Patents by Inventor Dirk Michael Herrmann-Bürk

Dirk Michael Herrmann-Bürk 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: 20220408767
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegan food product particulate (X, Y) based on almond flour, as a recipe component or directly as a final food product, includes: a) providing partially de-oiled almond flour having between 5 and 20% by weight fat and between 43 and 57% by weight protein, b) providing water, c) producing a liquid mixture of the partially de-oiled almond flour and the water, the percentage by weight of the almond flour being between 1 and 40% by weight and of water being between 60 and 99% by weight, d) heating the liquid mixture to a temperature between 72 ° C. and 138 ° C. and obtaining a heated liquid, e) high-pressure homogenizing the heated liquid in a hot high-pressure homogenization step and obtaining a heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid, f) cooling the heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HOCHLAND SE
    Inventors: Dirk Michael Herrmann-Buerk, Marie-Luise Mahler
  • Patent number: 11452306
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegan food product particulate (X, Y) based on almond flour, as a recipe component or directly as a final food product, includes: a) providing partially de-oiled almond flour having between 5 and 20% by weight fat and between 43 and 57% by weight protein, b) providing water, c) producing a liquid mixture of the partially de-oiled almond flour and the water, the percentage by weight of the almond flour being between 1 and 40% by weight and of water being between 60 and 99% by weight, d) heating the liquid mixture to a temperature between 72° C. and 138° C. and obtaining a heated liquid, e) high-pressure homogenizing the heated liquid in a hot high-pressure homogenization step and obtaining a heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid, f) cooling the heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HOCHLAND SE
    Inventors: Dirk Michael Herrmann-Buerk, Marie-Luise Mahler
  • Publication number: 20220256885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a firm, in particular vegan, gel food body, preferably a gel food block, made of plant proteins, the method having the following steps: a) providing a composition consisting of or comprising an aqueous plant protein concentrate solution b) aggregating the composition in a pressure vessel (2) by heating the composition to a maximum temperature, then cooling the composition to a cool temperature below 100° C. and below the peak start temperature (7) c) performing the heating and cooling at a counterpressure in the pressure vessel (2), which counterpressure acts on the composition and is above normal atmospheric pressure, in such a way that the composition is prevented from boiling. The invention also relates to a gel food body and to the use of an aggregator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Klaus Kuhn, Jasmin Dold, Dirk Michael Herrmann-Bürk
  • Publication number: 20220071224
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cream-cheese-like, preferably vegan, food product with a strength measured at 10° C. by a texture testing machine, in which a round press plunger with a surface area of 1.27 cm2 and a speed of 2 mm/s is introduced into a sample, said strength coming from a value range between 0.2 N and 7.0 N, preferably between 0.5 N and 2.5 N, a dry mass weight proportion between 6% and 80% and a total fat weight proportion between 0.92% and 30%, comprising the following steps: producing a pumpable mass based on water and nuts and/or seeds, preferably almonds; and obtaining the food product from the pumpable mass. The invention is characterised in that the pumpable mass is produced by mixing a partially de-oiled flour made from the nuts and/or seeds, preferably almond flour, having a fat weight proportion between 5 and 20 wt. %, with the water and fat, in particular in the form of oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Marie-Luise Mahler, Dirk Michael Herrmann-Bürk
  • Publication number: 20200100529
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegan food product particulate (X, Y) based on almond flour, as a recipe component or directly as a final food product, includes: a) providing partially de-oiled almond flour having between 5 and 20% by weight fat and between 43 and 57% by weight protein, b) providing water, c) producing a liquid mixture of the partially de-oiled almond flour and the water, the percentage by weight of the almond flour being between 1 and 40% by weight and of water being between 60 and 99% by weight, d) heating the liquid mixture to a temperature between 72° C. and 138° C. and obtaining a heated liquid, e) high-pressure homogenizing the heated liquid in a hot high-pressure homogenization step and obtaining a heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid, f) cooling the heated hot high-pressure homogenized liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HOCHLAND SE
    Inventors: Dirk Michael Herrmann-Buerk, Marie-Luise Mahler