Patents Assigned to Sohkar Oy
  • Patent number: 6447614
    Abstract: The invention relates to a raw material for use in the preparation of pectin and related compounds, the raw material being pressed, stabilized sugar beet pulp subjected to biotechnical pre-treatment. In accordance with the invention the raw material is prepared by pre-treating fresh pressed sugar beet pulp by lowering the pH to a value between 3.5 and 4.5 (preferably 3.9 and 4.3) and subsequently storing the obtained acid pulp in tight, i.e. substantially oxygen-free conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Sohkar Oy
    Inventors: Juhani Kuusisto, Irma Christina Lindqvist, Juhani Antila
  • Patent number: 6403140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gelatinous jellying product containing water, a sweetening agent and a jellying agent, and to the use of the product for preparing gelatinized products. The invention also relates to gelatinized products prepared by using the aforementioned jellying product. The invention describes especially an alcohol-containing gelatinized product that has been manufactured with a jellying product according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Sohkar Oy
    Inventors: Ilkka Tiainen, Juha Oravainen, Timo Piilola