Patents by Inventor Scott A. Westfall

Scott A. Westfall 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 of producing an aromatised food or beverage product
    Patent number: 10149494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an aromatized food or beverage product, wherein an aroma fraction is obtained from a plant extract, said aroma fraction is being contacted with an oil to remove undesired aroma compounds, and the aroma fraction from which undesired compounds have been removed are combined with a food or beverage composition to produce an aromatized food or beverage product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, William Wu, Annette Michelle Birch, Amber Christine Scarlatos
  • LIQUID COFFEE BEVERAGE WITH IMPROVED AROMA
    Publication number: 20170000153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid coffee beverage in a closed container with improved aroma having a high ration of high volatile coffee aroma compounds to low volatile coffee aroma compounds in the gaseous headspace, and a method of producing
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Carol Borland, Xiaoping Fu, Scott A. Westfall
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AROMATISED FOOD OR BEVERAGE PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20150272183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product, wherein an aroma fraction is obtained from a plant extract, said aroma fraction is being contacted with an oil to remove undesired aroma compounds, and the aroma fraction from which undesired compounds have been removed are combined with a food or beverage composition to produce an aromatised food or beverage product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, William Wu, Annette Michelle Birch, Amber Christine Scarlatos
  • Method of producing an aromatised aqueous liquid
    Patent number: 9049873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous liquid aromatised with aroma compounds from coffee, wherein a gas comprising aroma from roast and ground coffee and water is condensed to provide a liquid aqueous phase and a gas phase; and the gas phase is subjected to pressurisation in the presence of an aqueous liquid. The liquid is useful e.g. in the production of soluble coffee products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, Annette Michelle Birch, Robert Garwood, Iacopo Cerea, Miguel Angel Garchitorena Gamero, Christophe Duchanoy
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AROMATISED AQUEOUS LIQUID
    Publication number: 20120258222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous liquid aromatised with aroma compounds from coffee, wherein a gas comprising aroma from roast and ground coffee and water is condensed to provide a liquid aqueous phase and a gas phase; and the gas phase is subjected to pressurisation in the presence of an aqueous liquid. The liquid is useful e.g. in the production of soluble coffee products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Scott A. Westfall, Annette Michelle Birch, Robert Garwood, Iacopo Cerea, Miguel Angel Garchitorena Gamero, Christophe Duchanoy
  • Coffee aroma emulsion formulations
    Patent number: 5576044
    Abstract: An emulsion preconcentrate which contains hydrolyzed coffee oil and a coffee aroma. The emulsion preconcentrate is mixed with soluble coffee powder to provide a soluble coffee product. Upon dissolution of the soluble coffee product in hot water, the emulsion preconcentrate spontaneously forms an oil-in-water emulsion including droplets in the microemulsion tange; the dispersed oil phase containing the aroma. This provides a burst of aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Nestec SA
    Inventors: Oliver Chmiel, Helmut Traitler, Heribert Watzke, Scott A. Westfall
  • Encapsulation of volatile aroma compounds
    Patent number: 5399368
    Abstract: A method of encapsulating volatile aroma compounds in which an inert gas, such as carbon dioxide, is dissolved in an aromatized edible liquid, and the aromatized, gasified liquid is co-extruded with a molten carbohydrate material having a glass transition temperature of between 20.degree. C. and 80.degree. C. to provide a continuous stream having an outer shell of the carbohydrate material surrounding an inner core of the aromatized, gasified liquid. The continuous stream is extruded into a pressure chamber having a pressure higher than the internal pressure of the inert gas in the aromatized liquid core, and is maintained under such pressure until the carbohydrate shell has cooled to below the glass transition temperature to provide capsules having a shell of hardened amorphous carbohydrate glass surrounding an inner core of gasified, aromatized liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Robert E. Garwood, Zenon I. Mandralis, Scott A. Westfall