheet; and an edible sheet preparation method comprising: a joining step of forming a joined sheet by joining at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed; and a step of forming a moisture prevention layer comprising a moisture prevention material on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet and/or one surface of the joining part at which the grain sheet and the seaweed sheet are joined in order to form the joined sheet, and comprising the steps of: including a joined sheet in which at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed are joined; and forming a moisture prevention layer on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet.

The present application relates to: an edible sheet comprising a joined sheet, which comprises at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed, and a moisture prevention layer, which comprises a moisture prevention material formed on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet and/or one surface of the joining part at which the grain sheet and the seaweed sheet are joined in order to form the joined sheet; and an edible sheet preparation method comprising: a joining step of forming a joined sheet by joining at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed; and a step of forming a moisture prevention layer comprising a moisture prevention material on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet and/or one surface of the joining part at which the grain sheet and the seaweed sheet are joined in order to form the joined sheet, and comprising the steps of: including a joined sheet in which at least one grain sheet containing grains and at least one seaweed sheet containing seaweed are joined; and forming a moisture prevention layer on at least a part of one side surface of the joined sheet.