Patents by Inventor Johannes L. Terink

Johannes L. Terink 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).

  • Alkalized cocoa powders and foodstuffs containing such powders
    Patent number: 4435436
    Abstract: An improved alkalized cocoa powder is described having a desirable dark color but avoiding the unpleasant taste and flavor which is often obtained with intensely alkalized cocoa powders. The claimed alkalized cocoa powder has a pH of 7.5 or less; a ratio of pH: alkalinity of the ash below 0.046; color coordinates L between 9.0 and 14.0, a between 4.0 and 8.0, and b between 2.0 and 6.0; and neither more nor other acid radicals present than those which are naturally present in fermented cocoa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: Cacaofabrik DeZaan B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes L. Terink, Maurits J. Brandon