Patents Assigned to Cargill, Incorporated
  • Low-fat water-in-oil emulsion
    Patent number: 11071306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-fat water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion comprising a fat phase in an amount of at most 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the emulsion, an aqueous phase dispersed within the fat phase and an emulsifier composition, said emulsifier composition comprising an Acetone-insoluble (AI) component containing a Phosphatidyl Choline (PC), a Phosphatidyl Inositol (PI), a Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine (PE) and a Phosphatidic Acid (PA), wherein PC is in an amount of at most 15.5% relative to the total weight of the emulsifier composition and wherein the emulsifier composition is characterized by a weight ratio R of at most 65%, the ratio R being defined as (1) wherein PC+PI+PE+PA is the sum of the individual weights of the respective constituents of the AI component and AI is the total weight of the AI component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnulf Schoeppe, Daniel Steiger, Johan Guillaume Lucien Steyls, Susanne Tirok, Pauline Van Eesbeek
  • SWEETENER AND SWEETENED COMPOSITIONS INCORPORATING REBAUDOSIDE N
    Publication number: 20210221834
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to sweetener compositions including at least Rebaudoside N and the uses of such sweetener compositions to prepare sweetened compositions including food, beverages, dental products, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals, and the like. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing sweetener compositions and sweetened compositions including Rebaudoside N. The present invention also relates to providing improved sweetener flavors, including but not limited to providing a sugar-like flavor and temporal profile to sweetener and sweetened compositions utilizing Reb N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ting Liu Carlson, Nathan Edward Knutson
  • WOOD ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PROTEINS AND POLY (GLYCIDYL ETHER), AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210214595
    Abstract: There is disclosed: a wood adhesive composition comprising a protein and a poly(glycidyl ether); a method for using the wood adhesive composition to make a composite wood product; and composite wood products made using the wood adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin R. Anderson, James Michael WESCOTT
  • WAX COMPOSITIONS AND THE EFFECT OF METALS ON BURN RATES
    Publication number: 20210214647
    Abstract: A wax composition is disclosed, comprising a hydrogenated natural oil with (i) at least about 50 wt % of a triacylglycerol component having a fatty acid composition from about 14 to about 25 wt % C16:0 fatty acid, about 45 to about 60 wt % C18:1 fatty acid and about 20 to about 30 wt % C18:0 fatty acid, (ii) a nickel content of less than 1 ppm, and (iii) a melt point of about 49° C. to about 57° C. The hydrogenated natural oil is filtered and/or bleached to obtain a nickel content of less than 0.5 ppm. A candle is also disclosed, comprising a wick and the above described wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Alan MURPHY, James Thomas GROCE
  • Citrus pulp fiber systems and gel-based dessert systems
    Patent number: 11058135
    Abstract: Gel-based dessert systems, e.g., pudding systems, and preblend systems include an edible lipid and citrus pulp fiber. One particularly useful dry mix is made by homogenizing a combination that includes citrus pulp fiber, an edible lipid, and water to form a homogenized product. The combination includes 1-20 parts by weight of the lipid for each part by weight of citrus pulp fiber. The homogenized product is then dried to form a dry blend system. It has been found that such a dry blend system can be used to replace shortenings used in puddings and the like to reduce trans and saturated fats while retaining or even improving rheology and stability of the pudding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ben Alexandre, Catharina Hillagonda Homsma, Linsen Liu, Brian Surratt, Joël René Pierre Wallecan
  • FERMENTED VEGETABLE PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210204566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to animal feed ingredients and products, methods of producing such ingredients and products, and feed diets containing such ingredients and products. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a fermented vegetable protein (FVP) ingredient or product. Accordingly, the feed ingredient or product of the present invention can include one or more organic acids and is rich in amino acids. In one aspect, the feed ingredient can be produced using a fermentation process, for example through the fermentation of a corn mill stream such as light steep water. In one aspect, the present invention relates to feed products combining the feed ingredient with other components. The feed ingredients and products described herein are particularly useful for aquaculture, such as fanned shrimp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eric BELL, Keith Mertz, Eugene Max PETERS, JR., Fabio SOLLER, Anton WOO, Hadi Nayef YEHIA
