Patents Assigned to E. A. Sween Company
  • Composition for use in preparing glazed microwave popcorn product
    Patent number: 4751090
    Abstract: A composition for use in, preparing, a microwavable popcorn product with a sugar glaze. The composition includes a glazing blend combined with unpopped popcorn. The glazing blend includes an oil component, a sugar component, a water component and a lecithin component, with the water and lecithin being in amounts effective to form a glaze and to control heating of the blend to permit substantially complete popping of the corn without burning the blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: E. A. Sween Company
    Inventors: James W. Belleson, Robert F. Schiffman
  • Package for expandable food product
    Patent number: 4734288
    Abstract: A package for an expandable food product and a method for manufacturing the same including an outer container, an expandable food pouch within the container and a coating on the inside surface of the container to adhere the pouch thereto when the package is exposed to a source of heat. A further embodiment of the package includes an expandable food pouch with a designed fault along its peripheral edge to facilitate the controlled release of pressure formed within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: E. A. Sween Company
    Inventors: Rolf G. Engstrom, Douglas M. Fincham