Patents by Inventor Christina Vafeiadi

Christina Vafeiadi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240099326
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new composition obtainable from a plant in the theobroma genus and the use of that composition as an ingredient in a chocolate product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: MADIAN OTHMAN ABU-HARDAN, YVETTE FLEURY REY, CHRISTINA VAFEIADI, JOSELIO BATISTA VIEIRA
  • Patent number: 11812755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavour generation. In particular the invention relates to a method for flavour generation in a heat-treated food product using a prolidase enzyme. The invention also relates to a heat-treated food product prepared according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Yvette Fleury Rey, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux, Catherine Ngom-Bru, Clementine Tastet, Cassandra Mokdad, Christof Gysler, Carl Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20230329260
    Abstract: The invention relates in general to a method of making a plant based liquid, said method comprising dispersing triglyceride in a plant protein mixture; forming an emulsion; applying a thermal treatment to the emulsion; and applying a shear treatment to the thermal treated emulsion to form a plant based liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: TIMOTHY JAMES WOOSTER, MARINA BORTOLIN, LUDOVIC PENSEYRES, PIERRE-ALAIN RICHON, CHRISTINA VAFEIADI
  • Patent number: 11785967
    Abstract: A process for reducing the monosaccharide and/or disaccharide content in a food material, the process comprising contacting the food material with a glucosyltransferase that comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christina Vafeiadi, Simon Johansson, Juan Sanz-Valero, Pu-Sheng Cheng, Charlotte Gancel, Sean Christopher Austin, Gilles Bourdin
  • Patent number: 11696596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming a functionalised dietary fibre comprising admixing an enzyme and an aqueous suspension of dietary fibre, wherein said dietary fibre is at a D50 particle size distribution of less than 30 microns after degradation by the enzyme and comprises less than 25 wt. % soluble fibres and at least 40% wt. % cellulose; denaturing said enzyme to form a functionalised, amphiphilic dietary fibre with adsorbed enzyme. The present invention further relates to a Pickering particle comprising a functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme and the use of the functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme according to present invention or the Pickering particle according to the present invention to stabilize an emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Isabel Fernandez Farres, Zeynel Deniz Gunes, Christina Vafeiadi, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto, Anna Mosior
  • Publication number: 20230010414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a digestible carbohydrate composition comprising at least 65% (w/w) glucose-based saccharides on a dry basis, wherein said saccharides have a reducing end and D-glucose monomers linked with alternating ?1-6 and ?1-3 glycosidic linkages, wherein a maltose unit is present at the reducing end; and 0.1 to 30% (w/w) of fructose equivalents on a dry basis; wherein said glucose-based saccharides have an average degree of polymerization greater than 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: CHRISTINA VAFEIADI, LISA MARCELA LAMOTHE, ANDREAS RYTZ, CHRISTIAN DARIMONT-NICOLAU, CELIA FRANCEY, JACLYN LEREA-ANTES, GERHARD UFHEIL, JULIE ANN SWANSON, DELPHINE GISELE CURTI
  • Patent number: 11484036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavour generation. In particular the invention relates to a method for flavour generation in a heat-treated food product using a prolidase enzyme. The invention also relates to a heat-treated food product prepared according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Yvette Fleury Rey, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux, Catherine Ngom-Bru, Cassandra Mokdad, Clementine Tastet, Christof Gysler, Carl Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20220312791
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of a composition obtainable from the pulp of a plant in the theobroma genus or an extract of said pulp, as an ingredient in a foodstuff product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Marina Dupas-Langlet, Yvette Fleury Rey, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Christina Vafeiadi
  • Publication number: 20220039417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vegan food composition comprising at least 30 wt % legume and at least 20 wt % non-legume seeds or non-legume nuts on a dry basis, wherein said composition comprises at least 5 wt % dietary fiber provided by the legume and at least 22 wt % protein provided by any one or more of said legume, non-legume seed, and non-legume nuts, and wherein the D90 particle size of said composition is less than 400 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Fabiola Dionisi, Cyril Moccand, Joydeep Ray, Patricia Rossi Vauthey, Laurent Sagalowicz, Jean-Luc Sauvageat, Marianne Studer, Christina Vafeiadi
  • Patent number: 11149258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of poly- and oligosaccharides and their dietary effects. In particular it relates to a method of producing a branched ?-glucan. Further aspects of the invention are a branched ?-glucan comprising linear segments of (?1?4) linked D-glucose units interspersed with (?1?6) glucosidic linkages and having (?1?4,6) branching points; a food composition; and the use of an ?-glucanotransferase enzyme for reducing the digestible carbohydrates of a starch containing food material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Joana Gangoiti Munecas, Sander Sebastiaan Van Leeuwen, Tjaard Pijning, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux
