Patents Assigned to Kalsec, Incorporated
  • Labiatae herb extracts and hop extracts for extending the color life and inhibiting the growth of microorganisms in fresh meat, fish and poultry
    Patent number: 7550162
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a Labiatae herb extract and a hop extract containing beta acids and methods of using them to extend the color life and retard the growth of microorganisms in fresh meat, fish and poultry stored in an atmosphere that contains 20% or more oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kalsec Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald R. Berdahl, Gregory S. Reynhout, Mark H. Schulze
  • Method of extending color life of modified atmosphere packaged fresh red meat using plant extracts
    Patent number: 7037543
    Abstract: The color life of modified atmosphere packaged fresh red meat is extended by contacting the fresh red meat with an extract of a Labiatae herb prior to packaging the meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Kalsec, Incorporated
    Inventors: Constance L. Sandusky, Gregory S. Reynhout, Thomas S. Jones
  • Method for preparing color changing food
    Patent number: 6120821
    Abstract: A food composition having the ability to change color when heated to a temperature above 160.degree., comprising (1) an edible substrate and (2) a color system of colored edible particles coated by a composition consisting essentially of (a) a distilled glyceride selected from the group consisting of distilled monoglycerides, distilled diglycerides and mixtures thereof and (b) titanium dioxide. In a preferred form, the coating also contains carbomethoxy cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Kalsec, Incorporated
    Inventors: Martha Goodin, Gordon C. Kivi, Carol L. Locey