Patents by Inventor Robert Stouffs

Robert Stouffs 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).

  • Process for preparing solidified maltitol and its use in food and pharma products
    Publication number: 20070122535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing solidified maltitol. The solidified maltitol is prepared by turbulating a maltitol powder with gas and contacting it with a maltitol containing syrup wherein the quantity of the powder is ?the quantity of the syrup. The solidified maltitol has superior properties in bakery products. It is further suitable in other food products such as confectionery, chewing gum coatings and tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Stouffs, Adriano Rossi, Simonetta Zerbinati, Johan Augusta Peremans, Michel Gonze
  • Process for preparing maltitol enriched products
    Publication number: 20060188626
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a process for preparing maltitol enriched products and said process is chromatographically fractionating a maltose syrup followed by hydrogenating it into a liquid maltitol enriched product and optionally solidification or crystallization of maltitol. Liquid, solid and crystalline maltitol of different purities are obtainable by a single process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Stouffs, Gianfranco Brussani, Riccardo Sacrato, Chad Conard, Thomas Sasman
  • Sugar-free hard coatings prepared from liquid maltitol comprising dp4+fraction
    Publication number: 20050214424
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sugar-free hard coating prepared from a liquid maltitol syrup comprising DP4+ fraction. In the chewing gum process, the liquid maltitol can be applied at high dry substance, i.e. higher than 65%. The obtained hard coating is crunchy, non-sticky and is not cracking during post-processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Pascale Adolphine De Meuter, Michel Gonze, Robert Stouffs