Abstract: An ovenable cooking apparatus for facilitating the cooking of food components while maintaining the separateness thereof may include a first container for holding a first food component, and a second container for holding a second food component. The separation of the first food component from the second food component maintains the surface area for the first and second food components to facilitate heating of the first and second food components. The first food component may have a liquid based content for producing steam when heated, and one or both of the first container and the second container may define a passage for providing airflow and steam flow for contacting the second container and/or the second foodstuff and heating or steaming the second food component. Additionally, the second container may be steam impermeable for cooking bread and the like.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2012
Assignee:
ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
Inventors:
Adam Pawlick, Keith Goerl, Michael R. Opat, Jr., Julia A. Zielke, Steven R. Baker, David W. France
Abstract: An ingredient delivery system for popcorn kernels is described. The ingredient delivery system can include multiple layers. The synergy formed from the multiple layers of the ingredient delivery system results in a popped popcorn with minimal flaking and blow-off Thus, a greater ingredient impact is imparted to the consumer. Also, the layer combination minimizes any hindrance of the natural popping action of the kernels. Thus, consumers have a greater pop volume for consumption.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 23, 2011
Publication date:
August 23, 2012
Applicant:
CONAGRA FOODS RDM, INC.
Inventors:
Michael Laurence Jensen, James Wesley Belleson, Tyler S. Wright
Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a sidewall with first and second axial ends. A container has first and second end portions with the second end portion engaged with the housing such that the container extends from the first axial end of the housing. A plunger having first and second sides is disposed in the interior cavity of the container. The interior cavity of the container and the first side of the base cooperatively define a product cavity. The interior cavity of the container and the second side of the base cooperatively define an air cavity. A valve mechanism is in engagement with the second end portion of the container. The valve mechanism includes a nozzle defining an orifice and an accumulator defining a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber is adapted to receive a portion of the product in the container. A piston is selectively slidable in the pumping chamber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 25, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2012
Assignee:
ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
Inventors:
Kerstin M. Olson, Harry F. Bogen, Edmund Farmer, Troy Starkey, John K. Clay
Abstract: A process for mitigating acrylamide formation in a potato fry is disclosed. The acrylamide formation is mitigated while the color formation of the potato fry is managed. The resulting potato fry includes low acrylamide levels while exhibiting acceptable organoleptic properties such as taste, color and texture.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2010
Publication date:
April 26, 2012
Applicant:
CONAGRA FOODS RDM, INC.
Inventors:
JEREMY SCOTT HIGLEY, CLIFFORD LOUIS HOYE, JR., GORDON LEE SMITH
Abstract: A process for mitigating acrylamide formation in fried potato products is disclosed. The acrylamide formation is mitigated while the color formation of the fried potato product is managed. The resulting fried potato product includes low acrylamide levels while exhibiting acceptable organoleptic properties such as taste, color and texture.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2010
Publication date:
April 26, 2012
Applicant:
CONAGRA FOODS RDM, INC.
Inventors:
Jeremy Scott Higley, Clifford Louis Hoye, JR., Gordon Lee Smith
Abstract: A vent assembly for a microwave cooking package is disclosed. The microwave cooking package includes a bag construction that is formed of at least one sheet of polyester film material and configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration when the food product is heated. The vent assembly includes a first portion and a second portion of the bag construction that is configured to be folded against the first portion. The second portion includes a venting structure formed in the sheet of polyester material. An adhesive is configured to adhere the first portion to the second portion so the vent is at least partially sealed while the bag construction is in the collapsed configuration and to release the first portion from the second portion as the bag construction expands to the expanded configuration to allow the vent to at least partially open.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 13, 2010
Publication date:
March 15, 2012
Applicant:
CONAGRA FOODS RDM, INC.
Inventors:
David W. France, Charles Thomas Gorman, Clifton Lachmansingh, Paul John Warosh, Steven P. Swanlund
Abstract: A packaging nexus that drives a predetermined message to facilitate a consumer message is described. The nexus formed from the one or more components of the packaging assembly is configured to collectively signal and/or reinforce a predetermined message and at least partially facilitate a consumer impression.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 19, 2010
Publication date:
November 24, 2011
Applicant:
ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
Inventors:
Bart Hendryx, Darrell Dragoo, Curtis H. Stowe, Kasey Ann Fuller, Sabrina Chan, Lori Cerwin, Jordan R. French
Abstract: A packaging nexus that drives a predetermined message to facilitate a consumer message is described. The nexus formed from the one or more components of the packaging assembly is configured to collectively signal and/or reinforce a predetermined message and at least partially facilitate a consumer impression.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 19, 2010
Publication date:
November 24, 2011
Applicant:
ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
Inventors:
Curtis H. Stowe, Kasey Ann Fuller, Robert Donald Weick, Darrell Dragoo, Bart Hendryx, Jordan R. French, Sabrina Chan, Lori Cerwin
Abstract: A packaging nexus that drives a predetermined message to facilitate a consumer message is described. The nexus formed from the one or more components of the packaging assembly is configured to collectively signal and/or reinforce a predetermined message and at least partially facilitate a consumer impression.
Abstract: The application relates to a sprayable cooking composition having enhanced high heat performance. The cooking composition includes cottonseed oil, a crystal inhibitor, and a cookware release agent and does not polymerize at high cooking temperature, or exhibits reduced polymerization and/or browning at high cooking temperature.
Abstract: Microwave cooking packages suitable for use as microwave popcorn packages include at least one panel (e.g., first and second panels) formed of a vertically rigid material. A flexible portion is attached to the panels. The flexible portion may be formed of a polyester film material such as a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, which may be at least partially transparent. The flexible portion (and panels) defines a bag construction configured to contain a popcorn charge and to be expandable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration when the popcorn charge is subjected to a popping operation. The microwave cooking package may include a vent assembly configured to at least partially open when the bag configuration is in an expanded configuration to vent the bag construction. The vent assembly includes a first portion a second portion of the bag construction that is configured to be folded against the first portion.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 23, 2010
Publication date:
May 26, 2011
Applicant:
CONAGRA FOODS RDM, INC.
Inventors:
Charles Thomas Gorman, David W. France, Clifton Lachmansingh, Paul John Warosh, Donald L. Greenwood, Joseph C. Walsh, Nicholas P. Lupfer, John Dougherty Culter
Inventors:
Steven Baker, Robert Ewart, Tracey Contreras Spungin, Joseph Vincent O'Malley, Atul H. Mistry, Tamara Whiteside, Lynda Deakin, Carly Price, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Geoffrey Baldwin, Ross Lockwood, Gil Palmon, Gary Schiller
Inventors:
Steven Baker, Robert Ewart, Tracey Contreras Spungin, Atul H. Mistry, Joseph Vincent O'Malley, Lynda Deakin, Carly Price, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Hyan Jin Ko, Gil Palmon, Gary Schiller
Inventors:
Steven Baker, Robert Ewart, Tracey Contreras Spungin, Joseph Vincent O'Malley, Lynda Deakin, Carly Price, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Hyan Jin Ko, Gil Palmon, Gary Schiller
Inventors:
Steven Baker, Robert Ewart, Joseph Vincent O'Malley, Michael R. Pfeiffer, Cori Ann Zazworsky, Lynda Deakin, Carly Price, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Geoffrey Baldwin, Ross Lockwood, Gil Palmon, Gary Schiller