Patents by Inventor Miho Sakurada

Miho Sakurada 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: 20170202239
    Abstract: A baked confectionery that substantially includes no flour that is not oily even when a high oil content is used, has a moist texture and a melt-in-the-mouth quality free from roughness, and allows the original flavor of the raw material to be better tasted. The baked confectionery that substantially includes no flour includes 40-80 mass % of lipids, 1-10 mass % of proteins, and 5-25 mass % of saccharides. The lipids include, as a constituent fatty acid, triacylglycerol having a C6-12 medium-chain fatty acid, and the content of the triacylglycerol is at least 50 mass % of the oils and fats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Miho SAKURADA
  • Publication number: 20170196229
    Abstract: A nutritional composition which is easy to consume without having an oily feeling, and from which the desired amount of energy can be conveniently obtained. The nutritional composition contains fats, proteins, and sugars, and the energy per 100 g of the nutritional composition is 150-750 kcal, the ratio of fats to the total of proteins and sugars is 1.8 to 6.0, and a triacylglycerol having a C6-12 medium-chain fatty acid is included as a constituent fatty acid in an amount of 50% by weight or more of the fats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Miho SAKURADA, Daisuke SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160330981
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide cake with the moist texture, the soft melting mouthfeel, and the good aroma, whose shape is not largely broken after the baking, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, the cake obtained by thermal coagulation and a method of manufacturing the same is provided, the cake containing 10 to 40 mass % of oils and fats in batter. The oils and fats contain triacylglycerol including a medium-chain fatty acid with 6 to 10 carbons as a constituent fatty acid by 50 mass % or more relative to the oils and fats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho SAKURADA, Yasuo EBISAWA
  • Publication number: 20160302428
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a baked confectionery with good aroma, which can maintain its shape and has the crispy texture and is not fragile in spite of having a high oil content. The present invention provide a baked confectionery obtained by using cereal flour, oils and fats, and saccharides as main raw materials, the baked confectionery including the oils and fats by 60 to 120 mass % relative to the cereal flour. The oils and fats contain triacylglycerol including a medium-chain fatty acid with 6 to 10 carbons as a constituent fatty acid by 50 mass % or more relative to the oils and fats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: THE NISSHIN OILLIO GROUP, LTD.
    Inventors: Miho SAKURADA, Takuya OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160295871
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide dough for a layered cereal flour puffed food having the soft texture and the good melting mouthfeel while having the crispy texture after the baking, provide a layered cereal flour puffed food obtained by heating and baking the dough, and moreover provide a plastic oil and fat composition suitable in the preparation of the dough. According to the present invention, dough for a layered cereal flour puffed food, including 6 to 20 mass % of triacylglycerol containing one or more kinds of fatty acids selected from caproic acid, caprylic acid, and capric acid as a constituent fatty acid is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho SAKURADA, Takuya OZAWA, Yoshimune HASOME, Yuuma OGASA
  • Publication number: 20160278391
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide dough which can provide bread and baked confectionery with the good appearance and the suppressed dry texture, even though the dough includes the cereal flour containing a large amount of dietary fiber. Another object of the present invention is to provide bread and baked confectionery obtained by baking the dough. According to the present invention, bakery dough including: 10 to 60 mass % of cereal flour containing 4 mass % or more of dietary fiber; and 1 to 35 mass % of medium-chain fatty acid containing triacylglycerol (MTG), and bakery products obtained by heating and baking the bakery dough are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho SAKURADA, Hiroyuki ITAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20040259947
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a glycerin fatty acid ester having an effect of mitigating the symptoms associated with the premenstrual syndromes (hereunder referred to as PMS) and excellent in the immediate effect as well as a drug for mitigating the symptoms associated with the PMS, a food or drink for mitigating the symptoms associated with the PMS, an edible fats and oils-containing composition for mitigating the symptoms associated with the PMS or the like, which comprise the glycerin fatty acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Shinji Seki, Yuuko Hirasawa, Miho Sakurada, Yuri Arai, Seiichi Shirasawa, Satoshi Negishi
  • Publication number: 20030086981
    Abstract: OBJECT
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: The Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Seiki, Yuuko Hirasawa, Miho Sakurada, Yuri Arai, Seiichi Shirasawa, Satoshi Negishi