Patents by Inventor Jill M. Kennedy-Tolstedt

Jill M. Kennedy-Tolstedt 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).

  • Low calorie food products having smooth, creamy, organoleptic characteristics
    Patent number: 5011701
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a low fat or substantially fat-free food product such as pourable dressings and viscous dressings. The method includes the steps of heating and repeatedly shearing at least two times an aqueous dispersion consisting of from about 3 to about 10 weight percent of microcrystalline cellulose and from about 90 to about 97 weight percent water. The shearing occurs in a high shear zone having a pressure drop of at least 12,000 psi and the shearing is sufficient to fragment the microcrystalline cellulose to submicron sized microcrystalline cellulose fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Kraft General Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia C. Baer, Gregory S. Buliga, Gerard L. Hassenheutti, George A. Henry, Alice A. Heth, Linda K. Jackson, Jill M. Kennedy-Tolstedt, Phillip J. Kerwin, Mark S. Miller, Elizabeth M. Parker, Neela K. Paul, David G. Pechak, Gary F. Smith, Vernon C. Witte