Patents by Inventor Bernard Boursier

Bernard Boursier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11337440
    Abstract: A method for producing an assembly of at least one dairy protein and at least one vegetable protein, and the assembly obtained by the method. Also, the uses of the assembly, in particular in the food processing field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: ROQUETTE FRERES, INGREDIA, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Emmanuelle Moretti, Guillaume Ribadeau-Dumas, Saliha Belaid, Alain Riaublanc, Jacques Gueguen, Anne Lepoudere, Jean-Jacques Snappe, Isabelle Colin
  • Patent number: 9131710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vegetal milk, in the form of a granulated powder or of a solution, produced from vegetable raw materials and capable of replacing milk of animal origin, and more particularly cow's milk, and also the uses thereof as novel products intended for human foodstuffs. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing such vegetable milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Bruno Gehin
  • Publication number: 20150237885
    Abstract: A method for producing an assembly of at least one dairy protein and at least one vegetable protein, and the assembly obtained by the method. Also, the uses of the assembly, in particular in the food processing field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Emmanuelle Moretti, Guillaume Ribadeau-Dumas, Saliha Belaid, Alain Riaublanc, Jacques Gueguen, Anne Lepoudere, Jean-Jacques Snappe, Isabelle Colin
  • Publication number: 20140370178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for a gluten-free cooking product, and specifically for all products traditionally containing gluten, added as such or by way of bread flour, the products including, in particular, bakery products. The invention likewise relates to totally gluten-free cooking and/or bread products produced using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Patrick Leroux
  • Patent number: 8883243
    Abstract: A subject of the present invention is the use of a maltodextrin and/or a glucose syrup obtained, by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis, from a leguminous starch having an amylose content comprised between 25% and 50%, expressed as dry weight relative to the dry weight of starch, for the encapsulation of organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventor: Bernard Boursier
  • Patent number: 8728560
    Abstract: The invention relates to granulated pea protein composition characterized in that the protein content expressed in terms of a dry substance ranges from 70 to 95% by dry weight, preferably from 70 to 90% by dry weight, more preferably from 80 to 85% by dry weight, a mean diameter ranges from 150 to 300 ?m, a compressibility value determined by the HOSOKAWA method ranges from 5 to 15%, preferably from 8 to 13% and a tamped density determined by the HOSOKAWA method ranges from 0.450 and 0.650 g/ml, preferably from 0.550 and 0.650 g/ml. The method for producing said granulated pea protein composition, the use thereof in the form of a raw material for producing textured pea proteins and the thus obtainable textured pea proteins are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Marie Delebarre, José Lis, Philippe Marquilly
  • Publication number: 20120015078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vegetal milk, in the form of a granulated powder or of a solution, produced from vegetable raw materials and capable of replacing milk of animal origin, and more particularly cow's milk, and also the uses thereof as novel products intended for human foodstuffs. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing such vegetable milk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Bruno Gehin
  • Publication number: 20110311599
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a granulated powder containing at least one vegetable protein and at least one vegetable fiber, characterized in that it has a laser volume mean diameter D4,3 of between 10 ?m and 500 ?m, preferably between 50 ?m and 350 ?m, and even more preferably between 70 ?m and 250 ?m, and a dry matter content, determined after stoving at 130° C. for 2 hours, of greater than 80%, preferably greater than 85%, and even more preferably greater than 90%. The present invention also concerns a process for manufacturing this granulated powder as well as its use in various industrial field, and more particularly in the food-processing field, where it is used as a functional agent such as an emulsifying, overrun, stabilizing, thickening and/or gelling agent, in particular for totally or partially replacing certain animal proteins in the preparation of food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Damien Passe
  • Publication number: 20110305740
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a granulated powder comprising at least one vegetable protein and at least one starch hydrolyzate, characterized in that it has a laser volume average diameter D4,3 of between 10 ?m and 500 ?m, preferably between 50 ?m and 350 ?m, and even more preferably between 70 ?m and 250 ?m, and a dry matter content, determined after stoving at 130° C. for 2 hours, of greater than 80%, preferably greater than 85%, and even more preferably greater than 90%. The present invention also concerns process for manufacturing this granulated powder its use in various industrial field, and more particularly in the food-processing field, where it is used as a functional agent such as an emulsifying, overrun, stabilizing, thickening and/or gelling agent, in particular for totally or partially replacing certain animal proteins in the preparation of food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Damien Passe
  • Publication number: 20100215825
    Abstract: A baked product rich in flour-containing fibres includes from 6 to 20% by weight a mixture of at least one type of starch and an improving agent selected from a group consisting of branched maltodextrins, polydextrins and a polydextrose, wherein the percentages are expressed by weight with respect to a final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Patrick Leroux
