Patents by Inventor Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur

Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur 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).

  • Water-based coating for frozen confection
    Patent number: 9913486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-based coatings for frozen confectioneries intended for animal consumption. In particular, it relates to the use of starch and protein in the preparation of a low fat water-based coating for a frozen confectionery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur
  • WATER-BASED COATING FOR FROZEN CONFECTION
    Publication number: 20130101702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-based coatings for frozen confectioneries intended for animal consumption. In particular, it relates to the use of starch and protein in the preparation of a low fat water-based coating for a frozen confectionery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur
  • Frozen dessert novelty which changes color
    Patent number: 6231901
    Abstract: A frozen confectionery product which changes color has first and second frozen confectionery product compositions arranged for being consumed together. In an embodiment, the first composition has an acidic pH and contains a colorant component which colors the first composition and which, upon an increase in pH, changes color, and the second composition has a pH so that upon a mixing with the first composition, the pH of the first composition and colorant mixed with the second composition increases so that the colorant changes color, and each composition may contain a differing coloring component for obtaining a different coloration upon mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Tawfik Yousef Sharkasi, George Tonner, Eric Best, Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur, Monika Gaelweiler
  • Coated ice confection
    Patent number: 6071546
    Abstract: An ice confection comprising an ice confection core, a fat-based outer coating layer and an edible emulsifier as a precoating layer between the ice confection core and the edible fat-based outer coating layer, wherein the edible emulsifier includes both hydrophilic and lipophilic moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur
  • Method of reducing fat in fat-based coating for confectionery products
    Patent number: 6060094
    Abstract: A method for reducing the fat content in a fat-based confectionery coating material having a sufficient viscosity, when liquified, to permit the application and retention of the coating material upon an underlying confectionery substrate. The method comprises replacing at least a portion of at least one fat-containing component of the coating material with an amount of a liquid medium chain triglyceride sufficient to maintain the viscosity of the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur
  • Method of making fat-based confection
    Patent number: 5876774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the solidification rate of a fat-based confection and to a fat-based confection product wherein the improvement comprises 0.1 to 2.0% insoluble fiber by weight effective for increasing the rate of solidification of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur, Stephen J. Destephen