Patents by Inventor Pia Vaag

Pia Vaag 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).

  • Patent number: 11147296
    Abstract: The present application relates to methods for producing beverages with low levels of acids, cations and/or sugars. The methods comprise the step of removing acidic ions through an AX-REED membrane stack and optionally removing cations through a CX-REED membrane stack. In certain embodiments, the AX-REED and the CX-REEF membrane stacks are operated in parallel. The methods may also comprise a step of converting sugar to organic acid, while simultaneously removing the generated organic acid through the AX-REED membrane stack. The sugar may for example be converted with the aid of enzymes and/or microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Iain Donaldson, Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag
  • Publication number: 20210235727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of beverages or beverage bases, in particular to the field of health beverages. The beverage or beverage base is produced by preparing an aqueous extract of unmalted cereal grains. Fermenting the aqueous extract by cold contact fermentation and/or with inactivated yeast to obtain a fermented aqueous extract. The aqueous extract or fermented aqueous extract is then mixed with a juice, to obtain an alcohol free or low alcohol beverage or beverage base with desirable ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Carlsberg A/S
    Inventors: Morten Georg Jensen, Birgitte Skadhauge, Erik Lund, Pia Vaag, Zoran Gojkovic
  • Publication number: 20200045999
    Abstract: The present application relates to methods for producing beverages with low levels of acids, cations and/or sugars. The methods comprise the step of removing acidic ions through an AX-REED membrane stack and optionally removing cations through a CX-REED membrane stack. In certain embodiments, the AX-REED and the CX-REEF membrane stacks are operated in parallel. The methods may also comprise a step of converting sugar to organic acid, while simultaneously removing the generated organic acid through the AX-REED membrane stack. The sugar may for example be converted with the aid of enzymes and/or microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Iain Donaldson, Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag
  • Patent number: 10440977
    Abstract: The present application relates to methods for producing beverages with low levels of acids, cations and/or sugars. The methods comprise the step of removing acidic ions through an AX-REED membrane stack and optionally removing cations through a CX-REED membrane stack. In certain embodiments, the AX-REED and the CX-REEF membrane stacks are operated in parallel. The methods may also comprise a step of converting sugar to organic acid, while simultaneously removing the generated organic acid through the AX-REED membrane stack. The sugar may for example be converted with the aid of enzymes and/or microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S
    Inventors: Iain Donaldson, Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag
  • Patent number: 10301582
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing flavor stable beverages. The methods involve reducing the level of one or more amino acids, and in particular the level of methionine. The level of amino acids may be reduced by a number of different methods, for example by increasing the level of acid or base and removal of said acid or base by Reverse Electro-Enhanced Dialysis. The level of amino acids may also be reduced by treatment with an oxidizing agent, such as H2O2. The invention also comprises combinations of such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S
    Inventors: Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag, Arvid Garde
  • Publication number: 20160340626
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing flavour stable beverages. The methods involve reducing the level of one or more amino acids, and in particular the level of methionine. The level of amino acids may be reduced by a number of different methods, for example by increasing the level of acid or base and removal of said acid or base by Reverse Electro-Enhanced Dialysis. The level of amino acids may also be reduced by treatment with an oxidizing agent, such as H2O2. The invention also comprises combinations of such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag, Arvid Garde
  • Publication number: 20150189907
    Abstract: The present application relates to methods for producing beverages with low levels of acids, cations and/or sugars. The methods comprise the step of removing acidic ions through an AX-REED membrane stack and optionally removing cations through a CX-REED membrane stack. In certain embodiments, the AX-REED and the CX-REEF membrane stacks are operated in parallel. The methods may also comprise a step of converting sugar to organic acid, while simultaneously removing the generated organic acid through the AX-REED membrane stack. The sugar may for example be converted with the aid of enzymes and/or microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Iain Donaldson, Zoran Gojkovic, Pia Vaag
  • Patent number: 5993865
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a beverage containing proteins and/or peptides and is characterized in that it contains Cereal-LT and/or homologues as herein defined and/or a modified Cereal-LTP fraction obtainable from the Cereal-LTP and/or homologues by heating, boiling and/or mashing the Cereal-LTP and/or homologues in water at a pH between 3 and 7. The invention also concerns a method for preparing it and a use of a foam-forming additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Carlsberg A/S
    Inventors: Lene M.o slashed.lskov Bech, Steen Bech S.o slashed.rensen, Pia Vaag, Marianne Muldbjerg, Thorkild Beenfeldt, Robert Leah, Klaus Breddam