Patents Assigned to NESTECS S.A.
  • Frozen confectionery product and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6613374
    Abstract: Frozen aerated products having a mean ice crystal diameter of between about 20 and 60 microns and a mean equivalent diameter of about 32 to 36 microns and a homogeneous distribution of fats and proteins. These products are manufactured with a device having two endless screws, identical and parallel, meshing with each other and turning in the same direction, located in a casing fitted at one of its ends with a nozzle and at the other end with an inlet for feeding with composition to be frozen and, in an intermediate area, with an inlet for feeding air. The casing is provided with a jacket in which refrigerating fluids circulate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Gilles Fayard, Michel John Arthur Groux
  • Culinary product with creaming powder
    Patent number: 6613375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food product with creaming power, without emulsifiers, obtained by high-shearing mechanical treatment of a mixture of water, fat, pregelatinized swollen starch, and vegetable or animal pulp. The food product has a creamy unctuous consistency and may be frozen. The frozen product is stable to freezing/thawing and heating. The invention also relates to a process for the preparing the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Moreau, Sophie Monnois
  • Cereal bar and method of making
    Patent number: 6607760
    Abstract: A ready-to-eat, nutritionally valuable food bar containing an extruded mixture of (a) agglomerated particles or flakes of at least one cooked-extruded base made of amylaceous materials and milk solids and (b) a binder made of sugar, milk solids and a binding agent, wherein the extruded mixture has the shape of a bar. Also, a process for manufacturing a ready-to-eat food bar by preparing a dry mixture of particles or flakes of at least one cooked-extruded base containing amylaceous materials and milk solids; mixing the dry mixture with a binder made of sugar, milk solids and a binding agent; and forming the mass obtained into a bar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Joseph Burri, Martine Daenzer-Alloncle, Jean-Jacques Desjardins, Sylke Neidlinger
  • Container for housing product and method for making same
    Patent number: 6604857
    Abstract: A flexible container and method for making same are provided. the container comprises a base portion including a bottom, side walls, and an interior, the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests on its bottom, an upper panel portion, that is designed to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member, the upper panel being so constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over, the upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion, and a pair of handles may also be coupled to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jerry E. Buchanan, Rodney A. Buchanan, Albert L. Baner, Harold H. Bennett, Todd A. Miles, John G. Ratcliff
  • Calorically dense liquid oral supplement
    Patent number: 6605310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid oral supplement and a method for using the same. The supplement provides at least 2.25 calories per ml and provides at least 15% by caloric content of protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eileen Fuchs, Chandrasekhara R. Mallangi, Peter Carhuff
  • Plated meal with individually frozen ingredients and method of thawing and heating
    Patent number: 6605307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plated frozen meal comprising a plate, a first group of individually frozen predominantly meat-based ingredients positioned on the plate, a second group of individually frozen predominantly carbohydrate-based or predominantly vegetable-based ingredients positioned on the plate, and at least one pellet of frozen sauce. The at least one pellet of frozen sauce is positioned such that when it thaws it facilitates the thawing or heating of at least one of the first or second groups of ingredients. This invention is also directed to a method of increasing the rate of thawing or heating of a frozen plated meal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Mats Olofsson, Lars Askman
  • Merchandiser system and method for controlling the drying of previously baked goods
    Patent number: 6603098
    Abstract: A merchandiser system and method for thawing, displaying, and warming previously baked dough products, such as cookies, under controlled drying conditions, including a warming compartment and a merchandiser. The merchandiser controls the drying of moisture in the thawed, baked products to maintain the organoleptic and/or texture properties of the products at essentially the same level as those of freshly baked products for a period of at least about 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Balakrishna Reddy, Eileen Roehr, Antonio Gutierrez, Hua Zhang, Mark O. Foster, Mark A. Gaj, Giinping I. Schmidt
  • Process for producing aerated frozen products
    Patent number: 6596333
    Abstract: A process for the production of a aerated frozen products by preparing a mixture of ingredients suitable for a frozen aerated product, adding an emulsifier mixture, aerating the mix to obtain an aerated mix having an overrun of about 20% to about 250%, and about 5% to about 100% for the frozen aerated ice cream and water ice, respectively, and freezing the aerated mix to produce the aerated ice cream or water ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Madansinh Vaghela, Tawfik Yousef Sharkasi, Björn Groh
  • Gelatinized cereal product containing oligosaccharide
    Patent number: 6596332
    Abstract: A gelatinized cereal product which contains a plant material which is a source of inulin: for example chicory. Sufficient of the plant material is included to provide at least about 0.25% by weight of inulin on a dry basis. The cereal product may be used as a pet food or breakfast cereal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Helen Gillian Anantharaman, Olivier Ballevre, Florence Rochat
  • Assembly with pouch and fitment and process for its manufacture
    Patent number: 6592918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly including a pouch, a product filled in the pouch, and a fitment that is applied to the pouch through the method of ultrasonic sealing. The pouch may be produced without any fitment or opening device and completely sealed after the filling. The fitment may be applied through the method of ultrasonic sealing after the filling and sealing of the pouch. The pouch may include a film material specially treated on the inside surface through the addition of a special lacquer or film layer to avoid a sealing at this position. The fitment includes one or more of any thermoplastic polymer, or a special blended polymer, such as metallocene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Thomas Kaeser
