Patents by Inventor Kal EZZAT

Kal EZZAT 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).

  • Manufacture of snack food pellets
    Patent number: 12501918
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a first starch ingredient into a cooking device; inputting mechanical and thermal energy into the cooking device so as to cook and gelatinise the first starch ingredient in the cooking device, thereby to provide a processed starch component; adding a potato starch ingredient comprising native potato starch to the processed starch component to provide a starch mixture; and forming the starch mixture into pellets by extrusion. Also disclosed is a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH
    Inventors: James Williams, Marcel Oost Indie, Kal Ezzat, Rachel Mallinder
  • Manufacture of Snack Food Pellets
    Publication number: 20200154741
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food, the method comprising the steps of: feeding a first starch ingredient into a cooking device; inputting mechanical and thermal energy into the cooking device so as to cook and gelatinise the first starch ingredient in the cooking device, thereby to provide a processed starch component; adding a potato starch ingredient comprising native potato starch to the processed starch component to provide a starch mixture; and forming the starch mixture into pellets by extrusion. Also disclosed is a starch-based snack food pellet for manufacturing an expanded snack food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: James WILLIAMS, Marcel OOST INDIE, Kal EZZAT, Rachel MALLINDER