Patents by Inventor Youichirou Miya

Youichirou Miya 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: 10258067
    Abstract: Provided is frozen noodles in which freezer burn is unlikely to occur. A method for producing frozen noodles comprises: a step of attaching a composition to cooked noodles, the composition comprising at least water, oil or fat and a polysaccharide thickener, and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C.; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10219533
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing frozen noodles comprising: a step of attaching a composition comprising xanthan gum and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C. to cooked noodles obtained by cooking fresh noodles produced by a rolling noodle-manufacturing method; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10039302
    Abstract: Provided is a frozen pasta retaining an original flavor of the pasta. A frozen pasta attached with a ground pasta product and/or durum wheat flour. A process for producing a frozen pasta, comprising cooling a boiled pasta and attaching, to the surface of the pasta, a ground product of a pasta, followed by freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Youichirou Miya, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Fusaki Kajio
  • Patent number: 10039291
    Abstract: Provided is frozen cooked noodles which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and present satisfactory appearance and texture after defrosting. A method for manufacturing frozen cooked noodles comprising obtaining raw noodles by extruding dough containing from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a plant protein and 100 parts by mass of wheat flour containing 70 mass % or more of a regular wheat flour at a pressure of from 60 kgf/cm2 to 160 kgf/cm2, cooking the raw noodles, and freezing the cooked noodles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya
  • Publication number: 20160198743
    Abstract: This method for producing cooked fresh pasta with a sauce involves: a fresh pasta preparation step of preparing a dough by adding water to a raw material flour, obtaining a fresh pasta by extruding the dough at a pressure of from 35 to 100 kgf/cm2, and subjecting the fresh pasta to a dry heating treatment to adjust the mass of the fresh pasta after the treatment to 80 to 97 mass % with respect to the mass of the fresh pasta before the treatment; and a cooking step of obtaining cooked fresh pasta by boil-cooking or steam-cooking the fresh pasta after the dry heating treatment. Preferably, the raw material flour contains an emulsifier, and a flour material including wheat flour as a main component; and the content of the emulsifier is from 0.2 to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flour material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Youhei SUGA, Hitomi YAMAGUCHI, Youichirou MIYA, Takenori WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160106126
    Abstract: Provided is frozen cooked noodles which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and present satisfactory appearance and texture after defrosting. A method for manufacturing frozen cooked noodles comprising obtaining raw noodles by extruding dough containing from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a plant protein and 100 parts by mass of wheat flour containing 70 mass % or more of a regular wheat flour at a pressure of from 60 kgf/cm2 to 160 kgf/cm2, cooking the raw noodles, and freezing the cooked noodles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Norio KOIZUMI, Takenori WATANABE, Youichirou MIYA
  • Publication number: 20150237894
    Abstract: Provided are frozen noodles which can retain a favorable quality even after microwave thawing. Packaged frozen noodles for microwave cooking comprising a package having a ventilation hole or ventilation holes, wherein a total area of an opening of the ventilation hole or openings of the ventilation holes is 0.02 to 5 cm2 per 100 cm2 of a surface area of the package, and the package contains inside thereof cooked noodles and 1 to 10 parts by mass of water relative to 100 parts by mass of the cooked noodles, and the cooked noodles and the water are frozen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150140192
    Abstract: Provided is frozen noodles in which freezer burn is unlikely to occur. A method for producing frozen noodles comprises: a step of attaching a composition to cooked noodles, the composition comprising at least water, oil or fat and a polysaccharide thickener, and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C.; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS, INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150125582
    Abstract: Provided is a cooked noodle capable of maintaining a good texture and good taste and flavor even after refrigerated or frozen-stored. A method for producing a cooked noodle, comprising allowing a liquid comprising 1.0 to 15.0% by mass of a sugar and 0.5 to 8.0% by mass of a starch to attach to a heat-cooked noodle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Ito, Fusaki Kajio, Youichirou Miya
  • Publication number: 20150118364
    Abstract: Provided is a frozen pasta retaining an original flavor of the pasta. A frozen pasta attached with a ground pasta product and/or durum wheat flour. A process for producing a frozen pasta, comprising cooling a boiled pasta and attaching, to the surface of the pasta, a ground product of a pasta, followed by freezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Youichirou Miya, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Fusaki Kajio
  • Publication number: 20150110942
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing frozen noodles comprising: a step of attaching a composition comprising xanthan gum and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C. to cooked noodles obtained by cooking fresh noodles produced by a rolling noodle-manufacturing method; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20140322421
    Abstract: Cooked and frozen pastas which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and which retain good appearance and texture comparable to freshly boiled fresh pastas even after being thawed are provided. A method for producing the cooked and frozen pastas, comprising the steps of boiling fresh pastas obtained by extruding dough into pasta noodles at a pressure of from 80 kgf/cm2 to 200 kgf/cm2, bringing the resulting boiled pasta into contact with a liquid comprising an oil or fat having a melting point of 10° C. or less, and then freezing the pasta which has been brought into contact with the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.
    Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida