Patents by Inventor Mark HOLMGREN

Mark HOLMGREN 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).

  • Process for preparing red cocoa ingredients, red chocolate, and food products
    Patent number: 8709524
    Abstract: The invention provides acidified red cocoa products and ingredients, such as acidified red cocoa bean nibs, red cocoa liquor, and red cocoa powder. The acidified cocoa products and ingredients are generally made from under-fermented or unfermented cocoa beans that are treated with an acid composition. The methods include those of making food products and ingredients where the levels cocoa antioxidants are maintained by the use of an acid treatment and the avoidance of dutching, and the food products and ingredient have a distinctive red color. Cocoa nibs, chocolate or cocoa liquor and cocoa powders having a red hue or color and having high levels of cocoa antioxidants are disclosed, as well as food products made from them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Hersey Company
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Miller, Xiaoying Wang, David A. Stuart, Mark Holmgren
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING RED COCOA INGREDIENTS, RED CHOCOLATE, AND FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20090130284
    Abstract: The invention provides acidified red cocoa products and ingredients, such as acidified red cocoa bean nibs, red cocoa liquor, and red cocoa powder. The acidified cocoa products and ingredients are generally made from under-fermented or unfermented cocoa beans that are treated with an acid composition. The methods include those of making food products and ingredients where the levels cocoa antioxidants are maintained by the use of an acid treatment and the avoidance of dutching, and the food products and ingredient have a distinctive red color. Cocoa nibs, chocolate or cocoa liquor and cocoa powders having a red hue or color and having high levels of cocoa antioxidants are disclosed, as well as food products made from them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth B. MILLER, Xiaoying WANG, David A. STUART, Mark HOLMGREN