Patents Examined by Hong T Yoo
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Method and device for increasing the proportion of meat used in fish, poultry or other meat products
Patent number: 12364270Abstract: A method is used in the production of principal products conveyed in plurality along a processing line, consisting of fish, poultry or other meat which contains, in addition to the principal products to be obtained, inedible components to be removed (removal components) and also contains edible by-products remaining on said removal components. The edible by-products remain on the removal components after removal. The method includes: loading a separating device with a batch of fish, poultry or other meat; separating the principal products of this batch from the removal components, comprising by-products, of said batch; separating the by-products from the removal components; producing a by-product brine from the by-products by comminuting the by-products and mixing with water and stabiliser; and injecting a defined quantity of the by-product brine into the principal products, wherein principal products and the by-products contained in the by-product brine come from the same batch.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Pia Meinlschmidt, Peter Ripphausen, Torsten Rusko -
Patent number: 12357003Abstract: The present invention relates to a dried coffee powder obtainable by a process comprising membrane filtration of a low temperature extract of roasted and ground coffee beans to reduce the concentration of low molecular weight components and drying the filtered coffee extract.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Deepak Sahai, Amrit Maharaj, Rachid Rahmani, Marc Raederer, Stefan Palzer, Hervé Crosnier
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Patent number: 12349684Abstract: A method for increasing the softness and the relaxation of a dough comprising a) adding at least one endopeptidase having at least 60% identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2 to flour or to a dough comprising a flour, wherein no L-cystein and/or sodium metabisulfite is added to the dough; b) kneading the dough; and c) making the dough into an edible product.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Novozymes A/SInventors: Irina Victorovna Matveeva, Katja Puder, Sajid Akbar
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Patent number: 12342840Abstract: The invention relates to a glucose(-containing) syrup replacement composition for use in food applications, such as in bakery, beverages, ice cream, confectionery and the like. The glucose(-containing) syrup replacement composition comprises at least 80 wt % of maltodextrin having a dextrose equivalence (DE) of from 15 to 20 and up to 20 wt % of sorbitol and glycerol. The invention also covers the use of the composition in a food product to replace at least partially or completely nutritive mono- and disaccharides having an energy density of 4 kcal/g, preferably to replace at least partially or completely glucose, sucrose and/or fructose, generally in the form of syrups.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Cargill, IncorporatedInventors: Yamam Can Saraclar, Burçak Taskin
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Patent number: 12336554Abstract: A cannabinoid acid beverage includes an aqueous solution having a pH of greater than 7 and at least one cannabinoid acid dissolved therein. The cannabinoid acid may include CBDA, THCA, CBGA, CBCA, or combinations thereof. A method of preparing the beverage may include heating the solution to increase the solubility of the cannabinoid acid therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Chemtor, LPInventor: William Lanier
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Patent number: 12317908Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dry chloroplast composition comprising chloroplasts isolated from Fabaceae family plants. The composition has a moisture content of less than about 8%. The composition has at least one ratio chosen from: a ratio of chlorophyll/fructose 1,6-biphosphatase (FBPP) of about 50 to about 130, the ratio of chlorophyll/FBPP being chlorophyll ? in ? ( mg / g ) FBPP ? in ? ( intensity / mg ? powder ) × 1 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 ? 0 , ?The FBPP intensity being measured by immunoblot, a ratio of Rubisco/chlorophyll of about 25 to about 65, the ratio of Rubisco/chlorophyll being ( R ? u ? bisco ? in ? intensity c ? h ? l ? o ? r ? o ? phyll ? in ? ( mg / g ) ) / 1000 , ?wherein the Rubisco intensity being measured by immunoblot, a ratio of Rubisco/chlorophyll of about 2.5 ng/mg to about 6.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: VIRENTIA INNOVATION INC.Inventors: Pierre Lavallée, Réjean Desgagnés, Laurence Cambron-Fortin, Louis-Philippe Vézina, Pierre Talbot
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Patent number: 12290091Abstract: The use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. Compositions including composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: ETH ZurichInventors: Sreenath Bolisetty, Michael Zimmermann, Yi Shen, Raffaele Mezzenga
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Patent number: 12279638Abstract: A functionally enhanced flour provided by a manufacturing process that subjects a grain precursor to extrusion under low water, high pressure, and low heat dynamic conditions, and methods of using the resulting flour as an ingredient in food products for human and animal consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: GHL Specialty Flours, LLCInventors: John M. Lipscomb, Omar I. Rodriguez, Chad C. Berge
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Patent number: 12274287Abstract: In accordance with the teachings of the disclosure, a process is disclosed for pitting drupes. In some embodiments of a pitting process, the pitting machine uses a pitting knife that has a longitudinal passageway that extends axially through the pitting knife. The pitting machine has a steam source that provides pressurized steam to the passageway of the pitting knife. Prior to pitting the drupe, the pressurized steam flows through the passageway and onto a portion of a drupe positioned within a carrier in the pitting machine. The heat and pressure of the steam between the drupe and the cutting end of the cutting knife can soften a localized portion of the drupe so that the cutting knife can cut through the flesh of the drupe and eject the pit out of the opposite side of the drupe.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Desert Valley Date, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Paul Kirkjan
