Patents Assigned to Nestec S.A.
  • Deodorized edible oil or fat with low levels of bound MCPD and process of making by carboxymethyl cellulose and/or resin purification
    Patent number: 8653288
    Abstract: A process for making a deodorized edible oil or fat having a low level of bound MCPD (monochloro propanediol esters) and/or low level of bound 3-MCPD is described. The process comprises a step of contacting the oil or fat to a carboxymethyl cellulose or an ion exchange resin. The carboxymethyl cellulose can be a Blanose® cellulose gum and the resin can be a cationic resin. A deodorized vegetable oil or fat and a food product made there from is described. The food product can be an infant formula. It exhibits low levels of bound MCPD and/or low level of bound 3-MCPD. In one embodiment the oil or fat has a reduced level of free fatty acid as well as a limpid aspect and no off-flavors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Constantin Bertoli, Francois Cauville, Annemarie Johanna Hendrika Schoonman
  • System with capsule having sealing means
    Patent number: 8651012
    Abstract: A beverage forming system that includes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients and having an outer surface; a capsule-based beverage producing device provided with a member for injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule, a member for draining a beverage from the capsule, and an enclosing member transferable from an opened state to a defined closed state, in which the enclosing member encloses the outer surface of the capsule; and a sealing member associated with the capsule and which is compressible when engaged by the enclosing member in the closed state, wherein the sealing member is effective to compensate for the clearance between the enclosing member and the capsule which would otherwise exist when the enclosing member is in its defined closed state. Also, a method for producing a beverage using such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Gilles Gavillet, Jean-Paul Denisart
  • NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS HAVING ALPHA-HICA AND CITRULLINE
    Publication number: 20140044685
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions for maximizing muscle protein synthesis while minimizing the catabolism of muscle proteins and methods of using same are provided. In this manner, the nutritional compositions may provide for retention of lean body mass, which helps to avoid loss of independence and functionality, as well as to improve quality of life especially in the elderly at risk of sarcopenia and frailty. The nutritional compositions include ?-hydroxyisocaproic acid and citrulline. The composition may include other functional ingredients such as, but not limited to whey protein including whey protein micelles, prebiotic fibers, ?-keto-glutarate, eicosapentaenoic acid, L-carnitine, nucleotides, and amino acids. Methods of administering such nutritional products to individuals in need of same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Norman Alan Greenberg, Denis Breuille, Zamzam Kabiry (Fariba) Roughead, Doug Bolster, Jennifer Mager
  • CREAMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20140044855
    Abstract: Creamers for whitening food products are provided. The creamers can be shelf-stable and aseptic. The creamers can have high whitening capacity and a pleasant mouthfeel. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a creamer including a hydrocolloid, an insoluble divalent salt, a protein, an emulsifier, and an oil. The creamer does not need to include titanium dioxide to provide a whitening effect. The creamer can be a fat-free, liquid creamer including water ranging from about 50% to about 90% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Alexander A. Sher, Jean-Baptiste Bezelgues
  • INFANT FORMULA FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
    Publication number: 20140044830
    Abstract: An infant formula comprising at least a source of proteins, a source of lipids, a source of carbohydrates, wherein the protein content is below 2.1 g/100 kcal, for use in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, in particular for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases associated with high blood pressure. Preferably said composition is a starter infant formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine Mace, Phillippe Steenhout
  • CREAMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20140044854
    Abstract: Creamers for whitening food products are provided. The creamers can have long-term stability, high whitening capacity and a pleasant mouth feel. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a natural dairy creamer including a sugar, a fat, a protein having a globular protein denaturation degree between about 75% and about 98%, and a viscosity ranging between about 10 cP and about 70 cP when measured at a temperature of 4° C. and a shear rate of 75 s?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Bezelgues, J. Antonio Gutierrez, Martin Erwin Leser
  • Remote diagnosis of beverage preparation machines
    Patent number: 8649490
