Patents by Inventor Sandra A. Trop

Sandra A. Trop 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: 6358551
    Abstract: A method for incorporating concentrated milkfat into milk to form a concentrated milkfat/milk blend is provided. The concentrated milkfat/milk blend can be used in the preparation of natural cheese. The method provides a cost effective procedure for blending concentrated milk fat and milk without the use of added stabilizers. Fat in the concentrated milkfat/milk blend does not separate during additional processing required in producing a natural cheese from the concentrated milkfat/milk blend. In this process, a reduced-fat milk is blended with concentrated milkfat at a temperature sufficient to melt the concentrated milkfat to form a slurry. The slurry is homogenized, preferably using an in-line jet homogenizer at a pressure of about 90 to about 225 psig or a piston type homogenizer operated at a pressure of about 500 to about 1500 psig, to obtain the concentrated milkfat/milk blend with an average fat particle size of about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John Richard Sadowsky, IV, Sandra A. Trop, Scott T. Ostergaard