Patents Assigned to Nestec S.A.
  • AGE-TAILORED NUTRITIONAL FORMULA WITH PARTICULARLY ADAPTED CALORIC DENSITY FOR YOUNG INFANTS
    Publication number: 20130236596
    Abstract: Nutritional formulae which are specifically designed to address the needs of infants and young children up to at least 6 months of age. In particular, the invention provides a set of nutritional compositions for infants and young children, each nutritional composition having an age-specific caloric density. The set of the invention is specifically aimed at providing long-term benefits to the infants and young children such as reducing obesity and reducing cardiovascular diseases later in life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Petra Klassen, Corinne Magliola
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A LOW DENSITY WAFER PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130236622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of wafers and more particularly to the use of a batter aerating system to obtain wafers with an effective density of at most 0.16 g/cm3, and with sufficient strength to be able to remove them from the wafer baking plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Abdessamad Arrachid, Rodolfo De Acutis, Hugh Powell, Richard Leadbeater, Stephen Coe
  • FOOD PRODUCT PROVIDING SUSTAINED BLOOD LEVELS OF EXOGENOUS SUBSTANCES
    Publication number: 20130236595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a food product comprising soluble fibre and at least one exogenous biologically active substance. It further relates to the uses of a mixture comprising at least soluble fibre and at least one exogenous substance in the preparation of a food product to avoid short-term peaks of the exogenous substance in serum, for example. Preferably the food product is a bar comprising caffeine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jacques DECOMBAZ, Hubert MILON, Pierre WUERSCH
  • OLIGOSACCHARIDE MIXTURE AND FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING THIS MIXTURE, ESPECIALLY INFANT FORMULA
    Publication number: 20130236423
    Abstract: The invention discloses an oligosaccharide mixture comprising 5-70 wt % of at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, 5-90 wt % of at least one neutral oligosaccharide, 2-50 wt % of at least one sialylated oligosaccharide, and/or 5-70 wt % of at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide. The invention also discloses a food product, especially an infant formula, comprising said oligosaccharide mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Norbert Sprenger, Jean-Richard Neeser
  • OLIGOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION FOR TREATING ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130236424
    Abstract: The inventions discloses a composition comprising at least one N-acetyl lactosamine, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing acute respiratory infections (ARI) and/or relieving symptoms of said ARI infections. Preferably said composition is a starter infant formula. Said acute respiratory infection is in particular bronchiolitis or otitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Norbert Sprenger
  • FROZEN CONFECTIONS CONTAINING PROBIOTIC MICRO-ORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20130236581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of frozen yoghurt. In particular, the present invention provides frozen yoghurt compositions comprising non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms. These non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms may bioactive heat treated probiotic micro-organisms, for example. The present inventions also relates to health benefits provided by these non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Annick Mercenier, Guenolee Prioult, Sophie Nutten
  • Dietary fiber formulation and method of administration
    Patent number: 8530447
    Abstract: The invention provides dietary fiber formulation and related methods for its administration. In one embodiment, the invention provides a dietary fiber formulation comprising: partially-hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG); and fructooligosaccharides (FOS), wherein the dietary fiber formulation exhibits a prebiotic potential greater than a prebiotic potential of PHGG and FOS individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John P. Troup, Anne L. Falk
  • Probiotics in a pre- and/or post surgical environment
    Patent number: 8529887
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition, more particularly to the use of probiotics in nutrition. In particular the present invention relates to the use of a probiotic or of a mixture of probiotics in the manufacture of a nutritional composition or a medicament to act the colon in a pre- or post surgical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Eduardo Schiffrin
  • Method of preparing foam from a milk-based alimentary liquid and method for implementing the same
    Patent number: 8528468
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing foam from a milk-based alimentary liquid, including the successive steps of: a) spacing a quantity of alimentary liquid in a container associated with stirring members; b) heating said quantity of alimentary liquid to bring it in proximity to a first desired temperature level while mechanically stirring it at a first stirring speed, lower than the foam creating speed, and c) stirring said quantity of liquid at a second stirring speed, sufficient to make said liquid foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Boussemart, Alfred Yoakim
  • AGE-TAILORED NUTRITIONAL FORMULA WITH PARTICULARLY ADAPTED CALORIC DENSITY FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN
    Publication number: 20130230620
    Abstract: Nutritional formulae which are specifically designed to address the needs of infants and young children up to at least 2 years of age. In particular, the inventionv provides a set of nutritional compositions for infants and young children, each nutritional composition having an age-specific caloric density. The set of the invention is specifically aimed at providing long-term benefits to the infants and young children such as reducing obesity and reducing cardiovascular diseases later in life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Petra Klassen, Corinne Magliola
  • INSTANT BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130230628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of instant beverage granules which, upon reconstitution with water, form a foamy upper surface. The method makes use of a porous base powder to which the present invention also relates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Boehm, Daniel Paul Donhowe, Patricia Ann Mathias, Xiaoping Fu, Joseph Bernard Rechtiene, Ulrich Kessler, Matthias Balan Sudharsan
