Patents by Inventor Cynthia Akkermans

Cynthia Akkermans 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).

  • Dispersion structuring agent
    Patent number: 10463053
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method of making a structuring agent for edible dispersions such as margarines or spreads. Fat, or another structuring component, is subjected to a process involving mixing it with liquefied gas or supercritical gas, and expanding the mixture through an orifice. In the invention, water is added to the mixture prior to expansion, so as to provide a spray liquid in the form of a fat and water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: UPFIELD US INC.
    Inventors: Frank Emile Wubbolts, Cynthia Akkermans, Tjerk De Vries, Ernst Jan Siewers, Daniela Oana Trambitas, Rolf Sebastiaan Wilms
  • Fresh-Like Fruit with Extended Shelf Life
    Publication number: 20190230948
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of treating delicate fruit with pressurized carbon dioxide to achieve an enhanced shelf life over fresh. A treated fruit produced by a provided method also has one or more of an improved flavor, improved, texture or improved color over a delicate fruit pasteurized using a thermal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: General Mills, Inc., Yoplait France SAS
    Inventors: Adam Ryszard Borysiak, Christine Ng, Maarten Stolk, Cynthia Berenice Marmolejo Garcia, Cynthia Akkermans
  • DISPERSION STRUCTURING AGENT
    Publication number: 20180338506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method of making a structuring agent for edible dispersions such as margarines or spreads. Fat, or another structuring component, is subjected to a process involving mixing it with liquefied gas or supercritical gas, and expanding the mixture through an orifice. In the invention, water is added to the mixture prior to expansion, so as to provide a spray liquid in the form of a fat and water emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Emile Wubbolts, Cynthia Akkermans, Tjerk De Vries, Ernst Jan Siewers, Daniela Oana Trambitas, Rolf Sebastiaan Wilms
  • Dispersion structuring agent
    Patent number: 10064418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method of making a structuring agent for edible dispersions such as margarines or spreads. Fat, or another structuring component, is subjected to a process involving mixing it with liquefied gas or supercritical gas, and expanding the mixture through an orifice. In the invention, water is added to the mixture prior to expansion, so as to provide a spray liquid in the form of a fat and water emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: UPFIELD US INC.
    Inventors: Frank Emile Wubbolts, Cynthia Akkermans, Tjerk De Vries, Ernst Jan Siewers, Daniela Oana Trambitas, Rolf Sebastiaan Wilms
  • EDIBLE OIL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130045322
    Abstract: A method of preparing an edible oil composition, suitable for use in the preparation of a food product, comprises mixing from 1% to 15% by weight of fat particles with a liquid oil and storing the resulting composition for up to 10 weeks, wherein the mixing and storing conditions provide the composition in a form after storage that is pourable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Emile Wubbolts, Lucia Izquierdo, Erik Johan Anton Schweitzer, Hangkam Man, Cynthia Akkermans
  • DISPERSION STRUCTURING AGENT
    Publication number: 20120018535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method of making a structuring agent for edible dispersions such as margarines or spreads. Fat, or another structuring component, is subjected to a process involving mixing it with liquefied gas or supercritical gas, and expanding the mixture through an orifice. In the invention, water is added to the mixture prior to expansion, so as to provide a spray liquid in the form of a fat and water emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: FEYECON DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Emile Wubbolts, Cynthia Akkermans, Tjerk De Vries, Ernst Jan Siewers, Daniela Oana Trambitas, Rolf Sebastiaan Wilms