  • Publication number: 20100196542
    Abstract: A subject of the present invention is the use of a maltodextrin and/or a glucose syrup obtained, by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis, from a leguminous starch having an amylose content comprised between 25% and 50%, expressed as dry weight relative to the dry weight of starch, for the encapsulation of organic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventor: Bernard Boursier
  • Publication number: 20080226811
    Abstract: The invention relates to granulated pea protein composition characterised in that the protein content expressed in terms of a dry substance ranges from 70 to 95% by dry weight, preferably from 70 to 90% by dry weight, more preferably from 80 to 85% by dry weight, a mean diameter ranges from 150 to 300 ?m, a compressibility value determined by the HOSOKAWA method ranges from 5 to 15%, preferably from 8 to 13% and a tamped density determined by the HOSOKAWA method ranges from 0.450 and 0.650 g/ml, preferably from 0.550 and 0.650 g/ml. The method for producing said granulated pea protein composition, the use thereof in the form of a raw material for producing textured pea proteins and the thus obtainable textured pea proteins are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Marie Delebarre, Jose Lis, Philippe Marquilly
  • Publication number: 20070166446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a gluten-based baked product involving the following steps: forming a dough containing gluten, at least 15% water, an improving agent and, optionally, a leavening agent; kneading this dough; optionally permitting the dough to rise, and; baking the dough in order to obtain the baked product. The invention is characterized in that the dough to be baked comprises, with regard to the weight of the dough, 3 to 15% by weight of an improving agent selected from the group consisting of maltodextrins, pyrodextrins, polydextrose and oligosaccharides alone or mixed with one another, and 0.005 to 1% by weight of a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of cysteine, glutathione, deactivated dry yeast, bisulfite and proteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventor: Bernard Boursier
  • Patent number: 7138154
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for preparing a food product with reduced calorific value, comprising the step consisting in replacing all or part of the high-calorie substances of the food with an effective quantity, in terms of the reduction of the calorific value, of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1?6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4500 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Raymond Brendel, Bernard Boursier, Patrick Leroux
  • Patent number: 6737090
    Abstract: The invention concerns a carbon-containing additive for food fermenting agents characterized in that it comprises branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucosidic bonds, a reducing sugars content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index less than 5 and a number average molecular mass Mn equal to at most 4,500 g/mole. It also concerns fermented food compositions containing the said additive as well as the process for preparing these fermented food compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Elsa Ostermann, Bernard Pora, Bernard Boursier, Sophie Defretin
  • Publication number: 20020192344
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a process for preparing a food product with reduced calorific value, comprising the step consisting in replacing all or part of the high-calorie substances of the food with an effective quantity, in terms of the reduction of the calorific value, of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4500 g/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Raymond Brendel, Bernard Boursier, Patrick Leroux
  • Publication number: 20020136798
    Abstract: The invention concerns a carbon-containing additive for food fermenting agents characterized in that it comprises branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucosidic bonds, a reducing sugars content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index less than 5 and a number average molecular mass Mn equal to at most 4,500 g/mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Elsa Ostermann, Bernard Pora, Bernard Boursier, Sophie Defretin
  • Publication number: 20020108505
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparing food fermenting agents comprising a fermentation of lactic bacteria in a culture medium comprising at least one fermentation activator saccharide selected from the group consisting of the maltodextrins, the branched maltodextrins, the soluble starches and the oligosaccharides, on their own or in a mixture. Its subject is also a process for preserving food fermenting agents which uses at least one fermentation activator saccharide selected from the group consisting of the maltodextrins, the branched maltodextrins, the soluble starches and the oligosaccharides, on their own or in a mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Elsa Ostermann, Bernard Pora, Bernard Boursier, Sophie Defretin, Daniel Wils
  • Patent number: 4840797
    Abstract: Confectionery or pharmaceutical product with the sugarless coating obtained by hard coating, this coating being essentially crystalline and comprising at least 90% by weight of maltitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventor: Bernard Boursier
  • Patent number: 4497846
    Abstract: Sugarless hard candy comprising, on the one hand, as sugarless boiled sugar, a hydrogenated starch hydrolysate prepared from a starch hydrolysate having a D.E. of 42 to 60, on the other hand, a quantity of gum arabic between 1% and 8% by weight with respect to the finished product, preferably between 2% and 6% by weight, and/or an amount of CMC between 0.2 and 2% by weight with respect to the finished product, preferably between 0.3 and 1.2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Bernard Boursier, Guy Bussiere, Francis Devos, Michel Hughette