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Patent number: 12239148Abstract: Formed, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg products are prepared by mixing a liquid egg composition comprising liquid egg in an amount sufficient so that the liquid egg composition is flowable at 35° F. with solid food inclusions, wherein at least 50% of the solid food inclusions have a longest dimension size of from 0.6 to 12 cm. At least about 50% of the solid food inclusions are at a temperature of less than 34° F. at the time of mixing. The resulting extrudable egg-based matrix comprises from 50 wt % to 90 wt % of the solid food inclusions, and is formed into a predetermined shape to provide a shaped, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg product that is self-supporting for at least two minutes at an ambient temperature of 40° F. The shaped, ready-to-cook egg product may then be cooked.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Oscar Esquivel, Samuel Edward Kessler, Bria Abeles-Allison
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Patent number: 12232514Abstract: This application generally relates to incorporating edible oil into beverage products. One example can involve adding an edible oil to a container of a beverage appliance. The beverage appliance can then be actuated. When actuated, the beverage appliance can incorporate the edible oil into a beverage or a topping associated with a beverage product.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Starbucks CorporationInventors: Howard D. Schultz, Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Jeffrey J. Chapman, Amy E. Dilger, Leslie A. Wolford
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Patent number: 12225913Abstract: Disclosed herein are new cannabis compositions. In one embodiment, these new cannabis compositions are beverages, such as tea. In one embodiment, these new cannabis compositions are dehydrated beverages, such as powders or crystalline forms, which can be mixed with other components, like tea, and added to water.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: 5071, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy H. Goldstein, Justin E. Singer, Adrian Verwolf, Garret Nicodemus
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Patent number: 12207666Abstract: Provided is a green tea-containing beverage including: (A) green tea; (B) at least one selected from the group consisting of phytic acid, tartaric acid, and gluconic acid; and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, a salt of ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, and a salt of erythorbic acid, wherein the green tea-containing beverage has a copper content of 0.3 mg/L or more. Preferably, the concentration of the constituent (B) is 0.05-2.5 g/L. Preferably, the concentration of the constituent (C) is 0.2-5 g/L. Preferably the green tea-containing beverage further includes alcohol. Also provided is a method for preventing discoloration of a green tea-containing beverage, the method including: incorporating the constituents (B) and (C) in the green tea-containing beverage; and further incorporating copper so as to give the copper content of 0.3 mg/L or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD.Inventors: Momoko Matsuyama, Manabu Osaki
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Patent number: 12201133Abstract: A dry food mix described includes a powder mix and particulates. A powder mix contains at least 70% by weight sugars, and includes 40-70% by weight crystalline sucrose, 25-50% by weight crystalline glucose, and a releasing agent. A method described includes making a food by heating, then cooling, a dry food mix to produce the food.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Steven J Cox, David J Domingues, Karin C Gaertner, Nicole Madden
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Patent number: 12202163Abstract: An electromechanical double-bladed fruit and vegetable peeling and cutting machine comprising a holding mechanism (1), a peeling mechanism (2), and a cutting mechanism (3) sequentially provided in a direction of fruit and vegetable processing. The holding mechanism receives and holds a fruit or vegetable, and pushes the fruit or vegetable toward the peeling mechanism for positioning. The peeling mechanism performs positioning, measures actual cutting height of the fruit or vegetable, and adaptively peels the fruit or vegetable by means of two peeling blades. The cutting mechanism removes a top and a bottom portion of the peeled fruit or vegetable, and cuts the fruit or vegetable into pieces.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventor: Liyi Yang
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Patent number: 12193452Abstract: Disclosed are methods for separating non-soy plant materials to produce a fat-enriched fraction, a reduced-fat plant extract, reduced-fat plant protein compositions, a crude oil, plant gums, a degummed oil and a protein-fat sediment. Also disclosed are food products containing or prepared from the reduced-fat extracts, fat-enriched fraction, gums, oils, protein-fat sediments and reduced-fat protein compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Specialty Protein Producers, Inc.Inventor: Donald L. Crank
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Patent number: 12185735Abstract: Beverage compositions which are useful in beverage capsules may contain roast and ground coffee and dried coffee extract obtained by extracting coffee at a temperature below 60° C. Such capsules are useful for the preparation of coffee beverages in beverage preparation machines.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Stefan Palzer, Marie-Laure Jung, Celine Sarrazin-Horisberger, Amrit Maharaj, Gerhard Niederreiter
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Patent number: 12180553Abstract: The present invention describes a syrup of tagatose and galactose as main components together with other secondary products such as glycerol, oligosaccharides and other sugars in a minority amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: INALCO S.R.L.Inventors: Giovanni Cipolletti, Luana Vagnoli, Jacopo Chini, Silvia Biagiolini
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Patent number: 12178219Abstract: To provide a method for improving the body taste-imparting effect of a ?-glutamyl peptide. By using an edible oil/fat composition that is produced by dispersing an aqueous solution of a ?-glutamyl peptide in an oil/fat, the body taste-imparting effect of the ?-glutamyl peptide is improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Munehisa Shibata, Takayasu Motoyama
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Patent number: 12152218Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing purified vegetable liquid oil, and the process is comprising contacting a vegetable liquid oil, which has not been subjected to a deodorization step, with an adsorbent comprising alumina oxide and wherein the adsorbent has a content of alumina oxide of not more than 9.5% and the obtained deodorized vegetable liquid oils.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Cargill, IncorporatedInventor: Falk Brüse