Patents by Inventor Nico Zwikstra

Nico Zwikstra 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).

  • Non-temper, low lauric fat compositions
    Patent number: 6033695
    Abstract: Non-temper, low lauric fat blends suitable for coatings contain the following fatty acid residues in the amounts indicated:10-30 wt % C12:020-80 wt % total (C16:0+C18:0)30-60 wt % C18:1,while the weight ratio C18:0/C16:0 ranges from 2-7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Arie Loots, Nico Zwikstra
  • Non-trans, non-temper filling fats
    Patent number: 5935627
    Abstract: A novel fat-blend for low trans filling fat compositions or for wrapper margarine that upon use do not display posthardening comprise: SUS, SSU and SU.sub.2 -triglyceriden, wherein:i) the transcontent <5%ii) SUS/SSU-wt ratio <2iii) SUS <34 wt %iv) SU.sub.2 <55 wt %S=saturated fatty acid 16-18 C-atoms U=mono/diunsaturated fatty acid with 18 C-atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Loders Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Helga Gerda A. Manson nee van der Struik, Nico Zwikstra
  • Healthy spread fats
    Patent number: 5786019
    Abstract: Fat-compositions that display the following characteristics are very suitable fats for healthy margarines or spreads: (I): 5-45 wt % S.sub.2 U triglycerides; 0-60 wt % SU.sub.2 ; 5-95 wt % U.sub.3 ; 0-8 wt % S.sub.3 ; S=saturated fatty acid: C.sub.16 -C.sub.24, U=unsaturated fatty acid C.sub.18 +; (II): (C.sub.18 -C.sub.24):C.sub.16 >0.3; (III): <5% diglycerides; (IV): % SAFA<35 wt %; (V): N.sub.5 =12-30, N.sub.35 <7, (N.sub.5 -N.sub.20)<10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Loders-Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Kevin Warren Smith, Nico Zwikstra
  • Healthy fat-containing blends
    Patent number: 5731027
    Abstract: Blends of sugar and a triglyceride component, wherein the triglyceride component comprises.gtoreq.40% SU.sub.2and 3-50% S.sub.2 U while its N.sub.20 >35 and its N.sub.30 <10(S=saturated fatty acid 18-24 C atoms, U=unsaturated fatty acid.gtoreq.18 C atoms)are suitable for the preparation of low-SAFA filling fat compositions or low-SAFA ice-cream coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Loders-Croklaan B.V.
    Inventors: Frederick William Cain, Paul Thomas Quinlan, Kevin Warren Smith, Nico Zwikstra
  • High-stability non-lauric triglyceride oils
    Patent number: 5393906
    Abstract: The invention concerns high-stability oils comprising vegetable, non-lauric triglycerides that are liquid above 10.degree. C. and that display RIP values at 120.degree. C. of at least 35 hours.The N-profile of the oils displays the following characteristics: N.sub.15 <10; N.sub.10 <15 and N.sub.0 <20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Price, Nico Zwikstra
  • Trans-hardened fats with good gloss
    Patent number: 5366752
    Abstract: Gloss-retention of chocolate compositions, in particular of chocolate coatings can be improved by incorporation of an amount of a fat blend, comprising two fat components i.e. A and B,A being a fat with a C.sub.18 trans-content of 15-70%B being a (H.sub.2 M+M.sub.2 H)-type fat, whereinH=saturated fatty acid.gtoreq.C.sub.16M=saturated fatty acid: C.sub.8 -C.sub.14with a specific carbon number distribution, such that ##EQU1## the amounts of B in the blend being: 0.2-30 wt % on fat phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick W. Cain, Adrian D. Hughes, Josipa Paska, Nico Zwikstra
  • Fatblend and process of producing
    Patent number: 5151292
    Abstract: Fatblends for chocolate compositions, the blends containing a mixture of a mid-fraction of hardened, fractionated soy bean oil and a mid-fraction of hardened, fractionated cottonseed oil, wherein the ratio of the two mid-fractions ##EQU1## is less than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventor: Nico Zwikstra