Patents Assigned to General Food Corporation
  • Carton incorporating easily openable and reclosable pouring aperture
    Patent number: 4122948
    Abstract: A carton is constituted of end wall and side wall panels, extensions on the panels forming top closure flaps and dust flaps, weakening lines being provided on the top closure flaps to define severable flap sections. One of the dust flaps is shaped in conformance with one of the top closure flap sections and is adhesively-bonded thereto, so that severing of the closure flap sections along the weakening lines will form a pouring aperture. The pouring aperture can be positively reclosed by tucking a free edge of the severable section of the outer top closure flap beneath a portion of the inner top closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Harold R. Grieve, Thomas S. Andersen
  • Fixation of APM in chewing gum
    Patent number: 4122195
    Abstract: This invention relates to a product and process in which L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is fixed in the reaction product of a compound containing a polyvalent metallic ion, with an ungelatinized starch acid-ester of a substituted dicarboxylic acid whereby the decomposition rate of the L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester when employed in a chewing gum system is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Bahoshy, Robert Edward Klose
  • Method for fixing cryogenically condensed coffee aromatics in a glyceride carrier
    Patent number: 4119736
    Abstract: A high level of aromatics are absorbed by coffee oil by placing a coffee aroma frost in an isolated vessel, raising the internal temperature and pressure, removing water from the pressurized vessel and thereafter introducing coffee oil into the pressurized vessel. The mixture is allowed to equilibrate for a period of time and is then slowly vented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Franklin Howland, George Anthony Jasovsky, Joseph Anthony Galanti
  • Adsorption process
    Patent number: 4113887
    Abstract: The selectivity of an adsorbent for the preferentially adsorbed component of a multi-component solution is improved by means of a countercurrent adsorption process coupled with a reflux operation wherein the loaded adsorption medium which is taken off stream as spent adsorbent is processed to concentrate the preferentially adsorbed component therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Franklin Kramer, Yair Steve Henig, Torunn Atteraas Garin, Gerald James Vogel
  • Adsorption process
    Patent number: 4113888
    Abstract: The selectivity of an adsorbent for the preferential adsorbed component of a multi-component aqueous solution is improved by means of passing an aqueous solution of the adsorbed solids eluted from the most spent stage of a multi-stage countercurrent adsorption process through a freshly regenerated bed of the same absorbent. By means of this process the preferentially adsorbed component is concentrated in the fresh bed. This invention is useful in decaffeinating aqueous coffee extracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Yair Steve Henig, Kailash S. Purohit
  • Membrane decaffeination
    Patent number: 4113886
    Abstract: Aqueous vegetable extracts such as extracts of tea or green or roasted coffee are decaffeinated by permitting caffeine to diffuse through at least one porous, hydrophilic membrane and a water-immiscible solvent phase and into a water phase. The solvent may be either internal to a single membrane or positioned between two spaced-apart membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Saul Norman Katz
  • Expanded animal food coated with dextrin and fat
    Patent number: 4104407
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the preparation of an improved expanded dry animal food composition based on farinaceous and proteinaceous constituents. Chunks or kibs of the expanded product are coated in separate layers with a first layer of dextrin material and a second exterior layer of fat. The kibs may optionally be coated with a gravy forming material such that a gravy is formed when water is added. The coating of the dextrin material serves to retard the rate of hydration when water is added such that the chunks retain their crunchy texture and structure for longer periods of time with the result that the product is of improved animal acceptance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: William G. Stringer, Robert E. Schara, Charles T. Stocker
  • Carton with insert
    Patent number: 4103820
    Abstract: A carton having an insert of printed matter is disclosed. The insert is affixed or adhered to one or more of the carton flaps on the interior surface thereof and is provided with one or two lines of perforations perpendicular to the length of the insert. The insert so positioned facilitates carton filling, ensures reliability of each carton having an insert and allows for ready access to and easy removal of the insert from the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1973
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic N. Mathison, Roger E. Straub
  • Coated expanded animal food
    Patent number: 4104406
