Patents by Inventor Biagio Calcavecchia

Biagio Calcavecchia 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).

  • Process for the preparation of yogurt based freeze-dried foodstuffs having a solid shape, and products obtained by said process
    Patent number: 5518740
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of yogurt based freeze-dried foodstuffs, said process being characterized in that it comprises the steps of cold mixing the ingredients homogeneously; prefreezing the ingredients and adding to them a gas at a percentage in the range between 10 and 50% of the initial volume of said ingredients, shaping the product so obtained into the desired shape; deep-freezing the product so shaped at a temperature between -20.degree. C. and -40.degree. C.; and freeze-drying the product so obtained down to a residual moisture between 3% and 8% as determined by the Karl Fisher method. The invention also relates to the products so obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Innovative Freeze-Drying Products (IFDP) N.V.
    Inventors: Luigi Costanzo, Biagio Calcavecchia