  • Nutritional composition
    Patent number: 6592863
    Abstract: A composition for a nutritional supplement for convalescing patients recovering from illness or surgery, those with limited appetite such as the elderly, children or anorexic patients, or those who have impaired ability to digest other sources of protein such as persons having chronic gastritis who have a reduced gastric pepsin digestion. The supplement comprises: (i) a protein source which provides at least about 8% total calories of the composition and which includes at least about 50% by weight whey protein; (ii) a lipid source having an omega 3:6 fatty acid ratio of about 5:1 to about 10:1 and which provides at least about 18% total calories of the composition; (iii) a carbohydrate source; and (iv) a balanced macronutrient profile comprising at least vitamin E and vitamin C. The supplement has reduced capacity to induce satiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eileen C. Fuchs, Clara L. Garcia-Rodenas, Yves Guigoz, Peter Leathwood, Kristel Reiffers-Magnani, Chandrasekhara R. Mallangi, Marco Turini, Helen Gillian Anantharaman
  • Coffee aroma recovery process
    Patent number: 6592922
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of aroma components from coffee grounds. Coffee grounds are placed in a mixer. The coffee grounds are wet, heated, and exposed to decreased pressure to provide aroma containing gas containing aroma components. From 40% to 95% of the aroma components in the coffee grounds are collected from the aroma containing gas. The aroma components may be added to concentrated coffee extract prior to the drying of the extract. The coffee powder produced has much increased and improved aroma and flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Furrer, Catherine Gretsch
  • Method of using alpha-keto enamine derivatives as ingredients and products incorporating same
    Patent number: 6592884
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions including a compound of general formula: alone or in combination, as an ingredient for food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and perfume compositions, wherein R1 includes N-Pyrrolidinyl, N-Pyridinyl, N-(amino-diethyl), N-(2-carboxy-pyrrolidinyl), N-(2-Methoxycarbonyl-pyrrolidinyl), or a combination thereof; R2 includes hydrogen, methyl, or a combination thereof; X includes methylene, ethylidene, 1-Propylidene, oxy radical, or a combination thereof; and Y includes methylene, ethylidene, 1-propylidene, oxy radical, ethan-1,2-diyl, ethen-1,2-diyl, propan-1,2-diyl, ethan-1,2-oxy-1,2-yl, or a combination thereof. Food products containing such compositions, as well as methods of imparting a cooling effect on a consumer's skin, are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Harald Ottinger, Oliver Frank, Tomislav Soldo, Christoph Cerny, Fabien Robert, Imre Blank
  • Festooned laminated candy and methods for making same
    Patent number: 6592928
    Abstract: A festooned, edible laminated structures that have at least one first fluid material of a sticky or flowable mass is interleaved between thin layers of a second fluid material, wherein the first fluid material forms a pattern visible through the second fluid material, which has a visually translucent thickness. Methods of molding such products are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Brian Makela, Ronald Paul Duffell MacDonald, Christine Zerby
  • Game-type flavoring agent
    Patent number: 6592924
    Abstract: A flavoring agent for enhancing or imparting game-type flavor in food products, including a combination of an alkylphenol and cyclohexanecarboxylic acid or an alkyl-substituted derivative thereof, and methods for preparing such of flavoring compositions and food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Imre Blank, Christoph Cerny, Stephanie Devaud, Sven Heyland
  • Hydrocolloid confectionery
    Patent number: 6592926
    Abstract: A hydrocolloid confectionery product that includes, as a gelling agent, comprising iota-carrageenan or a mixture of carrageenans containing more than 50% iota-carrageenan in an amount sufficient to provide characteristics and properties of the product that are essentially the same as in hydrocolloid confectionery products that include gelatin as a gelling agent. Also, a process for making the hydrocolloid confectionery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Mei Horng Ong, Andrew Steve Whitehouse
  • Anticariogenic dairy product and its use
    Patent number: 6592906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food composition containing an effective quantity of rennetted milk for preventing or treating dental caries or dental plaque. The invention also relates to a method of preparing the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Richard Neeser, Bernhard Guggenheim, Claude Parmantier
  • Cold beverage creamer
    Patent number: 6589586
    Abstract: A powdered creamer soluble in cold water down to the freezing point of a solution, which remains in solution during multiple freeze/thaw cycles. The creamer is made up of powdered or agglomerated creamer particles. The creamer particles are preferably made up of a sweetener, a water-dispersible or water-soluble protein and an edible oil having a melting point below 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Christine A. Beeson, Tersita B. Pascual
  • Capsule cage
    Publication number: 20030116029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a capsule cage (1) which can be fitted in a coffee machine, comprising a water intake channel (4) and a housing (5) for the capsule to be extracted, and, directly at the outlet of the water intake channel and in the housing, a system (6) which pierces the capsule, is independent of the water intake channel and is formed by at least one blade, said blade comprising two side edges (22, 23) and a cutting edge, one of the two side edges of the blade having a direction substantially parallel to the direction of piercing A of the capsule to be extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Alexandre Kollep
  • Layered canned pet food
    Patent number: 6582740
    Abstract: A canned pet food product having a base layer and an upper layer. The base layer is formed of solid food pieces in a gravy and has a substantially conical recess formed into its upper surface. The gravy makes up about 20% to about 40% of the base layer. The upper layer is formed of a substantially solid foodstuff and fills the conical recess formed into the base layer. The substantially solid foodstuff provides about 20% to about 80% by weight of the pet food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen May, Steven E. Dingman, Luz Rayner