Patents by Inventor Brent Wyrick

Brent Wyrick 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).

  • Publication number: 20230051045
    Abstract: An analogue cheese composition can be formulated using a whey protein cream ingredient that has historically been considered a waste byproduct of the whey protein isolate production process. The whey protein cream has been found to found to function as a source of protein in the analogue cheese and provide emulsification properties to the other constituent ingredients incorporated into the analogue cheese composition. Accordingly, in some formulations, the analogue cheese composition may include a comparatively low amount of casein protein, with the whey protein cream functionally compensating for the removed casein protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle Manderfeld, Sara Rosene, Aaron Wlaschin, James Fudge, Brent Wyrick, Molly Glidden
  • Publication number: 20220408748
    Abstract: A pizza cheese composition may include a dairy cheese and analogue cheese. The dairy cheese can provide at least 10 weight percent of the pizza cheese composition. The analogue cheese may include one or more fats, casein protein, guar gum, and one or more hydrocolloid other than guar gum. The fat can range from 15 to 35 weight of the analogue cheese and be obtained from a non-dairy source. The casein protein can be present in an amount less than 3 weight percent of the analogue cheese. The hydrocolloid other than guar gum may range from 10 to 25 weight percent of the analogue cheese. An example specifies that a ratio of a weight of guar gum divided by a weight of casein protein is at least 1.0. This can provide enhanced freeze/thaw stability notwithstanding the reduced levels of casein protein used in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: James Fudge, Matthew Larsen, Joshua Hemann, Wenyi Wang, Aaron Wlaschin, Michelle Manderfeld, Brent Wyrick, Molley Glidden