  • Publication number: 20210204584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming a functionalised dietary fibre comprising admixing an enzyme and an aqueous suspension of dietary fibre, wherein said dietary fibre is at a D50 particle size distribution of less than 30 microns after degradation by the enzyme and comprises less than 25 wt. % soluble fibres and at least 40% wt. % cellulose; denaturing said enzyme to form a functionalised, amphiphilic dietary fibre with adsorbed enzyme. The present invention further relates to a Pickering particle comprising a functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme and the use of the functionalised dietary fibre and denatured enzyme according to present invention or the Pickering particle according to the present invention to stabilize an emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Isabel Fernandez Farres, Zeynel Deniz Gunes, Christina Vafeiadi, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto, Anna Mosior
  • Patent number: 10808271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of poly- and oligosaccharides and their dietary effects. In particular it relates to a method of producing an ?-glucan containing (?1?3) linked D-glucose units. The invention also provides a branched ?-glucan comprising alternating (?1?4) and (?1?3) glucosidic linkages and having (?1?3,4) branching points, a food composition, and the use of an ?-glucanotransferase enzyme for reducing the digestible carbohydrates of a starch containing food material. Further aspects of the invention are a bacteria, an enzyme and an expression vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Joana Gangoiti Munecas, Sander Sebastiaan Van Leeuwen, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux
  • Publication number: 20200123510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of poly- and oligosaccharides and their dietary effects. In particular it relates to a method of producing a branched ?-glucan. Further aspects of the invention are a branched ?-glucan comprising linear segments of (?1?4) linked D-glucose units interspersed with (?1?6) glucosidic linkages and having (?1?4,6) branching points; a food composition; and the use of an ?-glucanotransferase enzyme for reducing the digestible carbohydrates of a starch containing food material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joana Gangoiti Munecas, Sander Sebastiaan Van Leeuwen, Tjaard Pijning, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux
  • Patent number: 10626428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of poly- and oligosaccharides and their dietary effects. In particular it relates to a method of producing a branched ?-glucan. Further aspects of the invention are a branched ?-glucan comprising alternating ?(1?4) and ?(1?6) glucosidic linkages and having ?(1?4,6) branching points, a food composition, and the use of an ?-glucanotransferase enzyme for reducing the digestible carbohydrates of a starch containing food material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Joana Gangoiti Munecas, Sander Sebastiaan Van Leeuwen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Christina Vafeiadi, Lisa Lamothe
  • Publication number: 20190289861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavour generation. In particular the invention relates to a method for flavour generation in a heat-treated food product using a prolidase enzyme. The invention also relates to a heat-treated food product prepared according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yvette Fleury Rey, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux, Catherine Ngom-Bru, Cassandra Mokdad, Clementine Tastet, Christof Gysler, Carl Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190281874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a special class of oligosaccharides, herein called iso-oligosaccharides, for flavour generation during thermal processing of food. The invention also relates to the use of such oligosaccharides in the form of individual compounds, or as mixtures thereof, or in the form of ingredients comprising the individual compounds or mixtures thereof, or as enzymatic or fermented preparations containing the individual compounds or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tomas Davidek, Ondrej Novotny, Christina Vafeiadi
  • Publication number: 20190281839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flavour generation. In particular the invention relates to a method for flavour generation in a heat-treated food product using a prolidase enzyme. The invention also relates to a heat-treated food product prepared according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yvette Fleury Rey, Christina Vafeiadi, Stephane Duboux, Catherine Ngom-Bru, Clementine Tastet, Cassandra Mokdad, Christof Gysler, Carl Erik Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190166890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a food product comprising hydrolysed starch, as well as to products obtainable by the method. The method has the advantage of reducing the amount of sugar (i.e. maltose) produced by hydrolysis as compared to conventional methods of starch hydrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Maria-Luiza Mateus, Lukas Hartmann, Jose Daniel Perrin, Jordi Ramos Carnasa, Christina Vafeiadi
  • Publication number: 20190119712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of poly-and oligosaccharides and their dietary effects. In particular it relates to a method of producing a branched ?-glucan. Further aspects of the invention are a branched ?-glucancomprising alternating ?(1?4) and ?(1?6) glucosidic linkages and having ?(1?4,6) branching points, a food composition, and the use of an ?-glucano-transferase enzyme for reducing the digestible carbohydrates of a starch containing food material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Joana Gangoiti Munecas, Sander Sebastiaan Van Leeuwen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Christina Vafeiadi, Lisa Lamothe
  • Publication number: 20180146699
    Abstract: A process for reducing the monosaccharide and/or disaccharide content in a food material, the process comprising contacting the food material with a glucosyltransferase that comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Christina Vafeiadi, Simon Johansson, Juan Sanz-Valero, Pu-Sheng Cheng, Charlotte Gancel, Sean Christopher Austin, Gilles Bourdin