Patents by Inventor Fabiana F. Gargaro

Fabiana F. Gargaro 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).

  • Puffed cereal cakes
    Patent number: 6248379
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, preferably rice cakes, comprising the steps of: providing a cereal grain, preferably a milled parboiled rice, wherein the cereal grain is impregnated with a non-mineral food ingredient such as a sugar; introducing the grain into a mold; and puffing the cereal in the mold under pressure to form a shaped impregnated cereal cake. The cereal grains impregnated with organic food ingredients can be used to make puffed cereal cakes having improved taste, texture and nutritional properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: N.V. MasterFoods S.A.
    Inventors: Roberto A. Capodieci, Lucio H. Yonemoto, Catherine V. Baillie, Theodore Jach, Fabiana F. Gargaro