Patents Assigned to Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8173192
    Abstract: The invention provides a W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing characterized in that it comprises a polyglycerol polyricinoleate having a degree of esterification of 10-30% and a degree of ricinoleic acid-condensation of 5-8 and that it has a viscosity of 1,000-300,000 mPa·s, and a method for the preparation of the dressing which comprises the steps of 90-10 parts by mass of an aqueous phase (W1) is mixed with 10-90 parts by mass of an oily phase (O) to thus form a W1/O type emulsion and then 100 parts by mass of the resulting W1/O type emulsion is blended with 25-150 parts by mass of an aqueous phase (W2) to thus give a W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing, wherein the dressing comprises a polyglycerol polyricinoleate having a degree of esterification of 10-30% and a degree of ricinoleic acid-condensation of 5-8, in an amount ranging from 0.01-5% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing. The dressing are quite excellent in their storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jiro Taki, Takashi Isomura, Kazumichi Kanda, Atsushi Kawahara, Kentaro Maruyama, Soichiro Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20080206427
    Abstract: The invention provides a W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing characterized in that it comprises a polyglycerol polyricinoleate having a degree of esterification of 10-30% and a degree of ricinoleic acid-condensation of 5-8 and that it has a viscosity of 1,000-300,000 mPa·s, and a method for the preparation of the dressing which comprises the steps of 90-10 parts by mass of an aqueous phase (W1) is mixed with 10-90 parts by mass of an oily phase (O) to thus form a W1/O type emulsion and then 100 parts by mass of the resulting W1/O type emulsion is blended with 25-150 parts by mass of an aqueous phase (W2) to thus give a W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing, wherein the dressing comprises a polyglycerol polyricinoleate having a degree of esterification of 10-30% and a degree of ricinoleic acid-condensation of 5-8, in an amount ranging from 0.01-5% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the W1/O/W2 type composite emulsified dressing. The dressing are quite excellent in their storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicants: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jiro Taki, Takashi Isomura, Kazumichi Kanda, Atsushi Kawahara, Kentaro Maruyama, Soichiro Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 6579558
    Abstract: An oil-in-water type emulsified food is prepared by mixing an aqueous phase material containing at least egg and vinegar, then emulsifying the mixed aqueous phase material with an oily phase material comprising more than 20% by weight of a fat/oil having a melting point lower than 0° C. The resulting oil-in-water type emulsified food has more stable physical properties, and has a percentage change in elastic modulus which is at most 10%. The relationship between the mixing time and temperature may also be determined based on the following: a) when the mixing temperature, T, is 30 to 55° C., the mixing time in minutes, t, is calculated by the formula t =106×eaT, and the coefficient a is from −0.2 to −0.3; and b) when the mixing temperature is 0 to 15° C., the mixing time is from 1 day to 1 week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignees: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Maruyama, Tatsuo Konoike, Masayuki Hotta, Hamana Tsujimura, Masatoshi Kajiura
  • Patent number: 6312739
    Abstract: A processed egg product obtained by partially hydrolyzing, with a use of protease, the yolk to which a saccharide and lysophospholipids have been added. A method for producing a processed egg product, comprising the step of partially hydrolyzing yolk containing 1 to 30% of a saccharide based on the weight of the yolk and 3 to 20% of lysophospholipids based on the weight of the yolk with 0.01 to 0.3% of a protease based on the weight of the yolk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeko Hayashi, Yoshikazu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 6000146
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously granulating powder material has a feeder for continuously supplying powder material, and a granulation vessel. The granulation vessel includes a granulation zone and a drying zone. The apparatus also has a spray nozzle disposed so as to be declined above the granulation zone for adding binder to the powder material, a perforated plate disposed below the granulation zone and the trying zone, an intermediate weir disposed between the granulation zone and the drying zone so as to provide a space between the intermediate weir and the perforated plate, an outlet weir disposed at an outlet side of the drying zone, and a heated air supplying device for supplying from below heated air to the granulation zone and the drying zone so as to form a fluidized bed of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignees: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Yoshioka, Masakazu Yoshizawa, Masahiro Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 5946820
    Abstract: An apparatus for continuously granulating powder material has a feeder for continuously supplying powder material, and a granulation vessel. The granulation vessel includes a granulation zone and a drying zone. The apparatus also has a spray nozzle disposed so as to be declined above the granulation zone for adding binder to the powder material, a perforated plate disposed below the granulation zone and the trying zone, an intermediate weir disposed between the granulation zone and the drying zone so as to provide a space between the intermediate weir and the perforated plate, an outlet weir disposed at an outlet side of the drying zone, and a heated air supplying device for supplying from below heated air to the granulation zone and the drying zone so as to form a fluidized bed of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignees: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Yoshioka, Masakazu Yoshizawa, Masahiro Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 5650180
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a paste-type material includes: a container charged with a paste-type material and provided at its one end with an extrusion tip, the container being collapsible in the longitudinal direction until the internal volume thereof is almost completely nullified; a cylindrical body opened at its both ends and having a diameter such that the container charged with the paste-type material is received in the cylindrical body; a piston sized to be insertable into the cylindrical body; and an extruder having a receiving portion for receiving the cylindrical body and having an operating portion. The operating portion is operable to cause a predetermined amount of advance of the piston into the cylindrical body received in the receiving portion so as to collapse the container in the longitudinal direction, thereby extruding a predetermined amount of the paste-type material from the extrusion tip of the container upon each operation of the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Knorr Foods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Kumada, Masahiro Furuya