    Abstract: A communication system (1) comprises: a beverage preparation machine (10) having a data-exchange communication module (11, 11?); a service unit (30) that is distant from the beverage preparation machine and that is arranged for exchanging data with the communication module of the beverage preparation machine; a transmission arrangement (15, 20, 35) for transmitting data between the data-exchange communication module and the service unit. The data-exchange communication module of the beverage preparation machine comprises a sound-interface (11, 11?) for exchanging data as a sound signal. The transmission arrangement comprises a telephone device (15) for transmitting this sound signal of the data towards the service unit and/or originating from the service unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Gilles Gavillet
  • Thermoblock-based beverage production device with brewing chambers
    Patent number: 8646377
    Abstract: A brewing-type beverage production device comprising at least one water reservoir, at least two thermoblocks respectively being in fluid connection with the water reservoir, at least brewing chambers, each of the brewing chambers being supplied with heated water from one of the thermoblocks, being adapted to contain a beverage ingredient and being connected with an outlet for draining a brewed beverage, the device furthermore comprising a hot water outlet being adapted to be selectively in fluid connection with the at least two thermoblocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Stieger, Heinz Eicher
  • Isoamyl acetate for weight management
    Patent number: 8647687
    Abstract: Described is the use of isoamyl acetate in food compositions for weight management and/or weight control. Further described is a beverage containing isoamyl acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Julie Laure Hudry, Johannes Le Coutre, Alexander Erin
  • AGE-TAILORED NUTRITION SYSTEM FOR INFANTS
    Publication number: 20140037787
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a protein source comprising whey and casein proteins for providing an age-tailored nutrition system to an infant which system comprises two infant formulas each appropriate to an infant of a different age and each comprising the protein source wherein the whey casein ratio of each formula is chosen in the range from 100:0 to 40:60 and decreases according to the age of the infant and the protein content of each formula is chosen in the range from 1.5 to 3.0 g protein/100 kcal and decreases according to the age of the infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Haschke, Petra Klassen, Corinne Magliola, Matthew Steven
  • LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI NCC2461 (ST11) FOR USE BY PERINATAL MATERNAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF ALLERGIES IN PROGENY
    Publication number: 20140037686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a probiotic, Lactobacillus paracasei NCC 2461, i.e. ST11, for use by administration to expectant females and/or lactating mothers, and to their progeny for the reduction or prevention of the development of allergic immune responses in progeny. A daily dose of ST11 is administered to a pregnant woman for at least two weeks before delivery and, after delivery, the daily dose of ST11, is administered to the lactating mother or the newborn infant for at least two months, either directly or via the mother's milk. The infant immune responses to allergens are thus reduced, resulting in a “dampened” allergic response. Thus allergy, including atopy, may be prevented in the progeny.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Annick Mercenier, Ardian Zuercher, Sophie Nutten, Ursula Wiedermann, Irma Schabussova
  • AGE-TAILORED NUTRITION SYSTEM FOR INFANTS
    Publication number: 20140037788
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a protein source comprising whey and casein proteins for providing an age-tailored nutrition system to an infant which system comprises two infant formulas each appropriate to an infant of a different age and each comprising the protein source wherein the whey casein ratio of each formula is chosen in the range from 100:0 to 40:60 and decreases according to the age of the infant and the protein content of each formula is chosen in the range from 1.5 to 3.0g protein/100 kcal and decreases according to the age of the infant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Haschke, Petra Klassen, Corinne Magliola, Matthew Steven
  • NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALPHA-HYDROXYISOCAPROIC ACID
    Publication number: 20140037604
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions for maximizing muscle protein synthesis while minimizing the catabolism of muscle proteins and methods of using same are provided. In this manner, the nutritional compositions may provide for retention of lean body mass, which helps to avoid loss of independence and functionality, as well as to improve quality of life especially in the elderly at risk of sarcopenia and frailty. The nutritional compositions include ?-hydroxyisocaproic acid and may include other functional ingredients such as, but not limited to whey protein including whey protein micelles, prebiotic fibers, L-carnitine, nucleotides, and amino acids. Methods of administering such nutritional products to individuals in need of same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Norman Alan Greenberg, Denis Breuille, Zamzam Kabiry (Fariba) Roughead, Doug Bolster, Jennifer Mager
  • NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACIDS FOR WOUND HEALING
    Publication number: 20140037601
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions for improving, treating and/or preventing various medical conditions and methods of using same are provided. The medical conditions may include wounds, mucositis among others. The nutritional compositions include branched chain fatty acids and may include other functional ingredients such as, but not limited to probiotics, nucleotides and amino acids. Methods of administering such nutritional products to individuals in need of same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Norman Alan Greenberg
  • REDUCED-FAT CHOCOLATE COATING FORMED BY SPRAYING
    Publication number: 20140033969
    Abstract: A device for forming a frozen confectionary product having a reduced-fat chocolate coating. The chocolate coating contains less than about 40% fat by weight of the coating, and has a thickness less than a coating formed by dipping. These features are obtained by the use of the spray coating device in a process for applying the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alain LEAS, Gary Pierre MAUL, Samnang NOS
  • SPREADABLE DAIRY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20140037821
    Abstract: The invention concerns a shelf stable spread that includes sweetened condensed milk of fat content 2 to 25% by weight and water content 15 to 35% by weight and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance added at a ratio ranging from 2% to 30% by weight and preferably 5% to 15% by weight wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and is thickened by shear so that it has a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Ernst BEUTLER, Caroline NIEDERREITER, Sylvie LANGOURIEUX, Carla DELANNOY
  • NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING BRANCHED CHAIN FATTY ACIDS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140037602
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions for improving, treating and/or preventing various medical conditions and methods of using same are provided. The medical conditions may include allergies, autoimmune diseases, among others. The nutritional compositions include branched chain fatty acids and may include other functional ingredients such as, but not limited to probiotics, nucleotides and amino acids. Methods of administering such nutritional products to individuals in need of same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Doug Bolster, Norman Alan Greenberg, Jennifer Mager, Zamzam Kabiry (Fariba) Roughead
  • MIXER SENSORS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140033803
    Abstract: Apparatuses for measuring rheological properties of fluids and methods for using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a mixer sensor that is configured to be attached to a rheometer drive head and used to measure rheological properties of a fluid having particulates over a wide range of temperatures and shear rates. Apparatuses capable of obtaining rheological data of a fluid having particulates over a wide range of temperatures and shear rates provides for more precise rheological measurements. The temperatures may be very high temperatures that exceed 100° C., and the shear rates may includes a range of shear rates that are typically found in a processing pipeline system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Ferhan Ozadali, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Rabiha Sulaiman
  • NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING ARGININE LEVELS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20140030241
    Abstract: Nutritional compositions having dietary nucleotides, ?-3 fatty acids and citrulline are provided. The nutritional compositions may be formulated to improve T cell function, increase arginine availability in vivo, regulate myeloid-derived suppressor cells (“MDSC”), and decrease the risk and/or severity of infection after surgery or trauma. Methods of making, using and administering such nutritional compositions to individuals in need of same are also provided. Methods for modulating the affects of MDSC's are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Norman Alan Greenberg
  • MIXING NOZZLE FITMENTS
    Publication number: 20140027472
    Abstract: Mixing nozzle fitments and beverage devices containing the mixing nozzle fitments are provided. In an embodiment, the mixing nozzle fitment includes a first shaft defining an inlet passage, a second shaft defining a curved outlet passage and attached to the first shaft, and a coupling member attached to the second shaft. The coupling member defines a passage that leads into the curved outlet passage of the second shaft. The mixing nozzle fitment can be used in any suitable beverage dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Balakrishna Reddy