Patents by Inventor Leopold F. W. Vleugels

Leopold F. W. Vleugels 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).

  • Publication number: 20010006694
    Abstract: The invention relates to dry foodstuffs with <10% by wt moisture, containing dipeptide sweetener and optionally a component that is reactive with it, both in a sugar-free and in a sugar-containing form. The invention relates especially to products which also contain flavourings based on aldehydes. With the invention dry foodstuffs are produced with improved sweetness stability and storage stability and improved flavour when the dipeptide sweetener is a sweetening salt of an aspartic-acid-derived dipeptide sweetener and a derivative of a sweetening acid. The particle size of the sweetening salt is preferably smaller than 200 &mgr;m. The invention also relates to processes for production of such dry foodstuffs using the dipeptide sweetener substantially in solid, dry form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: JOHN FRY, ANNETTE HOEK, LEOPOLD F. W. VLEUGELS
  • Patent number: 5902624
    Abstract: Aspartame having particles smaller than 100 .mu.m can be deposited on an edible supporting material, by mixing in a dry form, in amounts that clearly exceed 10 wt. %, if the aspartame has a free bulk density of 350 kg/m.sup.3 or lower, and is obtained through, successively, crystallisation from an aqueous medium with forced convection, granulation and subsequent mechanical reduction, the mixing being effected in a weight ratio of aspartame and supporting material of at most 1:1, but not less than 1:30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Holland Sweetener Company V.o.F.
    Inventor: Leopold F. W. Vleugels