Patents by Inventor Eckhard Floter

Eckhard Floter 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: 20060029622
    Abstract: The invention relates to water in oil emulsions comprising a sterol fatty acid ester to which folic acid has been added to counter act the effect of the sterol fatty acid ester on the droplet size of the dispersed aqueous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Eckhard Floter, Chiara Garbolino, Adriana Terpstra
  • Publication number: 20060003078
    Abstract: Food compositions comprising 5-80% wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, 2-80% wt of an edible salt, which compositions contain less than 15% moisture, wherein 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 I cis-unsaturated fatty acid) taken together is at least 55% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes Brug, Eckhard Floter, Gabriel Lansbergen
  • Publication number: 20050281935
    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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Eckhard Floter, Gabriel Lansbergen, Rainer Weisbecker
  • Publication number: 20040071857
    Abstract: Preparation of a fat phase suited for the preparation of food compositions which contain liquid or solid particles stably dispersed in the fat phase, which preparation comprises mixing 0.25-20 wt. % of a structuring triglyceride fat A with 0-19.75 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johanna Maria Besselink, Eckhard Floter, Hindrik Huizinga, Gautam Satyamurthy Nivarthy, Jan Alders Wieringa
  • Publication number: 20030161934
    Abstract: Triglyceride fat which comprises HUU triglycerides and at least 18 wt. % of HOH and HLH triglycerides, while the ratio HOH:HLH is in the range 30/70 to 85/15, which fat is characterized in that the fat contains at least 20 wt. % of HUU and 8-30 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Eckhard Floter
  • Publication number: 20030134029
    Abstract: Liquid margarines and other pourable dispersions which contain a hardstock fat derived from plant waxes. The fat consists of a mixture of triglycerides, which fat is non-hydrogenated and contains less than 10 wt. % of fatty acid residues with a chain length of 6-10 carbon atoms, of which less than 50 wt. % of the triglycerides consist of monoacyl triglycerides and which fat is characterized in that its content of fatty acid residues which are saturated and contain at least 20 carbon atoms is at least 30 wt. %, preferably at least 40 wt. % and more preferably at least 50 wt. % calculated on total fatty acid residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gude, Johannes Arie Laan, Eckhard Floter
  • Publication number: 20030113427
    Abstract: Pourable food product consisting of a lipid matrix containing stably dispersed particles having a size of at least one micron and a density which is 0-25% higher or lower than the density of the lipid, which lipid comprises 95-99.9 wt. % of a liquid lipid, at least 0.1 wt. % but less than 1 wt. % of a crystallized lipid and 0-4.9 wt. % of non-lipid material, percentages calculated on the matrix weight, where the matrix is characterized by a translucency of at least 55%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Floter, Wim Hogervorst, Jan Eric Iburg
  • Publication number: 20030003195
    Abstract: An aromatic paste consisting of a blended mixture containing 3-20 wt. % of basil leaves, 1-30 wt. % of nuts or seeds, 0-20 wt. % of tomato flesh, 0-20 wt. % of tomato paste, 0-25 wt. % of sundried tomatoes, 5-30 wt. % of cheese, 20-60 wt. % of a vegetable fat, 0-2 wt. % of citric acid, 0-1 wt. % of potassium sorbate and 0-5 wt. % of salt, characterized in that the paste is a water and oil emulsion which is either fat continuous or bi-continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ingeborg Sonja Heetvelde van, Eckhard Floter
  • Publication number: 20020098275
    Abstract: An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Bodnar, Eckhard Floter, Wim Hogervorst, Cornelis Willem Van Oosten