Patents Assigned to Fresh Express, Incorporated
  • Peracid and 2-hydroxy organic acid compositions and methods for treating produce
    Patent number: 8613968
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating produce to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of the produce with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and (optionally) iii) an anionic surfactant; wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fresh Express, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kai Lai Grace Ho
  • Peracid and 2-hydroxy organic acid compositions and methods for treating produce
    Patent number: 8263151
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating produce to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of the produce with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and (optionally) iii) an anionic surfactant; wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fresh Express, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kai Lai Grace Ho
  • PERACID AND 2-HYDROXY ORGANIC ACID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PRODUCE
    Publication number: 20110318461
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating produce to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of the produce with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and (optionally) iii) an anionic surfactant; wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Fresh Express, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kai Lai Grace Ho
  • Container for freshly harvested respiring, leafy produce
    Patent number: 6435347
    Abstract: A container for fresh produce including a base unit with a bottom wall and four to eight side walls and a sleeve with four to eight side walls that fits frictionally within the base unit. The base unit has a height that is at least about twenty-five percent the height of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Fresh Express, Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard S. Brown