Patents by Inventor Paul Wrezel

Paul Wrezel 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).

  • Method for manufacture of low fat natural cheese
    Patent number: 5709900
    Abstract: A low-fat natural cheese is manufactured from skim milk or skim milk cheese. In one embodiment, a gel-forming fat mimetic is added to skim milk to provide a cheese substrate. The gel-forming fat mimetic may be gelled in situ. The cheese substrate is then subjected to a cheese make procedure to provide a cheese curd. The cheese curd is then cured to provide a low-fat skim milk cheese. The skim milk cheese is comminuted and heated to a temperature of from about 140.degree. F. to about 180.degree. F. for a period of time sufficient to provide a homogeneous cheese mass. The cheese mass is then packaged to provide a low-fat natural cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Miller, Kevin J. Surber, David Mehnert, Paul Wrezel, Sylvia Irene Crawford, Ronald L. Meibach
  • Method for manufacture of low fat natural cheese
    Patent number: 5532018
    Abstract: A low-fat natural cheese is manufactured from skim milk or skim milk cheese. In one embodiment of the invention, a gel-forming fat mimetic is added to skim milk to provide a cheese substrate. The gel-forming fat mimetic may be gelled in situ or may be pregelled. The cheese substrate is then subjected to a cheese make procedure to provide a cheese curd. The cheese curd is then cured to provide a low-fat skim milk cheese. The skim milk cheese is comminuted and heated to a temperature of from about 140.degree. F. to about 180.degree. F. for a period of time sufficient to provide a homogeneous cheese mass. The cheese mass is then packaged to provide a low-fat natural cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Miller, Kevin J. Surber, David Mehnert, Paul Wrezel, Sylvia I. Crawford, Ronald L. Meibach