Patents by Inventor Emmi Martikainen

Emmi Martikainen 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: 20210282424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making cheese wherein cheese is salted with a salting agent comprising milk minerals and NaCl or a mixture thereof. The invention also relates to ripened cheese having a ratio of K/Na of 0.39 to 4.0 and a K content of more than 0.08%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Emmi MARTIKAINEN, Gerrit SMIT
  • Patent number: 11051527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making cheese wherein cheese is salted with a salting agent comprising milk minerals and NaCl or a mixture thereof. The invention also relates to ripened cheese having a ratio of K/Na of 0.39 to 4.0 and a K content of more than 0.08%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VALIO LTD.
    Inventors: Emmi Martikainen, Gerrit Smit
  • Patent number: 10080374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cheese, comprising the steps of: providing a first raw material liquid; providing a second raw material liquid; treating the first raw material liquid with a protein crosslinking enzyme to provide an enzyme-treated raw material liquid; mixing the enzyme-treated raw material liquid with the second raw material liquid to provide cheese milk; processing the cheese milk into cheese. The process produces cheese in improved yields while retaining the organoleptic properties of cheese unchanged. The invention further relates to cheese treated with a protein crosslinking enzyme, having the moisture on a fat-free basis of 67% or less and a protein profile of cheese has proteins of molecular weight of less than 66 kDa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: VALIO LTD.
    Inventors: Terhi Aaltonen, Päivi Myllärinen, Ilkka Huumonen, Emmi Martikainen
  • Publication number: 20160120198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making cheese wherein cheese is salted with a salting agent comprising milk minerals and NaCl or a mixture thereof. The invention also relates to ripened cheese having a ratio of K/Na of 0.39 to 4.0 and a K content of more than 0.08%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Emmi MARTIKAINEN, Gerrit SMIT
  • Publication number: 20140220178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cheese, comprising the steps of: providing a first raw material liquid; providing a second raw material liquid; treating the first raw material liquid with a protein crosslinking enzyme to provide an enzyme-treated raw material liquid; mixing the enzyme-treated raw material liquid with the second raw material liquid to provide cheese milk; processing the cheese milk into cheese. The process produces cheese in improved yields while retaining the organoleptic properties of cheese unchanged. The invention further relates to cheese treated with a protein crosslinking enzyme, having the moisture on a fat-free basis of 67% or less and a protein profile of cheese has proteins of molecular weight of less than 66 kDa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: VALIO LTD.
    Inventors: Terhi Aaltonen, Päivi Myllärinen, Ilkka Huumonen, Emmi Martikainen
  • Publication number: 20120183644
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ripened cheese and cheese-like product having a sodium content of at most 0.3% (w/w) and/or fat content of at most 30% (w/w), the method improving organoleptic properties by using a milk- and/or whey-based mineral product and/or a biologically active peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Emmi Martikainen, Janne Uusi-Rauva