Patents by Inventor Rudi Den Adel

Rudi Den Adel 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).

  • Patent number: 11350644
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing a water-phase; b. providing liquid oil; c. providing fat powder comprising hardstock fat; d. providing hardstock fat in liquid form; e. mixing fat powder comprising hardstock fat, hardstock fat in liquid form and liquid oil to provide an oil-slurry; f. mixing the oil-slurry provided at step ‘e’ with the water-phase to provide a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the fat powder is not subjected to temperatures at which a substantial part of the fat powder melts. An edible fat continuous emulsion comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, comprising at least 2 wt. %, based on the weight of total fat, of a first hardstock fat with the following solid fat profile: N20 from 65 to 95; N35 from 25 to 55; and further comprising at least 2 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Rudi den Adel, Georg Christian Dol, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Publication number: 20160213018
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 25 to 60 wt. % of fat, and which emulsion can be made without the usual mono- and/or diglyceride emulsifier. The process involves structuring the oil phase and stabilizing the emulsion by a combination of fat powder comprising hardstock and hardstock blended with the oil of the emulsion in liquid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Rudi DEN ADEL, Georg Christian DOL, Kai GREBENKÄMPER, Abraham LEENHOUTS, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA, Farley Ferdinand TIO
  • Publication number: 20150164099
    Abstract: Fat powder comprising hardstock fat co-crystallized with at least one emulsifier, wherein said emulsifier has a HLB value of 8 or lower and comprises at least 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the emulsifier, of mono- and/or diglycerides having saturated fatty acid with a carbon chain length of at least 12, and wherein said hardstock fat is characterized by the following solid fat profile: N10 from 95 to 30; N20 of at least 15; N35 of at most 35; and wherein the weight ratio of said hardstock fat to said emulsifier is from 1:0.010 to 1:0.5. The invention further relates to a process wherein said fat powder is used for the manufacture of water-in-oil emulsions. The invention further relates to water-in-oil emulsions having an improved stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Rudi den Adel, Berend Jan Arends, Johannes Jozef Maria Janssen, Teunis de Man, Henelyta Santos Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20150140197
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing edible fat continuous emulsions comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing a water-phase; b. providing liquid oil; c. providing fat powder comprising hardstock fat; d. providing hardstock fat in liquid form; e. mixing fat powder comprising hardstock fat, hardstock fat in liquid form and liquid oil to provide an oil-slurry; f. mixing the oil-slurry provided at step ‘e’ with the water-phase to provide a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein the fat powder is not subjected to temperatures at which a substantial part of the fat powder melts. An edible fat continuous emulsion comprising 10 to 85 wt. % of a dispersed water-phase and 15 to 90 wt. % of total fat, comprising at least 2 wt. %, based on the weight of total fat, of a first hardstock fat with the following solid fat profile: N20 from 65 to 95; N35 from 25 to 55; and further comprising at least 2 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Rudi den Adel, Georg Christian Dol, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
  • Patent number: 8865245
    Abstract: The invention relates to edible fat powders having a full width at half maximum of the first order long spacing X-ray diffraction peak of 0.17 to 0.80 degrees and a free flowing density of 10 to 350 g/l; with the proviso that when the free flowing density is equal to or greater than C, the full width at half maximum is equal to or greater than ((A*free flowing density)+B), wherein A is 0.0005625, B is 0.213 degrees and C is 90 g/l. The invention further relates to a method of preparing a fat continuous spread comprising the use of such edible fat powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudi Den Adel, Berend Jan Arends, Johannes Jozef M Janssen, Teunis de Man
  • Publication number: 20110244111
    Abstract: The invention relates to edible fat powders having a full width at half maximum of the first order long spacing X-ray diffraction peak of 0.17 to 0.80 degrees and a free flowing density of 10 to 350 g/l; with the proviso that when the free flowing density is equal to or greater than C, the full width at half maximum is equal to or greater than ((A*free flowing density)+B), wherein A is 0.0005625, B is 0.213 degrees and C is 90 g/l. The invention further relates to a method of preparing a fat continuous spread comprising the use of such edible fat powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Rudi Den Adel, Berend Jan Arends, Johannes Jozef M Janssen, Teunis de Man