Patents Assigned to NESTECS S.A.
  • STABLE AND BIOAVAILABLE COMPOSITIONS OF ISOMERS OF CAROTENOIDS FOR SKIN AND HAIR
    Publication number: 20100183537
    Abstract: Compositions that provide health benefits and methods regarding same are presented. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a primary composition comprising at least one carotenoid-containing material, enriched in Z isomers of the carotenoid compound. For example, the carotenoid-containing material contains by weight a greater percentage of an isomer selected from the group consisting of 5-Z, 9-Z and combinations thereof than of 13-Z isomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Karlheinz Bortlik, Pierre Lambelet, Myriam Richelle
  • REFILLABLE MULTI-DOSE CONTAINER APPLICABLE TO A MACHINE FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES
    Publication number: 20100175561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refillable multi-dose container (1) for storing a flowable product comprising: —a tank (2) with a top opened extremity (3), —means (4) for closing the top opened extremity (3) of the tank (2), said means being openable by exercising contact pressure on them and closable by stopping contact pressure on them. The invention relates too to a machine comprising such a multi-dose container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Lucio Scorrano, Dieter Falk
  • FRUIT FIBER GEL
    Publication number: 20100178366
    Abstract: Gelification is an important topic in many types of consumer products today, such as foods, cosmetical or medical products but also in paints or adhesives. The present invention relates to the field of gels and gelling material and their applications. In particular, the present invention relates to a gel comprising a liquid medium and a gel matrix comprising sheared cell wall material from ripe and soft botanical fruits, its preparation, its possible uses, a product comprising such a gel and the corresponding gel building material and its application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cecile Gehin-Delval, Robert John Redgwell, Delphine Gisele Curti, Britta Folmer, Emile Lebat, Alois Raemy
  • SUPPLEMENTION OF MATERNAL DIET
    Publication number: 20100178281
    Abstract: The use of probiotic bacteria in the manufacture of a composition for administration to a woman in at least the third trimester of pregnancy for prevention of gestational diabetes, normalising plasma glucose concentration and/or increasing insulin sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Seppo Salminen, Erika Isolauri, Kirsi Laitinen
  • CAPSULE SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A FOOD LIQUID CONTAINED IN A RECEPTACLE BY CENTRIFUGATION
    Publication number: 20100178404
    Abstract: Method for preparing a food liquid from a food substance contained in a receptacle by passing water through the substance using centrifugal forces comprising: driving the receptacle in centrifugal rotation while introducing water in the capsule, passing water through the substance to form a food liquid, collecting the centrifuged food liquid, wherein the receptacle is a single-use capsule and, a flow restriction means is arranged within the flow path of the centrifuged liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Jean-Paul Denisart, Antoine Ryser
  • Process for preparing nutritional products
    Patent number: 7754264
    Abstract: A process for preparing a dehydrated carbohydrate-containing nutritional product comprises preparing a liquid concentrate with a reduced carbohydrate content, spraying the liquid concentrate into a spray-drier and incorporating the remainder of the carbohydrate content into the nutritional product by blowing solid carbohydrate particles into the spray dryer and removing the carbohydrate-containing nutritional product from the spray-drier. The process substantially reduces the problem of fouling of the spray dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Niklaus Henri Meister
  • Device and method for controlling the filling of a cup by a vending machine
    Patent number: 7753091
    Abstract: A device for controlling the filling of a receptacle with liquid by a drink vending machine. The device includes visual marking device for marking the liquid fill level in the receptacle, a device for emitting a signal towards the receptacle, a device for receiving an incident signal and which receives the incident signal returning from the receptacle and a controlling device configured for commanding the stoppage of filling on the basis of a variation of the incident signal. The receiving device includes a series of photoelectric receivers and at least one variable which is a displacement of a light incident signal measured by the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Matthieu Ozanne, Alexandre Kollep, Ralph Piguet, Grégoire Terrien, Xavier Greppin
  • Beverage powder
    Patent number: 7754270
    Abstract: A beverage powder which is able to progressively increase the viscosity of liquids. The beverage powder contains particles of a gelatinised cereal fraction containing ?-glucan. The particles have a particle size of less than about 350 ?m. When dissolved in liquid to provide a beverage having a ?-glucan concentration of about 0.4% to about 1.5% by weight, the beverage powder progressively increases the viscosity of the beverage such that, after about 15 minutes at room temperature, the beverage has a viscosity below about 350 mPa·s but which rapidly develops a final viscosity of above about 1000 mPa·s at body temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Wuersch, Josef Burri
  • Coating and composite frozen confections
    Patent number: 7754260
    Abstract: A composite ice confectionery article is made by bringing ice confectionery into contact with a biscuit-like mass, wherein the biscuit-like mass is liquid and pumpable at a temperature of 10° C. and above and has a biscuit-like consistency on storage and consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Adrianus Cornelis Kruik, Wolfgang Gaeng
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE OR LIQUID FOOD AND SYSTEM USING BREWING CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
    Publication number: 20100173056
    Abstract: A method for preparing a beverage or liquid from a food substance contained in a filtering receptacle by passing water through the substance using brewing centrifugal forces. The method includes feeding water into the receptacle, and driving the receptacle in centrifugal rotation to force water to flow through the substance in a centrifugal flow path to the outlet of the receptacle. The receptacle is a sealed capsule which is opened for water to be introduced into the capsule, contains a predetermined dose of food substance and is discarded after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Yoakim, Jean-Paul Denisart, Antoine Ryser
  • OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION AND ITS USE FOR THE DELAYED RELEASE OF ACTIVE ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20100172875
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of an oil-in-water emulsion where the interior of oil droplets exhibit interfaces, between lipophilic domains and hydrophilic or amphiphilic domains, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive solubilized inside the oil droplets and which is used for delayed release of active elements such that the release of at least one active element, which has a octanol/water partitioning coefficient logP higher than ?1, corresponds to a higher Tmax than the Tmax obtained for the simple reference oil-in-water emulsion where no lipophilic additive is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Van Anh Phan, Nicolas Godinot, Laurent Sagalowicz, Martin Leser, Fabien Robert
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FROTHED LIQUID FROM SOLUBLE INGREDIENTS AND DILUENT
    Publication number: 20100173057
    Abstract: Device for producing a frothed liquid comprising a chamber 13 opened to atmosphere with a transverse bottom wall 14 and a longitudinal upward wall 15, at least one diluent inlet 18, at least one liquid delivery outlet 20, wherein the diluent inlet is provided through the upward wall and is dimensioned and oriented for directing a thin jet of diluent in the chamber, and wherein the at least one liquid delivery outlet is configured in the bottom wall for liquid to rise up along the side of the upward wall by the jet of diluent entering the chamber as a result of the direction and dimension of the diluent inlet in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Gugerli, Jean-Luc Thuliez, Iwan Kissling, Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Cedric Beausire, Nihan Dogan, David J. Harrison, David Hamel
  • Extrusion process, apparatus and product
    Patent number: 7748312
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of cooked cereals or dry pet food by preparing a mixture of water and a dry premix mainly comprising cereal flour or semolina, and pressing the mixture, with the aid of a gear pump, firstly through a heat exchanger wherein it is cooked and then through an extrusion die to form an extruded product. Also, an apparatus for carrying out the process and a product obtainable by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Werner Pfaller, Ernst Heck, Jean Horisberger
  • Osteoprotegerin in milk
    Patent number: 7749960
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to osteoprotegerin obtainable from milk sources, in particular human and bovine milk. The present invention also relates to the use thereof for preparing an ingestible preparation and/or a pharmaceutical composition, in particular to the use of such a preparation/composition for preventing or treating disorders associated with bone metabolism and immune function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Karine Vidal, Peter Van Den Broek, Elizabeth Offord Cavin, Anne Donnet-Hughes
  • CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20100166922
    Abstract: A confectionery product comprises first and second confectionery mass layers arranged in contact with each other as a laminate. At least one of the inner surfaces of the first and second confectionery mass layers is provided with at least one depression, and preferably a plurality of depressions arranged in a regular two-dimensional array. The inner surfaces of the confectionery mass layers define at least one pocket in the confectionery product, the or each pocket being located in an area corresponding to a respective depression. The pockets may provide aeration on a macro scale, and they may be at least partially filled with a liquid, semi-solid or solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Monica C. Valdez, Adrienne D. Holmes, John David Wood, Marcel Aebi, Sandhya Sridhar
  • PROBIOTICS TO REDUCE DEVELOPMENT OF ALLERGY IN INFANTS BORN BY CAESAREAN SECTION
    Publication number: 20100150874
    Abstract: The use of probiotic bacteria in the manufacture of a medicament or therapeutic nutritional composition for reducing the risk of subsequent development of allergy in infants delivered by caesarean section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Karl-Josef Huber-Haag, Marie-Claire Fichot, Florence Rochat, Norbert Sprenger
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE SKIN AND COAT OF PETS
    Publication number: 20100150870
    Abstract: A method for improving or maintaining the skin and coat system of a pet includes administering to the pet a nutritional agent which promotes the growth of bifido- and lactic-bacteria in its gastro-intestinal tract. The nutritional agent may be a prebiotic or a probiotic micro-organism, or both. The nutritional agent may be administered together with a long chain fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Linda A. Young, Terry Russell, Jody Russell
  • Nucleic Acids and Proteins Associated with Sucrose Degradation in Coffee
    Publication number: 20100154074
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules isolated from coffee (Coffea spp.) comprising sequences that encodes various sucrose metabolizing enzymes, along with their encoded proteins. Specifically, three types of invertase and four invertase inhibitors and their encoding polynucleotides from coffee are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides for gene regulation and manipulation of the sugar profile of coffee plants, to influence flavor, aroma, and other features of coffee beans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: NESTEC S.A., CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Isabelle Privat, James Gérard McCarthy, Vincent Petiard, Steven D. Tanksley, Chenwei Lin
  • LONG-TERM FEED - CANCER PATIENT
    Publication number: 20100152107
    Abstract: Pursuant to the present invention, methods and compositions are provided for providing long-term tube-fed nutrition. More specifically, pursuant to the present invention, methods and compositions are provided for providing long-term tube-fed nutrition to cancer patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Herve Le-Henand, Francois Murbach, Michael Jedwab, Claudia Roessle, Luc Adam Cynober, Stepher Michel Scnneider
  • Dehydrin Genes and Promoters From Coffee
    Publication number: 20100154073
    Abstract: Dehydrin- and late embryogenic abundant (LEA) protein-encoding polynucleotides from coffee plants are disclosed. Also disclosed are a promoter sequence from a coffee dehydrin gene, and methods for using these polynucleotides and promoter sequences for gene regulation and manipulation of flavor, aroma, stress tolerance and other features of coffee beans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicants: NESTEC S. A., CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohamed Ben Amor, James Gérard McCarthy, Vincent Petiard, Steven D Tanksley, Chenwei Lin