Patents Assigned to Ajinomoto General Foods
  • Pharmaceutical composition comprising mannooligosaccharides derived from coffee for treatment of lifestyle-related disease, and food useful for treatment of lifestyle-related disease
    Patent number: 9101648
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating lifestyle-related disease is provided. Also provided is a food useful for the prevention or treatment of lifestyle-related disease. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a sugar in which a mannose unit makes up 66% or more in terms of the number of mannose units and which has a polymerization degree of 3 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Kumaoh, Kazuto Ozaki, Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Naoto Imura
  • Compositions Having Body Fat Reducing Function and Food and Drink Containing the Same
    Publication number: 20080213425
    Abstract: A mannooligosaccharide composition is provided that is effective for providing a body fat reducing effect and for reducing body weight. The mannooligosaccharide composition is provided by hydrolysis of mannan material. The mannooligosaccharide includes from about 1 to about 10 monosaccharides with at least about 60 weight percent of the monosaccharides being mannose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: AJINOMOTO GENERAL FOODS, INC., FOODS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ichiro Asano, Shigeyoshi Fujii, Katsuhito Mutoh, Izumi Takao, Kazuto Ozaki, Kenichi Nakamuro, Toshiyuki Matsushima
  • Method for modifying aroma-containing gas
    Patent number: 5908652
    Abstract: A method for modifying an aroma-containing gas comprising volatile components recovered from coffee, characterized by contacting the aroma-containing gas with molecule sieve carbon oxidized with a strong acid is disclosed. This method removes undesirable components from the coffee aroma-containing gas by adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods Inc.
    Inventor: Tadaaki Sakano
  • Process for roasting coffee beans with steam
    Patent number: 5681607
    Abstract: An improved process for upgrading the quality of roasted coffee beans which comprises:a) roasting green coffee beans with steam for a period of time from 50 to 300 seconds at a steam temperature of from 251.degree. to 400.degree. C. at a pressure of 6.5 to 20.0 bar G; and thereafterb) final roasting the beans from step (a) with steam for period of time ranging from 60 to 800 seconds at a steam temperature of from 251.degree. to 400.degree. C. at substantially atmospheric pressure conditions is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Maki, Tsutomu Haruyama
  • Method of stably fixing aromatic coffee substance
    Patent number: 4820543
    Abstract: A method for fixing an aromatic coffee substance by means of encapsulation is described using a medium chain triglyceride wherein the fatty acid portion consists of a fatty acid having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms. The method comprises mixing or homogenizing an oleaginous solution of an aromatic coffee substance with an aqueous solution to form an emulsion, extruding said emulsion, forming an encapsulated slurry and drying said slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Hide Osawa
  • Method of stabilizing coffee extract solution
    Patent number: 4798732
    Abstract: A method of stablizing coffee extract solution is described by adding to the coffee extract solution a water extract from powdered raw coffee beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Hide Osawa
  • Process for the production of meat-like foodstuffs
    Patent number: 4755393
    Abstract: Meat-like foodstuffs are prepared in a process which comprises mixing an oil-in-water type emulsion having compression oil-releasing ratio of at least 15% with fibrous proteins, such as soy bean, and binders. The resulting mixture is molded and heated to produce a foodstuff having a juicy feeling and closely resembling natural meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods Protein, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Toba, Mariko Kawabe, Takahiko Soeda, Masao Toshima
  • Fat-containing powder product quickly dispersible in cold water and process for preparing the same
    Patent number: 4737369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a fat-containing powder product which is readily wettable and dispersible even in cold water. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a process for preparing a fat-containing powder product which is quickly dispersible in cold water characterized by comprising coating at least a part of the surface of fat-containing powder particles with mono- and/or di-glyceride of a medium chain fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Ichiro Asano, Kozaburo Mori
  • Drip drink maker
    Patent number: 4697503
    Abstract: An improved drip maker is provided which comprises a cup-shaped receiver containing, as the bottom surface, a drip wall, with apertures and having a hemisphere-shape protruding toward the opening of the receiver, forming a drip space between the drip wall and pack of drippable coffee or tea components positioned on the drip wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Okabe, Yoshitaka Yanagi
  • Process for producing coffee extract
    Patent number: 4673580
    Abstract: Coffee extracts are processed in a continuous countercurrent process of split extraction to obtain (1) atmospheric solids, (2) a push-out of low concentration, mainly atmospheric solids and (3) autoclave solids. Each stream can be further processed separately before recombining to achieve desired flavor characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Matsuda, Sadaji Danno
  • Combined jar and closure
    Patent number: D257764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Assignee: Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: Hajime Tajima