Patents by Inventor Natale Butera

Natale Butera 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).

  • Method for producing aseptically-packaged puddings
    Patent number: 4788075
    Abstract: Utilizing a combination of a low starch level, a high lauric acid-containing fat and from 0.12 to 0.2% sodium-stearoyl-2-lactylate a pudding is formulated which has a low on-line viscosity after cooking and sterilization and when subject to refrigerator storage develops a desirably high viscosity and a preferred texture and mouthfeel as compared to high starch level puddings. The cooked and sterilized pudding formulation of this invention is cooled in non-swept-surface heat exchangers after the cooking and sterilization step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore H. Joseph, Douglas M. Lehmann, Joyce P. St. John, Natale Butera