Cargill, Incorporated

A meat processing tool comprises a metal tool component and a dissolvable polymeric component. The dissolvable polymeric component comprises a biologically compatible, dissolvable polymer that dissolves in aqueous media at a temperature of from 20° C. to 130° C. in 45 minutes or less when measured according to the Polymer Pellet Dissolution Test. The meat tool is used in a method of processing meat to remove contaminates sourced from meat processing tools where the meat is processed and meat portions are comminuted and heat-treated. A metal detection screening is conducted to identify and segregate any metal present in the heat-treated meat composition, and the resulting heat-treated meat composition is substantially free of particulate matter derived from the dissolvable polymeric component.

The present invention relates to a feed composition suitable for feeding crustaceans comprising mannose oligosaccharides. The invention also relates to the use of mannose oligosaccharide compositions for feeding crustaceans. The invention also relates to crustaceans as a food source, in particular shrimp of the species Litopenaeus vannamei or Penaeus monodon , fed with the feed composition comprising mannose oligosaccharides.

A steviol glycoside solubility enhancer may include a monocaffeoylquinic (MCQ) component that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, and salts thereof; and a dicaffeoylquinic (DCQ) component that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 1,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, and salts thereof. In one suitable implementation, the MCQ component and the DCQ component together comprise more than 50% (wt), preferably more than 60% (wt), more than 70% (wt), more than 80% (wt), more than 90% (wt), or more than 95% (wt) of the steviol glycoside solubility enhancer.

A composition and method of preparing a corn protein hydrolysate includes obtaining a corn protein composition having a corn protein concentration of at least about 75 wt %, adding an enzyme to a corn protein suspension containing the corn protein composition at a ratio of from about 1:100 to about 1:20 by weight of enzyme to corn protein, controlling the pH and temperature of the corn protein suspension to hydrolyze the corn protein, and terminating the hydrolysis of the corn protein to provide a corn protein hydrolysate that has solubility of from about 7% to about 37% at a pH selected from the group consisting of pH 7.0, pH 3.4, pH 5, and all of pH 7.0, pH 5, and pH 3.4. The corn protein hydrolysate can be used in a variety of food, feed, beverage, and other applications.

Stabilized oils including an edible oil and an antioxidant composition comprising α-lipoic acid and least one of ascorbic acid, ascorbyl palmitate, green tea extract, lecithin, and rosemary extract or at least one of 1,2,4-benzenetriol, carnosic acid, dihydromyricetin, dihydrorobinetin, epigallocatechin, gallic acid, 3-hydroxytyrosol, myricetin, and nepodin, and methods of preparing such stabilized edible oils. The stabilized oils may have an Oxidative Stability Index (“OSI”) at 110° C. of at least 30 hours.

Various proxies can be used to qualitatively or quantitatively assess welfare of a poultry flock. For example, as shown and described herein, one or more of a video-based monitoring technique or audio-based monitoring technique can be used. Such monitoring can include a video-based (e.g., image based) technique where indicia of movement of individual members of the flock are automatically tracked. In addition, or instead, an audio-based technique can be used, such as for classification of vocalization. Various metrics can be stored or reported using such techniques and one or more alerts can be generated, such as indicative of flock welfare or a change in flock welfare. Techniques described herein can include identifying paths traversed by respective members of a flock (e.g., individual animals), and then extracting indications such as corresponding to a distribution of such paths. Such paths can be defined by corresponding movement trajectories associated with individual members.

A transport system ( 200 ) for delivering fluids is provided. The transport system includes a chassis ( 202 ) configurable as a frame of a vehicle. The transport system additionally includes a first fluid storage tank ( 206 ) positioned on and coupled to the chassis and configured to receive a first fluid; and a first fluid outlet conduit ( 208 ) fluidly coupled to the first fluid storage tank and configured to receive the first fluid from the storage tank to provide to a first fluid storage location ( 220 ). In addition, the transport system further includes a second fluid storage tank ( 232 ) positioned on and coupled to the chassis and configured to receive second fluid from a second fluid storage location ( 234 ); and a second fluid inlet conduit ( 236 ) fluidly coupled to the second fluid storage tank and configured to receive the second fluid from a second fluid storage location and provide the second fluid to the second fluid storage tank.

Disclosed herein are egg substitutes based on plant protein. In an aspect, the egg substitute composition includes pea protein. In an aspect, the egg substitute composition is egg-free. In an aspect, the composition is free of soy protein and/or wheat protein. Functional systems for providing the appropriate texture for a plant-based egg substitute composition are also disclosed.

A lipid composition includes, by weight of the lipid composition: from 30 wt % to 70 wt % a first lipid component; from 10 wt % to 40 wt % a sweetening substance; from 5 wt % to 20 wt % water; from 0.1 wt % to 1.2 wt % an emulsifier; and 1.5 wt % to 11 wt % a second lipid component. The emulsifier has a SFA content of less than 90 wt %. The second lipid component has a SFA content of at least 90 wt %, and fully saturated fatty acids with a carbon chain of more than 16 carbons account for at least 33.3 wt % of the SFA content of the second lipid component by weight. The molar amount of the second lipid component accounts for from 2.2 mol % to 15 mol % of the total molar amount of the first lipid component, the emulsifier and the second lipid component.