Patents Assigned to Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco
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Publication number: 20020197375Abstract: An aerated frozen product comprising less than 8% fat by weight and characterized in that the aerated frozen product comprises fat platelets, and after it has been melted and cooled, comprises fat platelets and spherical fat globules at a platelet to sphere ratio of greater than 0.05.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ulrich Adolphi, Andrew Richard Cox
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Patent number: 6497913Abstract: Using an homogenizer operating at higher pressures (ca. 2000 bar) than those conventionally used in ice cream manufacturing, it is possible to generate smaller oil droplet sizes (ca. 0.3 &mgr;m) in an ice cream premix. It allows stabilization of a larger air:water interface, leading to smaller discrete gas cells which in turn modify the organoleptic quality of the ice cream.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1999Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Sarah Jane Gray, Susan Turan
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Publication number: 20020190078Abstract: A backpack for dispensing a semi-frozen material comprising discrete granules by gravity flow comprising; a) an insulated hopper for storage of the material before it is dispensed which includes in its operative position i) a housing for receiving the granular material and ii) a funnel disposed to receive the granular material from the housing under the action of gravity; b) mounting means for mounting the hopper on a person in said operative position; c) an insulated valve operative to control release of the granular material from an opening in the funnel; d) an elongate flexible feed tube having in operative connection with the funnel opening such that when the valve allows release of the granular material form the opening, the material falls under gravity into the feed tube, and e) an outlet port at end of the feed tube and configured to allow directed dispensing of the granular material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2002Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ulrich Adolphi, Terence Richard Cockings, Sergio Mauricio Ehrhardt Ferreira Julio, Richard Henry Luck
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Patent number: 6491960Abstract: An unaerated ice confection in the form of thin, unsupported, discrete pieces which are stable during packaging, storage and distribution wherein the ice confection comprises an antifreeze protein and has the following mechanical properties; &Dgr; modulus/original modulus≧0.4, and/or &Dgr; strength/original strength≧0.4; providing that when &Dgr; modulus/original modulus≦6.0, &Dgr; modulus≧50 MPa, and/or when &Dgr; strength/original strength≦2.0, &Dgr; strength≧0.2 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Adrian Daniel, Richard Anthony Fenn, Jon Richard Oldroyd
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Patent number: 6461653Abstract: A frozen ice confection of fixed shape is described which has its opacity controlled in relation of the temperature of the confection. The confection may also have an imbedded indicia which becomes view able as the transparency of this frozen confection increases.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Good-Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: David Robert Graham Cox
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Patent number: 6447829Abstract: An ice confection product having a volume of from 1 to 20 ml and a thickness of greater than 5 mm comprising an antifreeze protein, wherein &Dgr; modulus/original modulus≧0.4, and/or &Dgr; strength/original strength≧0.4; providing that when &Dgr; modulus/original modulus≦6.0, &Dgr; modulus≧50 MPa, and/or when &Dgr; strength/original strength≦2.0, &Dgr; strength≧0.2 MPa. Such ice confection products have properties which are akin to boiled sweets. Such products cannot be bitten or chewed but must be sucked, resulting in a product which remains in the mouth longer and is more refreshing.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Adrian Daniel, Jon Richard Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20020122844Abstract: A method for preparing a milk-based composition comprising a homopolysaccharide is provided whereby a mixture comprising milk and fermentable sugar is fermented with a homopolysaccharide-producing microorganism under anaerobic conditions, without regulating the pH, and the fermentation is stopped before the pH of the mixture drops below pH 5.5. Food products comprising such compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Cooke, Timothy John Foster, Saskia Alexandra Galema, Adrianus Marinus Ledeboer, Jan Willem Sanders
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Patent number: 6436454Abstract: A process for the preparation of a coated frozen confectionery product whereby an aqueous solution in the supercooled state is caused to freeze while applied on at least part of the surface of a pre-frozen element of the product.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1997Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Robert Cox, Luke Oliver Heeney, Stephen Raymond Moore
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Patent number: 6436460Abstract: A water ice comprising an antifreeze protein, a stabilizer and not less than 0.1 wt % of a protein based aerating agent obtainable by a process comprising aerating the ice confection with an aerating gas which contains at least 50% by volume of a water soluble gas such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Adrian Daniel, Ian Lacy, Jon Richard Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20020106434Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a fat phase and having overrun of at least 90%, characterised in that at least 50 w/w % of said fat phase is liquid at −5° C. The invention particularly relates to such compositions in the form of an ice cream. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of a composition, wherein said process comprises aerating a mix comprising a fat phase in a freezer barrel enclosing an internal volume, said internal volume comprising an aeration means, wherein said aeration means displaces less than 40% of said internal volume, characterised in that at least 50 w/w % of said fat phase is liquid at −5° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Suzanne Mary Spindler, Loyd Wix
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Publication number: 20020102343Abstract: The present invention provides a cold extruded composition with at least 90% overrun, wherein said composition comprises a fat phase which has a high ratio of liquid fat to solid fat at the processing temperature. The present invention also relates to a process for the production of such compositions wherein a mix is aerated in an internal volume of a freezer barrel with a aerating means which has a low displacement of said internal volume, prior to cold extrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Suzanne Mary Spindler, Loyd Wix
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Publication number: 20020062653Abstract: A refrigerated display apparatus comprising a product display unit and a refrigeration unit, the product display unit including a housing defining a chamber arranged to receive therewithin one or more products, a base adapted to overlie a counter top, and a projecting portion projecting beyond the base, wherein the refrigeration unit depends from the projecting portion, whereby the refrigeration unit is arrangeable below the level of the counter top.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Vincenzo Di Rosa
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Publication number: 20010031303Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extruding ice cream, said process comprising delivering a plurality of ice cream flows to a nozzle characterized in that, one or more of said ice cream flows are divided into a plurality of additional flows within said nozzle before extrusion of said flows. The invention furthermore relates to an apparatus and novel ice cream products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Rene Joachim Buter, Jonkheer Theodoor Poll, van de, Rene Franciscus Remmerswaal
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Patent number: 6200622Abstract: A process for the production of a frozen food product comprising anti-freeze peptide (AFP), wherein the product is at least partially pre-frozen in the substantial absence of free AFP, followed by including the free AFP therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of ConopcoInventors: Donald Frank Darling, Andrew Hoddle
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Patent number: 6162789Abstract: A process for the recovery of AFPs from natural sources, said process involving the steps ofa) isolating an AFP containing juice from the natural source;b) heat treating the natural source or the AFP containing juice to a temperature of at least 60.degree. C.;c) removing the insoluble fraction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Peter John Lillford, Andrew John McArthur, Christopher Michael Sidebottom, Peter Wilding
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Patent number: 6156880Abstract: A process for the recovery of AFPs from natural sources, said process involving the steps ofa) isolating an AFP containing juice from the natural source;b) heat treating the natural source or the AFP containing juice to a temperature of at least 60.degree. C.;c) removing the insoluble fraction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: Good Humor-Breyer's Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Peter John Lillford, Andrew John McArthur, Christopher Michael Sidebottom, Peter Wilding
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Patent number: D437100Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1999Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Poirot Sancho
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Patent number: D442349Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Naghi Habib
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Patent number: D442763Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Edward Kirke Ryder, Patricia Mary Seidl
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Patent number: D443751Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2000Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: David Robert Graham Cox, Erin Lynn Murray, Patricia Mary Seidl