Patents by Inventor Danielle E. Perkins

Danielle E. Perkins 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: 20130064944
    Abstract: The invention provides a stable concentrated dairy liquid, such as concentrated milk, with improved flavor, color, and mouthfeel, and a method of production thereof. The method utilizes specific thermal treatments to produce the stable concentrated dairy liquid to which a stabilizer and mouthfeel enhancer are added. The resulting products have a sterilization value Fo of at least 5 that is also resistant to gelling and browning during high temperature sterilization and is also resistant to gelling and browning during storage for greater than six months. The method balances such thermal treatments with addition of stabilizer and enhancer to achieve the desired flavor/mouthfeel and sterilization and to achieve reduced level of soluble protein in the concentrated milk prior to concentration to resist gelation and minimize browning. Moreover, such processing may be utilized in a milk that is concentrated to a factor of 2.7 fold or higher and contains at least 8.5 percent protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cale, George W. Haas, Jamie A. Hestekin, Heather M. Hudson, Ted Riley Lindstrom, Yinqing Ma, Fu-I Mei, Danielle E. Perkins, Charles Wang
  • Publication number: 20110281013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coffee beverage composition being devoid of significant contents of oil and insoluble particulates, comprising (a) at least 15% based on the total weight of coffee solids of total mannose, wherein the free mannose content is less than 50% by weight of the total mannose content, and (b) less than 1,000 ppm on a total coffee solids basis of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, and to a process for producing a soluble coffee extract, comprising the steps: (i) combining roast and ground coffee with water, (ii) adding hydrolase enzymes, (iii) wet-milling to a mean particle size of about 10 to about 250 ?m, (iv) treating the reaction mixture by exposing it to a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 90° C., preferably about 50° C. to about 60° C., and (v) circulating the reaction mixture through a cross-flow semi-permeable membrane separation device where the soluble coffee extract is obtained as permeate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Silver, Sian Plumb, Stefano Ceriali, Anthony Wragg, Erik Whalen-Pedersen, Danielle E. Perkins
  • Publication number: 20110104344
    Abstract: The invention provides a stable concentrated dairy liquid, such as concentrated milk, with improved flavor, color, and mouthfeel, and a method of production thereof. The method utilizes specific thermal treatments to produce the stable concentrated dairy liquid to which a stabilizer and mouthfeel enhancer are added. The resulting products have a sterilization value Fo of at least 5 that is also resistant to gelling and browning during high temperature sterilization and is also resistant to gelling and browning during storage for greater than six months. The method balances such thermal treatments with addition of stabilizer and enhancer to achieve the desired flavor/mouthfeel and sterilization and to achieve reduced level of soluble protein in the concentrated milk prior to concentration to resist gelation and minimize browning. Moreover, such processing may be utilized in a milk that is concentrated to a factor of 2.7 fold or higher and contains at least 8.5 percent protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cale, George W. Haas, Jamie A. Hestekin, Heather M. Hudson, Ted Riley Lindstrom, Yinqing Ma, Fu-I Mei, Danielle E. Perkins, Charles Wang
  • Patent number: 7887864
    Abstract: The invention provides a stable concentrated dairy liquid, such as concentrated milk, with improved flavor, color, and mouthfeel, and a method of production thereof. The method utilizes specific thermal treatments to produce the stable concentrated dairy liquid to which a stabilizer and mouthfeel enhancer are added. The resulting products have a sterilization value Fo of at least 5 that is also resistant to gelling and browning during high temperature sterilization and is also resistant to gelling and browning during storage for greater than six months. The method balances such thermal treatments with addition of stabilizer and enhancer to achieve the desired flavor/mouthfeel and sterilization and to achieve reduced level of soluble protein in the concentrated milk prior to concentration to resist gelation and minimize browning. Moreover, such processing may be utilized in a milk that is concentrated to a factor of 2.7 fold or higher and contains at least 8.5 percent protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cale, George W. Haas, Jamie A. Hestekin, Heather M. Hudson, Ted Riley Lindstrom, Yinging Ma, Fu-I Mei, Danielle E. Perkins, Charles Wang
  • Publication number: 20080311245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coffee beverage composition being devoid of significant contents of oil and insoluble particulates, comprising (a) at least 15% based on the total weight of coffee solids of total mannose, wherein the free mannose content is less than 50% by weight of the total mannose content, and (b) less than 1,000 ppm on a total coffee solids basis of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, and to a process for producing a soluble coffee extract, comprising the steps: (i) combining roast and ground coffee with water, (ii) adding hydrolase enzymes, (iii) wet-milling to a mean particle size of about 10 to about 250 ?m, (iv) treating the reaction mixture by exposing it to a temperature in the range of about 20° C. to about 90° C., preferably about 50° C. to about 60° C., and (v) circulating the reaction mixture through a cross-flow semi-permeable membrane separation device where the soluble coffee extract is obtained as permeate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Richard S. Silver, Sian Plumb, Stefano Ceriali, Anthony Wragg, Erik Whalen-Pedersen, Danielle E. Perkins