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).
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Patent number: 12582136Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: Cargill, IncorporatedInventors: Vanessa Barey, Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Philippe Chouvy, Nathalie De Clercq, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20250145738Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20250145736Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20250145737Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20250136723Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Isabelle Déléris, Marcello Murru, Bruno Frédéric Stengel, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20230329307Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Cargill, IncorporatedInventors: Robert C. Alexandre, Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Nicholas David HEDGES, John Turner MITCHELL, Nick Vaes, Simon David Wantling
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Publication number: 20230329276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Cargill, IncorporatedInventors: Abdelfattah Bensouissi, Audrey Caspar, Nicholas David Hedges, John Turner Mitchell, Nick Vaes
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Publication number: 20230309594Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Ben ALEXANDRE, Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Nick VAES
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Publication number: 20230225350Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Vanessa BAREY, Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Philippe CHOUVY, Nathalie DE CLERCQ, Nick VAES
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Publication number: 20230061329Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATEDInventors: Abdelfattah BENSOUISSI, Michael FOUCAULT, Nick VAES