  • METHODS OF IMPROVING MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN AN INDIVIDUAL
    Publication number: 20130230608
    Abstract: Methods of improving mental or physical health conditions of an individual are provided. In a general embodiment, the method provides administering to an individual in need of an improved mental or physical health condition a decaffeinated coffee product comprising an unroasted coffee. The mental or physical health condition can be, for example, sustained attention in the individual, improvement in the individual's mood or alertness, reduced headaches in the individual, and/or improved relaxation in the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Yvonne Beata Silber, Jeroen Antonius Johannes Schmitt
  • EXTRUDED NON-REPLICATING PROBIOTIC MICRO-ORGANISMS AND THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS
    Publication number: 20130230611
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic micro-organisms, in particular to the field of non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions comprising probiotic micro-organisms that were rendered non-replicating by extrusion. Such compositions may be used to treat or prevent disorders that are related to a compromised immune system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Annick Mercenier, Antoine Wermeille, Audrey Demont, Guenolee Prioult
  • Lactoferrin and brain health and development in infants
    Patent number: 8524658
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of brain development and brain health. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a composition that can be used for the treatment or prevention of a delayed brain development and/or a delayed development of the nervous system. Also cognitive performance can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Bing Wang, Magali Faure, Jeroen Schmitt
  • Multi-purpose food preparation kit
    Patent number: 8525087
    Abstract: Multi-purpose food preparation kits for foods which include dough, at least a portion of which is exposed for cooking, browning, and crisping, and optionally rising. The kits include a support base of susceptor material elevated above a support surface by an elevator member either incorporated with a base or separate therefrom. Kits further include a ring component of susceptor material which surrounds the food product, and which is dimensioned larger than the initial dimensions of the food product, so as to be spaced therefrom, at least initially, prior to cooking The space inside the ring component allows the dough to rise during cooking without obstruction by the susceptor ring and without imparting thermal energy from the susceptor ring to the dough surface. In one embodiment the susceptor base it provided in the form of a shipping carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Derek Joseph Romeo, Paul Andrew Cogley, Amy Lynn Matusheski, Keith Eric Petrofsky, Peter Privert, Uraiwan Tangprasertchai, Steven Paul Greiner, Neil Edward Darin, Joseph R. Brooks
  • POWDERED CEREAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NON-REPLICATING PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20130224166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of powdered cereal compositions to be reconstituted in milk, infant formula or water. In particular, the present invention relates to powdered cereal compositions to be administered to infants or young children. The powdered cereal compositions may be used to strengthen the immune system and/or to treat or prevent inflammatory disorders. For example these benefits can be provided by probiotic micro-organisms. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a powdered cereal composition comprising non-replicating probiotic-micro-organisms, for example bioactive heat treated probiotic micro-organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Annick Mercenier, Guenolee Prioult, Sophie Nutten
  • METHODS FOR IMPROVING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE DIAGNOSIS
    Publication number: 20130225439
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems to predict and diagnose inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and subtypes such as ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) by detecting the presence, absence, level, and/or genotype of one or more sero-genetic-inflammation markers. Advantageously, with the present invention, it is possible to provide a diagnosis of IBD versus non-IBD, to rule out IBD that is inconclusive for CD and UC, and to differentiate between CD and UC with increased accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Nestec S.A.
  • NON-REPLICATING PROBIOTIC MICRO-ORGANISMS PROTECT CHILDREN AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130224254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms and their health benefits. In particular, the present invention provides a means to help parents to protect their children from gastro-intestinal infections, in particular diarrhea. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a composition comprising non-replicating probiotic micro-organisms for use in the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal infections in children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Valerie Petit, Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas, Monique Julita, Annick Mercenier, Guenolee Prioult, Sophie Nutten
  • COOKING METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY COOKING FOODS
    Publication number: 20130224342
    Abstract: A method of preparing a food dish simultaneously cooking a food item with rice, wherein the food item is seasoned or flavoured by placing food and seasoning or flavouring ingredients inside a cook-in bag, sealing the cook-in bag, placing the sealed cook-in bag in a cooking appliance, and wherein the rice is placed in the cooking appliance either before or after the cook-in bag is placed in the cooking appliance, and the food item and the rice are cooked together. A cooking kit for use in the method comprising a cook-in bag provided together with a sachet containing seasoning or flavouring ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Rebecca Lian Hwee Peng
  • METHODS FOR THE USE OF BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS
    Publication number: 20130225510
    Abstract: The invention provides an orally-administrable nutritional product comprising a dipeptide including a branched chain amino acids (BCAA). In one embodiment, the nutritional product comprises a dipeptide selected from at least one of the following: alanyl-leucine, alanyl-isoleucine, alanyl-valine, glycyl-leucine, glycyl-isoleucine, and glycyl-valine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Nestec S.A.