Patents by Inventor Marianne Claessens

Marianne Claessens 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).

  • Patent number: 8057840
    Abstract: A food product comprises an oligosaccharide composition that is digestion resistant or slowly digestible. The oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises producing an aqueous composition that comprises at least one oligosaccharide and at least one monosaccharide by saccharification of starch, membrane filtering the aqueous composition to form a monosaccharide-rich stream and an oligosaccharide-rich stream, and recovering the oligosaccharide-rich stream. Alternatively, the oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises heating an aqueous feed composition that comprises at least one monosaccharide or linear saccharide oligomer, and that has a solids concentration of at least about 70% by weight, to a temperature of at least about 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Harrison, James C. Purdue, Penelope A. Patton, Andrew J. Hoffman, James M. Gaddy, Chi-Li Liu, Robert V. Schanefelt, Richard W. Armentrout, Michelle P. Schwenk, Rachel A. Wicklund, Marianne Claessens, Eric M. Reamer, Shawn E. Sprankle, Sanjiv H. Avashia, Peter M. Gautchier, Robert L. Olsen, Judy L. Turner, Timothy C. Mertz, Michael Bunch, Doris A. Dougherty, Michel Lopez, Lori Napier, Ram Santhanagopalan
  • Publication number: 20090269457
    Abstract: The invention relates on the one hand to a chewy sweet, comprising a gelatinizing agent for providing a chewy texture to the chewy sweet, wherein the gelatinizing agent consists of a gliadin-enriched wheat gluten fraction. On the other hand, the invention relates to a method for preparing such a chewy sweet, comprising the steps of a) dispersing the gliadin-enriched wheat gluten fraction in warm water; b) cooking up glucose syrup, sucrose and water at 120-140° C., until moisture content of the mass is <10%, preferably between 4 and 7%; c) adding the fat material and the one or more emulsifiers to the cooked-up syrup, during or after cooking; d) cooling the mixture of b) and c) to below 105° C.; e) mixing the syrup of d) with a) and the other ingredients; f) further cooling this mass; g) and bringing the cooled mass into the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Marianne Claessens
  • Publication number: 20070184177
    Abstract: A food product comprises an oligosaccharide composition that is digestion resistant or slowly digestible. The oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises producing an aqueous composition that comprises at least one oligosaccharide and at least one monosaccharide by saccharification of starch, membrane filtering the aqueous composition to form a monosaccharide-rich stream and an oligosaccharide-rich stream, and recovering the oligosaccharide-rich stream. Alternatively, the oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises heating an aqueous feed composition that comprises at least one monosaccharide or linear saccharide oligomer, and that has a solids concentration of at least about 70% by weight, to a temperature of at least about 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Harrison, James Purdue, Penelope Patton, Andrew Hoffman, James Gaddy, Chi-Li Liu, Robert Schanefelt, Richard Armentrout, Michelle Schwenk, Rachel Wicklund, Marianne Claessens, Eric Reamer, Shawn Sprankle, Sanjiv Avashia, Peter Gautchier, Robert Olsen, Judy Turner, Timothy Mertz, Michael Bunch, Doris Dougherty, Michel Lopez, Lori Napier, Ram Santhanagopalan