  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED LACTATE-CONSUMING YEASTS AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES USING SUCH GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEASTS
    Publication number: 20210198637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically modified yeasts that can use lactate as a carbon source to produce a fermentation product. In one aspect, the yeasts can consume glucose and lactate simultaneously to produce ethanol. In one aspect, the genetically modified yeast is transformed to include a monocarboxylic/monocarboxylate transporter. In one aspect, the yeast can include one or more heterologous genes encoding lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) (EC 1.1.2.3 and/or 1.1.2.4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Arlene M. FOSMER, Christopher K. Miller, Gregory Michael Poynter, Brian Jeffrey Rush, Jon Veldhouse
  • SAMPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210199541
    Abstract: Sampling of food products and/or surfaces can be efficiently carried out by providing an apparatus comprising a bag construction incorporating a sample collection material secured to an inside surface of the bag. The bag is of a size large enough to permit inversion of the bag to expose the sample collection material for collection of samples from surfaces, followed by re-inversion to enclose the sample collection material. Methods for sampling food products and/or surfaces for detection of pathogens, microbial contaminants and/or constituents in products or on surfaces are additionally contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ted BROWN, Tyson BROWN
  • PROTEIN CONCENTRATES FROM OIL SEEDS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210186050
    Abstract: A method of preparing a protein concentrate and protein concentrate compositions are described. The method relates to combining an aqueous process stream from a grain milling process with an oil seed material to form a slurry, steeping the slurry, and isolating a protein concentrate from the slurry. In one embodiment, the aqueous process stream comprises a soluble protein. In some embodiments, the method includes additional steps such as enzymatic treatment, washing of the isolated protein concentrate, and drying the protein concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eric BELL, Erin Kathleen MARASCO, Keith John Mertz, Sanjay SARANG, Ping YANG
  • Genetically modified trehalase-expressing yeasts and fermentation processes using such genetically modified yeasts
    Patent number: 11041218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically engineered yeasts having a heterologous trehalase gene and fermentation processes for using such yeasts. The yeasts can express trehalase in a quantity sufficient to convert significant amounts of trehalose to glucose, thereby improving the yield of the product in a fermentation, and/or reducing or eliminating the need to add exogenous trehalase to the fermentation. The yeasts can also include other heterologous genes for expressing enzymes useful for improving yield and/or for reducing or eliminating the need to add exogenous enzymes to the fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jauert, Gregory Michael Poynter, Brian J. Rush
  • Yeast cells having reductive TCA pathway from pyruvate to succinate and overexpressing an exogenous NAD(P)+ transhydrogenase enzyme
    Patent number: 11041176
    Abstract: Yeast cells having a reductive TCA pathway from pyruvate or phosphoenolpyruvate to succinate, and which include at least one exogenous gene overexpressing an enzyme in that pathway, further contain an exogenous transhydrogenase gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brian J. Rush, Kevin T. Watts, Vernon L. McIntosh, Jr., Arlene M. Fosmer, Gregory M. Poynter, Thomas W. McMullin
  • Heat treatment to produce glycosides
    Patent number: 11028423
    Abstract: Disclosed arc methods of releasing or enriching for steviol glycosides produced by yeast. The disclosed methods enhance or improve the release or enrichment of the steviol glycosides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: James C. Anderson, Robert J. Brower, III, Ting Liu Carlson, Belit Flores, Dan S. Gaspard, Kristopher T. Mortenson, Richard Nygaard, Nicole Paulson, Maribeth Rasmussen
  • Engineered nucleases to generate deletion mutants in plants
    Patent number: 11021713
    Abstract: Methods are provided to mutate, in a targeted manner, the genome of a plant cell using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme. Also provided are plants, in particular Brassica plants that yield seeds producing oils having a reduced total saturated fatty acid content, and method for making such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Cargill, incorporated
    Inventor: Meridith Kammerzell
  • YEAST CELLS HAVING DISRUPTED PATHWAY FROM DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE TO GLYCEROL
    Publication number: 20210155411
