Patents by Inventor Eckhard Flöter

Eckhard Flöter 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).

  • Patent number: 11272717
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a fat-phase comprising a first hardstock and a second hardstock, wherein said fat-phase has a total amount of hardstock of from 2 to 60 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Teunis de Man, Henelyta Santos Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 10582719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fermented food product being a water-continuous emulsion and being spoonable and non-liquid at a temperature of 5 degrees Celcius. The food product has a pH-value between 3.5 and 5.8, comprises at least 60 wt % water and further comprises from 10 to 25 wt % fat and from 0.05 to 15 wt % protein. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such food products comprising the use of a palm based fat comprising at least 30 wt % of P2U triglycerides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: UPFIELD US INC.
    Inventors: Jaimy Chantal von Harras, Eckhard Flöter
  • Patent number: 9924730
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible fat powder comprising at least two natural fats wherein the natural fat has a N10 of at least 10% and wherein the fat powder is a co-crystallized fat powder. The invention further relates to the use of said fat powder to prepare a fat containing emulsion. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said edible fat powder wherein the edible fat powder is prepared from a molten mixture comprising at least two natural fats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: UNILEVER BCS US, INC.
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Teunis de Man, Cornelis Sjouke Stellema
  • Patent number: 9125425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing an edible fat continuous spread comprising a dispersed aqueous phase and crystalline non-esterified plant sterol, said method comprising the steps of preparing a fat continuous emulsion and mixing said emulsion with fast re-crystallized non-esterified plant sterol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Robert Bons, Eckhard Flöter, Hindrik Huizinga, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20150208683
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a fat-phase comprising a first hardstock and a second hardstock, wherein said fat-phase has a total amount of hardstock of from 2 to 60 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Teunis de Man, Henelyta Santos Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 9011960
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-in-oil emulsion comprising 50 to 85 wt. % of an aqueous phase and 15 to 50 wt. % of a fatphase, wherein said fat phase comprises HOH triglycerides in an amount of 8 to 50% of the total weight of the fat phase, and HHH triglycerides in an amount of 1 to 6% of the total weight of the fat phase, wherein at least 25% of said HHH triglycerides contain at least two different fatty acid residues, where “H” denotes a saturated fatty acid residue with 16 to 24 carbon atoms and “O” an oleic acid residue. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of an edible water-in-oil emulsion according to the invention. The invention also relates to the use of a HHH triglyceride fat to promote inversion of an oil-in-water-emulsion comprising 15 to 50 wt % of a fat phase, into a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein said fat phase comprises HOH triglycerides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marta Bartoccini, Susanna Kimberley van der Hoorn, Eckhard Flöter
  • Publication number: 20150044329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fermented food product being a water-continuous emulsion and being spoonable and non-liquid at a temperature of 5 degrees Celcius. The food product has a pH-value between 3.5 and 5.8, comprises at least 60 wt % water and further comprises from 10 to 25 wt % fat and from 0.05 to 15 wt % protein. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such food products comprising the use of a palm based fat comprising at least 30 wt % of P2U triglycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Jaimy Chantal von Harras, Eckhard Flöter
  • Publication number: 20130323395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an edible fat continuous emulsion spread comprising 10 to 85 wt % of a dispersed aqueous phase and 15 to 90 wt % of a fat phase, said fat phase comprising: —60 to 85 wt % of a combined amount liquid of liquid oil and structuring fat, —15 to 40 wt % of plant sterol esters, said method comprising the steps of: —preparing a mixture comprising at least part of the plant sterol esters and at least part of the liquid oil by subjecting the plant sterol esters to a temperature of at least the melting temperature of the plant sterol esters, —bringing the temperature of the mixture to a temperature below the melting point of the plant sterol esters, and —combining this mixture with at least part of the structuring fat, wherein the structuring fat is present as fat crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Johannes Robert Bons, Eckhard Flöter, Anne Marieke Meijer, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20130266716
    Abstract: The invention relates to water-in-oil emulsion comprising 50 to 85 wt. % of an aqueous phase and 15 to 50 wt. % of a fatphase, wherein said fat phase comprises HOH triglycerides in an amount of 8 to 50% of the total weight of the fat phase, and HHH triglycerides in an amount of 1 to 6% of the total weight of the fat phase, wherein at least 25% of said HHH triglycerides contain at least two different fatty acid residues, where “H” denotes a saturated fatty acid residue with 16 to 24 carbon atoms and “O” an oleic acid residue. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of an edible water-in-oil emulsion according to the invention. The invention also relates to the use of a HHH triglyceride fat to promote inversion of an oil-in-water-emulsion comprising 15 to 50 wt % of a fat phase, into a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein said fat phase comprises HOH triglycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Marta Bartoccini, Susanna Kimberley van der Hoorn, Eckhard Flöter
  • Publication number: 20130171310
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing an edible fat continuous spread comprising a dispersed aqueous phase and crystalline non-esterified plant sterol, said method comprising the steps of preparing a fat continuous emulsion and mixing said emulsion with fast re-crystallized non-esterified plant sterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Johannes Robert Bons, Eckhard Flöter, Hindrik Huizinga, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20130115361
