A process and system in which solid droplets of a lipid product are prepared. The liquid lipid product is introduced into a freeze tunnel by one or more nozzles so as to form droplets of the liquid product. The droplets are introduced onto a conveyor belt at a first end of the freeze tunnel. The freeze tunnel is at a temperature sufficient that the droplets assume a semisolid state on or before contacting the conveyor belt and then become solid droplets as they pass through to a second end of the freeze tunnel.

A process and system in which solid droplets of a lipid product are prepared. The liquid lipid product is introduced into a freeze tunnel by one or more nozzles so as to form droplets of the liquid product. The droplets are introduced onto a conveyor belt at a first end of the freeze tunnel. The freeze tunnel is at a temperature sufficient that the droplets assume a semisolid state on or before contacting the conveyor belt and then become solid droplets as they pass through to a second end of the freeze tunnel.

The present invention is a system and method for performing freeze drying of small quantities of a liquid for personal use, wherein a liquid material is disposed within a single-use container, the container is then coupled to a small-scale freeze-drying unit which extracts liquid from the material in the container using a freeze-drying process, and the freeze-dried material is then left in the container and the container is stored until rehydration. The container may be a specialized single-use container that may be used to rehydrate the liquid and then fitted with a delivery device to feed an infant or child.

Provided is a method for producing a noodle-like fried vegetable food product which is effectively prevented from damage such as cracking and breaking in a packaging step in the process of production of the noodle-like fried vegetable or during transportation and which, when reconstituted with hot water, has the texture of the original vegetable and can be eaten like noodles; and such a noodle-like fried vegetable food product. A method for producing a noodle-like fried vegetable food product according to one embodiment comprises forming a noodle-like vegetable by cutting a vegetable into a noodle-like shape; providing an oil frying container provided with a retainer; placing the noodle-like vegetable in the retainer of the oil frying container to form a mass of the noodle-like vegetable; and frying the noodle-like vegetable mass placed in the retainer with oil. The method further comprises compressing the noodle-like vegetable mass in the middle of the frying of the noodle-like vegetable mass with oil or immediately after the frying with oil.

Provided is a method for producing a noodle-like fried vegetable food product which is effectively prevented from damage such as cracking and breaking in a packaging step in the process of production of the noodle-like fried vegetable or during transportation and which, when reconstituted with hot water, has the texture of the original vegetable and can be eaten like noodles; and such a noodle-like fried vegetable food product. A method for producing a noodle-like fried vegetable food product according to one embodiment comprises forming a noodle-like vegetable by cutting a vegetable into a noodle-like shape; providing an oil frying container provided with a retainer; placing the noodle-like vegetable in the retainer of the oil frying container to form a mass of the noodle-like vegetable; and frying the noodle-like vegetable mass placed in the retainer with oil. The method further comprises compressing the noodle-like vegetable mass in the middle of the frying of the noodle-like vegetable mass with oil or immediately after the frying with oil.

The invention provides a method for treating root—or tuber juice, comprising a) a pretreatment of the root—or tuber juice to remove root—or tuber lipids to a level below 28 g/kg dry weight; b) cooling the root—or tuber juice to a temperature of −0.3° C. to −16° C. to form ice crystals; and c) separating the ice crystals from the root—or tuber juice to obtain, as a first root—or tuber juice product, a concentrated root—or tuber juice. In addition, the invention provides methods to obtain protein depleted root—or tuber juice products, as well as products comprising root—or tuber free amino acids, and uses thereof.

The invention provides a method for treating root- or tuber juice, comprising a) a pretreatment of the root- or tuber juice to remove root- or tuber lipids to a level below 28 g/kg dry weight; b) cooling the root- or tuber juice to a temperature of −0.3° C. to −16° C. to form ice crystals; and c) separating the ice crystals from the root- or tuber juice to obtain, as a first root- or tuber juice product, a concentrated root- or tuber juice. In addition, the invention provides methods to obtain protein depleted root- or tuber juice products, as well as products comprising root- or tuber free amino acids, and uses thereof.

The present invention relates to a frozen cooked rice including a molded cooked rice and a moisture transfer preventing layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the molded cooked rice, in which after the frozen cooked rice is defrosted under conditions of normal temperature and normal pressure for 1 day, the difference between the moisture content of the surface of the frozen cooked rice and the moisture content of a deep part of the frozen cooked rice is 5 wt% or more based on the total weight of the frozen cooked rice, and a method for preparing a frozen cooked rice, the method including forming a moisture transfer preventing layer on at least a part of the surface of a molded cooked rice, hardening the at least a part of the surface of the molded cooked rice on which the moisture transfer preventing layer is formed, and freezing the hardened molded cooked rice.

A commercial-scale fresh sous vide cooking method includes searing food using infrared radiation, positioning the seared food in a water-impermeable package and vacuum sealing the water-impermeable package using a packaging machine, and positioning the vacuum-packaged food in a wet-steam cookhouse to fresh sous vide cook the food in the wet-steam cookhouse.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a porous red ginseng. The porous red ginseng according to the present invention forms a uniform porosity therein and thus obtains a crispy mouthfeel and an excellent flavor without an additional process such as an addition of fructose, etc., such that the resulting red ginseng may be not only directly eaten as an original form or slices of the red ginseng, but also have a very high content of ginsenoside and a low content of moisture therein, thus achieving a very excellent storage quality.