    Abstract: Yeast cells are genetically modified to disrupt a native metabolic pathway from dihydroxyacetone to glycerol. In certain aspects, the yeast cell is of the genera Kluyveromyces, Candida or Issatchenkia. In other aspects, the yeast cell is capable of producing at least one organic acid, such as lactate. The yeast cells produce significantly less glycerol than the wild-type strains, and usually produce greater yields of desired fermentation products. Yeast cells of the invention often grow well when cultivated, despite their curtailed glycerol production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Catherine Asleson DUNDON, Pirrko Suominen, Aristos Aristidou, Brian J. Rush, Kari Koivuranta, Benjamin Matthew Hause, Thomas William McMullin, Kevin Roberg-Perez
  • ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE CONTAINING A STARCH-CONVERTED MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20210155776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a modified-starch, said starch being modified with an anhydride of a polyacid, said modified-starch having a pH of below 4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dogan Sahin SIVASLIGIL, Stephane BILTRESSE
  • ZEIN-ENRICHED AND DEPLETED PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20210147493
    Abstract: Described herein is a corn protein product, comprising a first fraction comprising 75 wt % to 95 wt % (dry solids) protein and a second fraction comprising 60 wt % to 80 wt % (dry solids) protein, wherein the first fraction is a zein-enriched fraction and the second fraction is a zein-depleted fraction and a method of achieving the same. Further described herein is a corn protein product derived from destarched corn gluten meal comprising a first fraction comprising 78 wt % to 83 wt % (dry solids) protein and a second fraction comprising 70 wt % to 80 wt % (dry solids) protein, wherein the first fraction is a zein-enriched fraction and the second fraction is a zein-depleted fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erika Lyn MCCONVILLE, Michael A. PORTER
  • Processes for making steeped whole grains and products comprising steeped whole grains
    Patent number: 11006637
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing a steeped grain comprising steeping at least one grain at a temperature from about 2° C. to about 29° C. for a period of time less than about 24 hours to a moisture content ranging from about 29% to about 38%; optionally, germinating the at least one grain for less than about 2 days; and kilning with controlled air circulation the at least one grain at a temperature ranging from at least about 49° C. to about 93° C. for less than about 20 hours to a moisture content of about 7% to about 16%. Also disclosed herein is a sprouted grain prepared from the processes disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are a dough comprising steeped whole grains prepared from the processes disclosed herein, as well as baked goods and beverages comprising steeped whole grains prepared from the processed disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Katrina Christiansen, Xiang S. Yin
  • Wax compositions and the effect of metals on burn rates
    Patent number: 11008532
    Abstract: A wax composition is disclosed, comprising a hydrogenate natural oil with (i) at least about 50 wt % of a triacylglycerol component having a fatty acid composition from about 14 to about 25 wt % C16:0 fatty acid, about 45 to about 60 wt % C18:1 fatty acid and about 20 to about 30 wt % C18:0 fatty acid, (ii) a nickel content of less than 1 ppm, and (iii) a melt point of about 49° C. to about 57° C. The hydrogenated natural oil is filtered and/or bleached to obtain a nickel content of less than 0.5 ppm. A candle is also disclosed, comprising a wick and the above described wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy A. Murphy, James Thomas Groce
  • EXTRUDED CORN PROTEIN MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20210120851
    Abstract: Described herein is a food product and methods of manufacturing the same, comprising a corn protein isolate or corn protein concentrate and a polysaccharide; wherein the food product has a density ranging from about 40 g/L to about 350 g/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tasha Joy HERMES, Michael A. PORTER, Chad RIESCHL
  • Finely textured beef product and process
    Patent number: 10980259
    Abstract: Animal trimmings are converted to a finely textured beef product by heating ground animal trimmings to a temperature sufficient to liquefy fat in the animal trimmings and less than a temperature to significantly cook the animal trimmings thereby forming a heated slurry, separating at least a portion of the liquid fat from the heated slurry to form a lean textured beef slurry having a fat content of less than about 30% by weight and adding sodium carbonate to the lean textured beef slurry in an amount sufficient to provide a finely textured beef product comprising sodium carbonate in an amount of from about 0.02 to about 0.1% by weight. Finely textured beef products and mixed meat products comprising the finely textured beef products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventor: Ted L. Brown