Patents by Inventor Nick VAES

Nick VAES 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: 12582136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reduced-sugar fat-based confectionery composition and to a process for the manufacture of said fat-based confectionery composition. The invention also relates to the use of sucrose having a small particle size distribution D90 and bulking agents for reducing the sugar and/or calories in fat-based confectionery compositions. It also covers the fat-based compositions obtained from the process and the use of said fat-based composition in food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Vanessa Barey, Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Philippe Chouvy, Nathalie De Clercq, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20250145738
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to resistant dextrins and methods of making resistant dextrins. In particular, the present invention relates to resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of making resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20250145736
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to resistant dextrins and methods of making resistant dextrins. In particular, the present invention relates to resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of making the resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20250145737
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to resistant dextrins and methods of making resistant dextrins. In particular, the present invention relates to resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of making the resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20250136723
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to resistant dextrins and methods of making resistant dextrins. In particular, the present invention relates to resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of making the resistant dextrins having physical properties desirable in, at least, products for the food and beverage industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20230329307
    Abstract: Novel coated bulking agent particles for reduction of calories in fat-based food products comprising sugar. A coated bulking agent particle comprising from 2 wt % to 70 wt % bulking agent and from 30 wt % to 98 wt % coating composition comprising sugar and surface active agent; wherein the ratio of sugar to surface active agent in the composition is from 2000:1 to 4:1 and from 50 wt % to 100 wt % of the sugar is in crystalline form; wherein the bulking agent is coated with the coating composition; an agglomerated coated bulking agent particle; a process of preparing the particles and a fat-based confection composition comprising the coated bulking agent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert C. Alexandre, Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Nicholas David HEDGES, John Turner MITCHELL, Nick Vaes, Simon David Wantling
  • Publication number: 20230329276
    Abstract: A composition comprising novel coated bulking agent particles for reduction of calories in fat-based food products comprising sugar. A coated bulking agent particle comprising from 2 wt % to 70 wt % bulking agent and from 30 wt % to 98 wt % coating composition comprising sugar and surface active agent; wherein the ratio of sugar to surface active agent in the composition is from 2000:1 to 4:1 and from 50 wt % to 100 wt % of the sugar is in crystalline form; wherein the bulking agent is coated with the coating composition, and, wherein the bulking agent is selected from the group consisting of exhausted cocoa powder, washed coffee powder, washed tea powder, cocoa-shell, wheat bran, corn bran, corn-cob fibre, rice bran, bamboo fibre, coconut fibre, potato fibre, apple fibre, and mixtures thereof; an agglomerated coated bulking agent particle; a process of preparing the particles and a fat-based confection N composition comprising the coated bulking agent particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Audrey Caspar, Nicholas David Hedges, John Turner Mitchell, Nick Vaes
  • Publication number: 20230309594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweetener composition and a process for preparing a sweetener composition. In particular, the present invention relates to a sweetener composition comprising a crystalline carbohydrate and a bulking agent for replacing all or part of the sugar in a food product and preparing said sweetener composition. The present invention also relates to a process for reducing the hygroscopicity of resistant dextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ben ALEXANDRE, Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Nick VAES
  • Publication number: 20230225350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reduced-sugar fat-based confectionery composition and to a process for the manufacture of said fat-based confectionery composition. The invention also relates to the use of sucrose having a small particle size distribution D90 and bulking agents for reducing the sugar and/or calories in fat-based confectionery compositions. It also covers the fat-based compositions obtained from the process and the use of said fat-based composition in food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Vanessa BAREY, Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Philippe CHOUVY, Nathalie DE CLERCQ, Nick VAES
  • Publication number: 20230061329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweetener composition and a process for preparing a sweetener composition. In particular, the present invention relates to a sweetener composition comprising a crystalline carbohydrate and a bulking agent for replacing all or part of the sugar in a food product. The bulking agent can be selected from soluble and insoluble fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Michael FOUCAULT, Nick VAES