Patents by Inventor Krishnadath Bhaggan
Krishnadath Bhaggan 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).
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Patent number: 11425917Abstract: The invention provides a non-trans, non-hydrogenated fat composition comprising less than 45 wt. % saturated fatty acids (SAFA) based on the total fatty acids in the composition, and a solid fat content (SFC) melting curve wherein the change in solid fat content from N35-N25 is at least 15 and wherein N35 is less than 3.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman
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Patent number: 11421183Abstract: Process for refining vegetable oil, to suppress the formation of monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDe) and reduce the content of glycidyl esters, comprising first and second refinement stages, wherein the first refinement stage comprises: a) providing a crude vegetable oil having a combined MCPDe and glycidyl ester content below 0.2 ppm; b) degumming the crude vegetable oil to produced degummed vegetable oil; c) bleaching of the degummed vegetable oil with activated bleaching earth under reduced pressure to yield bleached vegetable oil; d) adding a base to the bleached vegetable oil and subsequent stripping and deodorizing under reduced pressure at a temperature below 255° C. to yield an intermediate refined vegetable oil; and a second refinement stage comprising the steps of: e) bleaching of the intermediate refined vegetable oil using activated bleaching earth under reduced pressure to yield a bleached vegetable oil; and f) deodorizing at a temperature below 220° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Erik Johan Anton Schweitzer, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman
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Publication number: 20210363459Abstract: Process for refining vegetable oil, to suppress the formation of monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDe) and reduce the content of glycidyl esters, comprising first and second refinement stages, wherein the first refinement stage comprises the steps of: a) providing a crude vegetable oil having a combined MCPDe and glycidyl ester content below 0.2 ppm, preferably below 0.1 ppm; b) degumming the crude vegetable oil to produced degummed vegetable oil; c) bleaching of the degummed vegetable oil with activated bleaching earth under reduced pressure to yield bleached vegetable oil, preferably at a reduced pressure of 80-800 mbar; d) adding a base to the bleached vegetable oil and subsequent stripping and deodorizing under reduced pressure at a temperature below 255° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Erik Johan Anton Schweitzer, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman
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Publication number: 20210289807Abstract: A fat composition comprises: from 48% to 58° /o by weight of lauric acid (C12:0); from 5% to 15% by weight palmitic acid (C16:0); from 5% to 20% by weight stearic acid (C18:0); and a weight ratio of stearic acid (C18:0) to palmitic acid (C16:0) of from 0.5:1 to 2.5:1; the percentages of acids referring to acids bound as acyl groups in glycerides in the fat composition and being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; and at least 40 solid fat content at 30° C.; at most 5 solid fat content at 40° C.; solid fat content measured on unstabilized fat according to ISO 8292-1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Werleman, Willem Dekker, Antina Frederine Frericks
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Publication number: 20200060304Abstract: The invention provides a non-trans, non-hydrogenated fat composition comprising less than 45 wt. % saturated fatty acids (SAFA) based on the total fatty acids in the composition, and a solid fat content (SFC) melting curve wherein the change in solid fat content from N35-N25 is at least 15 and wherein N35 is less than 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman
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Patent number: 10420353Abstract: A fat composition comprises: greater than 75% by weight palmitic acid and stearic acids; from 1 to 25% by weight oleic acid; and greater than 20% by weight of combined P2St and PSt2 triglycerides, wherein P is palmitic acid and St is stearic acid; wherein the fat composition has a weight ratio of P2St:PPP triglycerides of greater than 0.5.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Bunge Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Willem Dekker, Jun Ma, Jeanine Werleman
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Publication number: 20180279640Abstract: Disclosed is a chocolate spread or chocolate filling composition comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from hazelnut paste, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, cocoa powder, milk fat, milk powder, vanilla, and lecithin; 2% to 40% by weight of a fat composition; and 30% to 50% by weight of sugar, wherein the fat composition comprises at least 40% by weight of interesterified shea olein having an oleic acid content of at least 50% by weight and a stearic acid content of at least 25% by weight, based on the total C12 to C20 fatty acids present in the interesterified shea olein, and wherein the interesterified shea olein has a solid fat content of at least 10% at 10° C., at least 6% at 20° C., and at least 3% at 30° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Helga Manson, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Publication number: 20170267945Abstract: A process for the production of a composition comprising 1,3-dioleoyl-2-palmitoyl glyceride (OPO) comprises: providing one or more palm oil stearin fractions comprising tripalmitoyl glyceride and having an iodine value between about 18 and about 40; interesterifying the one or more palm oil stearin fractions to form a randomly interesterified palm oil stearin; subjecting the randomly interesterified palm oil stearin to enzymic transesterification with oleic acid or a non-glyceride ester thereof using an enzyme having selectivity for the 1- and 3-positions of a glyceride; and separating palmitic acid or palmitic non-glyceride esters from the product obtained in (iii) to form a composition comprising OPO glyceride.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Erik Schweitzer, Sietze Bouwer, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Patent number: 9695384Abstract: A process for the production of a composition comprising 1,3-dioleoyl-2-palmitoyl glyceride (OPO) comprises: providing one or more palm oil stearin fractions comprising tripalmitoyl glyceride and having an iodine value between about 18 and about 40; interesterifying the one or more palm oil stearin fractions to form a randomly interesterified palm oil stearin; subjecting the randomly interesterified palm oil stearin to enzymic transesterification with oleic acid or a non-glyceride ester thereof using an enzyme having selectivity for the 1- and 3-positions of a glyceride; and separating palmitic acid or palmitic non-glyceride esters from the product obtained in (iii) to form a composition comprising OPO glyceride.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Erik Schweitzer, Sietze Bouwer, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Publication number: 20170107504Abstract: A process is disclosed for immobilizing a lipase on a support containing a functional amino group, which comprises contacting the lipase with said support in the presence of a surface-active material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath BHAGGAN, Jun MA, Chiara MIORINI, Viktoria TARAN
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Publication number: 20170107446Abstract: A fatty acid composition comprises: greater than 60% by weight stearic acid; from 3 to 30% by weight oleic acid; and less than 10% by weight palmitic acid. The composition may be used in the preparation of a triglyceride.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: LODERS CROKLAAN B.V.Inventors: Imro 'T ZAND, Krishnadath BHAGGAN, Jun MA
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Publication number: 20170071224Abstract: A fat composition comprises: greater than 75% by weight palmitic acid and stearic acids; from 1 to 25% by weight oleic acid; and greater than 20% by weight of combined P2St and PSt2 triglycerides, wherein P is palmitic acid and St is stearic acid; wherein the fat composition has a weight ratio of P2St:PPP triglycerides of greater than 0.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Willem Dekker, Jun Ma, Jeanine Werleman
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Patent number: 9259015Abstract: A fat blend comprises: (i) a first fat having a solid fat content at 25° C. of at least 75% and comprising combined SOS and SSO fats in an amount of greater than 86% by weight, wherein S is saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and O is oleic acid; and (ii) a second fat having a SOS content of greater than 75% by weight and a StOSt content of greater than 70% by weight. The fat blend has a solid fat content at 20° C. of greater than 80% and a solid fat content at 35° C. of less than 5%. The fat blend is useful as a cocoa butter replacer.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Werleman, Thomas Louis François Favre
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Patent number: 9217120Abstract: A method of removing glycidyl esters from a vegetable oil comprises contacting the oil with at least 0.5% by weight of the oil of an acid-activated bleaching earth and deodorizing the oil at a temperature of less than 200° C. for a time of at least 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklann B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman, Johan Franx
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Patent number: 9161553Abstract: A process for interesterifying a vegetable oil comprises treating the vegetable oil by contacting the vegetable oil with a natural adsorbent to give a pH in the range of from 6 to 8, separating the oil from the adsorbent and reacting the treated oil in the presence of an enzymatic catalyst for interesterification.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Krishnadath Bhaggan
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Patent number: 8986941Abstract: A process for preparing a triglyceride composition comprising from 50 to 80% by weight StOSt and from 5 to 20% by weight StOO comprises reacting triolein with stearic acid in the presence of a 1,3-specific lipase from Rhizopus oryzae to form interesterified glycerides and fractionating the interesterified triglycerides.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Thomas Louis François Favre, Henry Kos, Krishnadath Bhaggan, Sylvain Jacques Fages
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Publication number: 20150056357Abstract: A fat composition comprises: greater than 70% by weight palmitic acid present in glycerides; and from 2 to 25% by weight P2O triglycerides, wherein P is palmitic acid and O is oleic acid; wherein the fat composition has a weight ratio of SSO:SOS triglycerides of greater than 0.3, and wherein S is stearic or palmitic acid and O is oleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicants: IOI LIPID ENZYMTEC SDN BHD, LODERS CROKLAAN B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Henry Kos, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman, Helga Gerda Adriana Van Der Struik, Imro 'T Zand
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Publication number: 20140357882Abstract: A method of removing glycidyl esters from a vegetable oil comprises contacting the oil with at least 0.5% by weight of the oil of an acid-activated bleaching earth and deodorising the oil at a temperature of less than 200° C. for a time of at least 30 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, Jeanine Luvelle Werleman, Johan Franx
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Patent number: 8901331Abstract: A process for refining a triglyceride oil comprises: —providing a triglyceride oil; —bleaching the oil in the presence of an added antioxidant in a first bleaching step; —bleaching the oil in a second bleaching step; and —deodorizing the bleached oil, wherein the antioxidant comprises a rosemary extract.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Stepan Specialty Products, LLCInventors: Patrick Van der Waal, Krishnadath Bhaggan, Ulrike Schmid
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Patent number: 8673967Abstract: A process for producing a composition comprising at least 3% by weight of total tocopherols and tocotrienols comprises: providing a product obtained from palm oil comprising tocopherols and tocotrienols, together with free fatty acids and monoglycerides and diglycerides of fatty acids; hydrolysing at least part of the monoglycerides and diglycerides with a lipase to form the corresponding free fatty acids; removing at least part of the free fatty acids after hydrolysis; and recovering a composition comprising a higher level of tocopherols and tocotrienols than are present in the product obtained from palm oil.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.Inventors: Krishnadath Bhaggan, John B. Harris, Miriam Van Wanroij