Patents by Inventor Hubert Pointurier

Hubert Pointurier 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: 4957751
    Abstract: A method of producing rennet cheese from raw milk, wherein raw milk is standardized, a biological reaction is terminated, a precipitant and cultures are added, cheese mass is separated from whey, and denatured cheese fines are removed from the whey by separation or decantation. The cheese fines are biologically acidified in whey or water, the denatured proteins are removed from the whey or water, the denatured proteins are removed from the whey by separation or decantation, whereby the major proportion of the detrimental calcium is removed along with the separated liquid, the fines are suspended in water or whey, the suspension is warmed for 5 to 10 minutes at 40.degree. to 60.degree. C., the pH is adjusted to form 6.5 to 7.0 and with a 10% neutralization agent, the material is heated to from 80.degree. to 90.degree. C. for 1 to 5 minutes, and the product is returned to the raw milk or added to other dairy products to increase the protein content or the proportion of dry mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
    Inventors: Hanno Lehmann, Iloi Wasen, Hubert Pointurier