Patents by Inventor James F. St. John

James F. St. John 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).

  • REDUCED SUGAR CHOCOLATE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220232849
    Abstract: A reduced sugar milk chocolate wherein at least a portion of the unsweetened chocolate used to make the product has been subjected to a debittering process that reduces the amount of caffeine and theobromine present. Use of the deflavored unsweetened chocolate enables non-fat cocoa to replace some of the sugar added to the chocolate without imparting an undesirable amount of bitterness or chocolate to flavor to the finished product. This composition and method also enables the production of a standard of identity chocolate with reduced sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: The Hershey Company
    Inventor: James F. St. John
  • FOOD COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING REDUCED-FLAVOR COCOA PRODUCT AS BULK FILLER
    Publication number: 20200245637
    Abstract: A method of forming a food product includes substituting a pre-determined amount of added sugar of the food product with a bulk filler including a reduced-flavor cocoa product. The formed food product includes the bulk filler. A method of forming a milk chocolate composition includes mixing and grinding a cocoa composition including sugar, a milk powder, and a reduced-flavor cocoa product and conching the cocoa composition with a fat composition including cocoa butter to form the milk chocolate composition. A confectionery composition includes sugar, at least one fat source, and a bulk filler including a reduced-flavor cocoa product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: James F. ST. JOHN
  • Reduced fat confectionery products and process
    Patent number: 5709903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Derry, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. St. John, John G. Fetterhoff, John R. Carpenter, B. Douglas Brown, C. Daniel Azzara, Stanley M. Tarka, Jr., Craig Rank, George K. Strohmaier
  • Reduced fat confectionery products and process
    Patent number: 5464649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hershey Foods Corporation
    Inventors: James F. St. John, John G. Fetterhoff, John R. Carpenter, B. Douglas Brown, C. Daniel Azzara, Stanley M. Tarka, Jr., Craig Rank, George K. Strohmaier