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible fat powder comprising at least two natural fats wherein the natural fat has a N10 of at least 10% and wherein the fat powder is a co-crystallized fat powder. The invention further relates to the use of said fat powder to prepare a fat containing emulsion. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said edible fat powder wherein the edible fat powder is prepared from a molten mixture comprising at least two natural fats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Teunis de Man, Cornelis Sjouke Stellema
  • Patent number: 8431370
    Abstract: Process wherein the fatty acid residues on a glyceride moiety are randomised over the terminal and middle positions, wherein the process proceeds to a conversion degree on the terminal positions, Re, ranging from 0.3 to 0.95, and wherein a conversion degree on the middle position, Ra, ranges from 0.06 to 0.75, and wherein Ra is greater than 0.32Re-0.08, the process comprises the exposure of a triglyceride fat to a catalyst comprising a lipase wherein the lipase is a Thermomyces lanuginosa lipase which has an activity of at least 250 IUN corresponding to 22 g/(g*h) at the onset of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hilda Batsheva ten Brink, Eckhard Flöter, Corrine Frances Lawrence, Hindrik Huizinga, Mattheus Adrianus Zuiderwijk
  • Publication number: 20120263860
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a spreadable edible dispersion wherein a mixture of oil and solid structuring agent particles is subjected to stirring and an aqueous phase and/or solid phase is gradually added to the mixture until a dispersion of the desired oil content is obtained, wherein the solid structuring agent particles have a microporous structure of submicron size particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: CONOPCO INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sandra Petronella BARENDSE, Eckhard FLÖTER, Wim Theodorus HOGERVORST, Dirk Simon Hendriks VAN HORSEN, Hindrik HUIZINGA, Gijsbert Michiel Peter van KEMPEN
  • Publication number: 20120171349
    Abstract: The invention relates to an edible water in oil emulsion spread comprising 20 to 80 wt % of a fat phase, a dispersed water phase, poly unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), trace mineral, and an evenly dispersed edible seed mixture, wherein the amount of seed mixture is 0.1 to 20 wt %, the seed mixture comprises two or more different edible seed and/or seed fragments, 60 to 100% (w/w) of the seed mixture is bigger than 0.5 mm and 50 to 100% (w/w) is smaller than 4 mm; and wherein at least part of the trace mineral is present in the seed mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gustaaf Servaas Marie Joseph Emile Duchateau, Eckhard Flöter, Renate Gemma Jacobine Maria Jacobs, Karina Zimerfeld-Cukier
  • Patent number: 8147895
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a spreadable edible dispersion wherein a mixture of oil and solid structuring agent particles is subjected to stirring and an aqueous phase and/or solid phase is gradually added to the mixture until a dispersion of the desired oil content is obtained, wherein the solid structuring agent particles have a microporous structure of submicron size particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Petronella Barendse, Eckhard Flöter, Wim Theodorus Hogervorst, Dirk Simon Hendriks Van Horsen, Hindrik Huizinga, Gijsbert Michiel Peter van Kempen
  • Publication number: 20110311706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an edible dispersion comprising oil and structuring agent and one or more of an aqueous phase and/or a solid phase, in which the dispersion is formed by mixing oil, solid structuring agent particles and the aqueous phase and/or the solid phase, wherein the solid structuring agent particles have a microporous structure of submicron size particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: CONOPCO INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
    Inventors: Cornelia Sophia M van den BERG, Eckhard Flöter, Gerrit Jan W Goudappel, Johannes Jozef M Janssen, Xavier Yves Lauteslager, Gautam Satyamurthy Nivarthy, Frank Emile Wubbolts
  • Patent number: 8043648
    Abstract: Edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a source of mineral and 15 to 95 wt % fat, wherein the mineral is present in the aqueous phase and wherein the mineral is in-homogenously distributed over the aqueous phase and a process for making such an emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Marijke Willemien Edelman, Eckhard Flöter
  • Patent number: 8025913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an edible dispersion comprising oil and structuring agent and one or more of an aqueous phase and/or a solid phase, in which the dispersion is formed by mixing oil, solid structuring agent particles and the aqueous phase and/or the solid phase, wherein the solid structuring agent particles have a microporous structure of submicron size particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelia Sophia M van den Berg, Eckhard Flöter, Gerrit Jan W Goudappel, Johannes Jozef M Janssen, Xavier Yves Lauteslager, Gautam Satyamurthy Nivarthy, Frank Emile Wubbolts
  • Publication number: 20100112170
    Abstract: Edible emulsion comprising a tasty ingredient with an undesired flavour, 0.1 to 1 wt % polyglycerol polyricinoleate and 15 to 85 wt % fat, wherein the tasty ingredient is present in an amount that gives the undesired flavour in the emulsion without the polyglycerol polyricinoleate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Sandra Petronella Barendse, Johannes Robert Bons, Eckhard Flöter, Hindrik Huizinga
  • Patent number: 7547458
    Abstract: Particulate compositions comprising 10-90% wt of a matrix material and 10-90% wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, wherein of said triglycerides the amount of H3 (triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms) and H2U (triglyceride of 2 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms and 1 cis-unsaturated fatty acid) taken together is at least 55% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides, wherein the compositions are preferably low in triglycerides of transunsaturated fatty acids, for use as for example a creamer and/or whitener. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such particulates and food products containing such creamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Flöter, Gabriel J. Lansbergen, Rainer Weisbecker