Patents by Inventor Paola Flabbi

Paola Flabbi 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: 20220159982
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for making strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, compositions comprising strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, and methods for using such compositions, as well as products generated using strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Casey McCormick, Thierry Saint-Denis, Melissa McCarthy, Paola Flabbi, Jose Maria Carles Piqueras
  • Patent number: 11278035
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for making strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, compositions comprising strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, and methods for using such compositions, as well as products generated using strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Casey McCormick, Thierry Saint-Denis, Melissa McCarthy, Paola Flabbi, Jose Maria Carles Piqueras
  • Publication number: 20200120947
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for making strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, compositions comprising strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates, and methods for using such compositions, as well as products generated using strained acidic, for example fermented, dairy products having reduced carbohydrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Casey McCormick, Thierry Saint-Denis, Melissa McCarthy, Paola Flabbi, Jose Maria Carles Piqueras
  • Publication number: 20190008176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a strained fermented dairy product comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing a dairy product, (b) adding a lactase and a culture of bacteria comprising at least one strain of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria and at least one strain of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria and fermenting the dairy product to obtain a fermented dairy product, and (c) separating a liquid whey from the fermented dairy product to obtain a strained fermented dairy product. The present invention relates also to the use of a lactase for preventing the clogging of the separating device used in the preparation of a strained fermented dairy product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE, DANONE S.A.
    Inventors: Maria Almudena BILBAO CALABUIG, Laurent MARCHAL, Paola FLABBI
  • Publication number: 20190000101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a strained fermented dairy product comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing a dairy product containing starch, (b) fermenting the dairy product after adding lactic acid bacteria to obtain a fermented dairy product, and (c) separating a liquid whey from the fermented dairy product to obtain a strained fermented dairy product The present invention relates also to the use of starch for preventing the clogging of the separating device used in the preparation of a strained fermented dairy product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Almudena Bilbao Calabuig, Paola Flabbi
  • Publication number: 20170334589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for filling a container with a dairy product having a viscosity comprised between 1400 and 3800 mPa·s comprising the steps of: (a) filling the container with the dairy product by means of a dispenser equipped with a nozzle comprising at least one opening, at a flow rate by surface of the nozzle opening(s) between 0.5 and 1.2 kg/(h×mm2) and at a temperature comprised between 4 and 30° C., and (b) if the temperature of the dairy product in step (a) is above 10° C., cooling the dairy product in the container to a temperature comprised between 2 and 10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE, DANONE S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe TEISSIER, Paola FLABBI, Manuel DOMINGUEZ MORENO
  • Publication number: 20150320061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a strained fermented dairy product, comprising a heat treatment step, a high pressure homogenization step, a fermentation step, a separation step and a smoothing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Françoise Warin, Paola Flabbi, François Corret, Almuden Bilbao, Denis Paquet, Pascal Crepel, Laurent Marchal