Patents by Inventor Elena Vela Roca

Elena Vela Roca 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).

  • FREEZABLE DAIRY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20140079848
    Abstract: The invention concerns freezable dairy compositions comprising milk, processes for making such compositions and for freezing them, and their uses. The composition has an overrun of from 25% to 150%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: DANONE S.A.
    Inventors: Cristina Sanchez Rams, Elena Vela Roca, Blanca Torrella Latorre, Maria Luisa Garcia Antolin
  • Method for preparing a dairy product
    Patent number: 8512775
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dairy product in a production line, includes a step of continuously injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester through the production line at a predetermined temperature T1 no lower than the melting point of the ester, and particularly at a temperature of 35-80° C., and into a dairy composition at a predetermined temperature T2 no lower than the temperature T1, which composition consists of an initial emulsifier-free milk-based composition containing milk proteins, to give a mixture, wherein the step of injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester is carried out before a step of homogenizing the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Stephane Doat, Elena Vela Roca, Agusti Montserrat Carreras, Ricardo Weill, Claude Emmanuelle Gaspard, Bernard Robine
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING A DAIRY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20110244075
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dairy product in a production line, includes a step of continuously injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester through the production line at a predetermined temperature T1 no lower than the melting point of the ester, and particularly at a temperature of 35-80° C., and into a dairy composition at a predetermined temperature T2 no lower than the temperature T1, which composition consists of an initial emulsifier-free milk-based composition containing milk proteins, to give a mixture, wherein the step of injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester is carried out before a step of homogenizing the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventors: Stéphane Doat, Elena Vela Roca, Agusti Montserrat Carreras, Ricardo Weill, Claude Emmanuelle Gaspard, Bernard Robine
  • Method for preparing a dairy product
    Patent number: 8007843
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dairy product in a production line, includes a step of continuously injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester through the production line at a predetermined temperature T1 no lower than the melting point of the ester, and particularly at a temperature of 35-80° C., and into a dairy composition at a predetermined temperature T2 no lower than the temperature T1, which composition consists of an initial emulsifier-free milk-based composition containing milk proteins, to give a mixture, wherein the step of injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester is carried out before a step of homogenizing the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Stephane Doat, Elena Vela Roca, Agusti Montserrat Carreras, Ricardo Weill, Claude Emmanuelle Gaspard, Bernard Robine
  • Method for preparing a dairy product
    Publication number: 20070190220
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dairy product in a production line, includes a step of continuously injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester through the production line at a predetermined temperature T1 no lower than the melting point of the ester, and particularly at a temperature of 35-80° C., and into a dairy composition at a predetermined temperature T2 no lower than the temperature T1, which composition consists of an initial emulsifier-free milk-based composition containing milk proteins, to give a mixture, wherein the step of injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester is carried out before a step of homogenizing the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Stephane Doat, Elena Vela Roca, Agusti Montserrat Carreras, Ricardo Weill, Claude Gaspard, Bernard Robine