    Abstract: A dry particulate porous expanded animal food is disclosed comprised of chunks or kibs of a mixture of farinaceous and proteinaceous ingredients. The kibs are then coated with a fat/dextrin material emulsion. The product is characterized by its improved ability to resist rapid extensive hydration when liquid is added and hence remain crispy in liquid for substantial periods of time. The product is also of improved palatability and appeal to pets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: William G. Stringer, Robert E. Schara, Charles T. Stocker
  • Process for preparing bacon analog
    Patent number: 4104415
    Abstract: An improved bacon analog product and a method for preparing it are provided. The improved product has more of the natural crispness of real bacon than earlier analogs. This improvement is noticeable not only initially upon opening the package but also after extended times in a moist environment. The improvement is obtained by virtue of improved formulation and processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhakar P. Shanbhag, Louis G. Liggett, Adrienne C. Mikovits
  • Low cholesterol egg product and process
    Patent number: 4103040
    Abstract: Wet egg yolk is combined with edible oil by high energy, high shear mixing. During mixing cholesterol is extracted from the yolk by the oil. Simultaneously the ratio of polyunsaturated fat to saturated fat in the yolk is increased. The wet yolk is separated from the oil and can be made a constituent of various egg products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1972
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Fioriti, Howard D. Stahl, Rex J. Sims, Clifford H. Spotholz
  • Pet food acceptability enhancer
    Patent number: 4089978
    Abstract: The palatability of animal foods is increased by incorporating therein an effective amount of a palatability improving composition prepared by reacting an aqueous mixture of a reducing sugar, animal blood, yeast and fat with lipase and protease, preferably as a mixture such as pancreatic lipase, at moderate temperature and then heating the resulting mixture to an elevated temperature to more fully develop the flavor and inactivate the enzymes. This palatability improving composition is preferably incorporated into an animal food, such as a nutritionally balanced dog food, by coating it thereon in an amount effective to increase the palatability of the animal food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Joaquin Castro Lugay, Gerhard Julius Haas, Robert James Beale
  • Process for producing coffee extract
    Patent number: 4088794
    Abstract: A high quality coffee extract is prepared using a commercial percolation system utilizing a superficial velocity of aqueous extraction liquid past the roasted and ground coffee of at least about 0.50 ft/min in the fresh stage extraction column of a percolator set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Saul N. Katz, Martin Gottesman, Mateo Haya
  • Decaffeination of green coffee
    Patent number: 4087562
    Abstract: Decaffeination of green coffee is achieved by extracting caffeine from either green coffee beans or an aqueous extract of green coffee beans by means of diethyl succinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Victor Jones, Joseph Francis Coogan, III
  • Fibrous protein materials
    Patent number: 4087566
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing fibrous protein materials useful for meat analogs. According to this method, an aqueous mixture of a heat coagulable protein is frozen by cooling the mixture in a manner and at a rate effective to produce elongated ice crystals generally aligned perpendicular to the surface of cooling, and immersing the resulting frozen mass in an aqueous solution, comprising an edible, water-soluble material capable of lowering the freezing point of water and stabilizing the protein, for a time effective to stabilize the protein in the frozen mass. Aqueous ethanol is a preferred solution. The properties of a wide variety of meat products can be simulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Ki Kim, Joaquin Castro Lugay
  • Fibrous protein materials
    Patent number: 4084017
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing fibrous protein materials useful for fish analogs. According to this method, an aqueous mixture of a heat coagulable protein is frozen by cooling the mixture in a manner and at a rate effective to produce elongated ice crystals generally aligned perpendicular to the surface of cooling, then subjected to a temperature substantially different from that of the frozen mass, and the protein in the frozen mass is then stabilized effectively to preserve its structural integrity during subsequent heating to set the protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Ki Kim, Joaquin Castro Lugay
  • Decaffeination of green coffee
    Patent number: 4081563
    Abstract: A water extract of green coffee beans is dried and this dried powder is extracted with a solvent for caffeine such as ethanol. The decaffeinated solids are rehydrated and either reincorporated into the water-extracted green coffee which is then roasted and ground or used as a caffeine-deficient extraction medium for decaffeinating green coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen F. Hudak, James P. Mahlmann
  • Jar
    Patent number: D249021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd E. Pettengill
  • Jar
    Patent number: D249463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd E. Pettengill
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D250321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventor: Lucien O. Frohling