Patents by Inventor François Belouin

François Belouin 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: 11800878
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Generale Biscuit
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Publication number: 20220039423
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4 ° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Patent number: 11178886
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Generale Biscuit
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Publication number: 20200352192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Publication number: 20200275676
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite comestible product comprising distinct first and second components, wherein the first component has a total fat content comprising a randomly interesterified fat, the randomly interesterified fat having a saturated fat content of from 35 to 55 wt % by weight of the randomly interesterified fat, wherein the total fat content comprises from 20 to 50 wt % saturated fat and less than 3 wt % trans fatty acids by weight of the total fat content, and wherein the second component is a chocolate component comprising one or more sources of cocoa butter (CB) or cocoa butter equivalent (CBE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Rabault, François Belouin
  • Patent number: 10757956
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Generale Biscuit
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, François Belouin
  • Publication number: 20170258106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jean Luc Rabault, François Belouin
  • Publication number: 20120076910
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide baked dough having a water activity (Aw) between 0.6 and 0.80 and including at least a flour having a median particulate size in volume less than or equal to 40 ?m. It is also an object of the invention to provide a food product including said baked dough, and a use of a flour having a median particulate size in volume less than or equal to 40 ?m as a substitute for sugars and/or sugar derivatives in dough baked or intended to be baked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Isabel Moreira de Almeida, Robin Wahl, François Belouin
  • Publication number: 20100136182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a butterfat filling or imitation chocolate with a reduced butterfat and/or sugar content, and cereal cooking products comprising one such butterfat filling or imitation chocolate. The inventive butterfat filling or imitation chocolate consists of a suspension of solid particles in a continuous fat phase, said suspension comprising less than 33% butterfat and between 3 and 40% raw starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Publication number: 20090285944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food composition consisting of a continuous aqueous phase, wherein said food composition has a water activity (Aw) of 0.3 to 0.99 and a fat content of less than 15% by weight relative to the total weight of the food composition, and comprises at least one non-gelatinized starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin
  • Publication number: 20090269446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling consisting of a continuous aqueous phase, wherein said filling has a water activity (Aw) of 0.5 to 0.93, and a fat content of less than 25% by weight relative to the total weight of the filling, and comprises at least one non-gelatinized starch, characterized in that at least 5%, preferably at least 10%, and even more preferably at least 15%, of the particles are greater than or equal to 10 ?m in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Rabault, Francois Belouin