Patents by Inventor Thrandur Helgason

Thrandur Helgason 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).

  • Publication number: 20220232838
    Abstract: The presently claimed invention provides a use of a composition comprising protein hydrolysate or protein hydrolysate conjugate and at least one acid as whipping agent. The invention further relates to a method for aerating a carbohydrate containing food product by adding one protein hydrolysate or at least one protein hydrolysate conjugate and at least one acid and its salts thereof. The invention also relates to the process of preparing a composition comprising at least one protein hydrolysate conjugate and at least one acid and its salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald HILLITZER, Jochen KUTSCHER, Thrandur HELGASON, Selina MARZ
  • Publication number: 20210368838
    Abstract: Disclosed is a) a conjugated peptide being conjugated with at least one reducing sugar and a degree of conjugation of at least 10 percent, preferably being in solid form such as powders; b) a method for preparing non-bitter conjugated protein hydrolysates comprising hydrolyzing a protein by at least one enzyme, mixing the resulting protein hydrolysate and at least one reducing sugar, heating the mixture to perform a Maillard reaction and drying the composition; c) a method for masking the bitter taste of a peptide comprising mixing a peptide and a reducing sugar, heating the mixture to perform a Maillard reaction and drying to obtain a powder; and d) the use of a conjugated peptide for food products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical products and animal feed products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thrandur HELGASON, Selina MARZ, Jochen KUTSCHER
  • Patent number: 10835456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulverulent vitamin formulation in which the vitamin essentially has a particle size of less than 0.7 ?m and which comprises an effective amount of propyl gallate, and also to processes for producing this formulation, and to formulations obtainable by these processes and to the use thereof as animal feed, food, food supplement, personal care product or pharmaceutical composition. The formulations of the invention have improved stability compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kathrin Meyer-Boehm, Thrandur Helgason, Raajvinder Singh, Walter Dobler, Peter Schording, Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Karl Kolter, Stefan Bruhns, Wolf Pelletier, Daniel Wagner
  • Publication number: 20200305445
    Abstract: Use of a protein hydrolysate for the preparation of baked goods, preferably cakes, particularly fat free cakes, wherein the molecular weight of the protein hydrolysate is between 600 and 2400 Da and the solubility of the protein hydrolysate is at least 85%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Thrandur HELGASON, Dieter HIETSCH, Peter HORLACHER, Jochen KUTSCHER, Selina MARZ
  • Publication number: 20190240119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulverulent vitamin formulation in which the vitamin essentially has a particle size of less than 0.7 ?m and which comprises an effective amount of propyl gallate, and also to processes for producing this formulation, and to formulations obtainable by these processes and to the use thereof as animal feed, food, food supplement, personal care product or pharmaceutical composition. The formulations of the invention have improved stability compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: KATHRIN MEYER-BOEHM, Thrandur HELGASON, Raajvinder SINGH, Walter DOBLER, Peter SCHORDING, Christof Wilhelm WIGBERS, Karl KOLTER, Stefan BRUHNS, Wolf PELLETIER, Daniel WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20190090529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing particles containing carotenoid and/or vitamin and/or omega-3 fatty acids and/or phytosterols and/or conjugated linoleic acids, having a narrow particle size distribution and uniform spherical shape and density, and also to particles obtainable by this method and use thereof as food supplements, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, body care products and medicaments. The particles according to the invention exhibit improved storage stability compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kathrin MEYER-BOEHM, Thrandur HELGASON, Karl KOLTER, Walter DOBLER, Christol STADAGER, MIchael SCHOENHERR, Katja KESTEN, Nikolaus NESTLE
  • Patent number: 10188133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to gel capsules comprising sterol and solubilizer for use as food supplement or as pharmaceutical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juergen Gierke, Martin Weidner, Marianne Heer, Thorsten Schmeller, Thrandur Helgason, Heribert Bohn, Anja Weiland
  • Publication number: 20180317523
    Abstract: The instant invention concerns aqueous clear, transparent dispersions of lipid-soluble bioactive materials having particle sizes of 20-180 nm or 20-100 nm, processes for their preparation, their use, especially as or in beverages, solid particles derived therefrom, a process/method to evaluate the applicability of emulsifiers for the preparation of such dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: THRANDUR HELGASON, ANJA WEILAND, HERIBERT BOHN
  • Publication number: 20180110254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to gel capsules comprising sterol and solubilizer for use as food supplement or as pharmaceutical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Juergen GIERKE, Martin WEIDNER, Marianne HEER, Thorten SCHMELLER, Thrandur HELGASON, Heribert BOHN, Anja WEILAND
  • Publication number: 20160324745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to blue coloring composition useful in the manufacture of food, feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products and preparations based on a stabilized phycocyanin, which is a complex of at least one phycocyanobilin and at least one polyphenol as well as a process for the formation of this complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Thrandur HELGASON, Heribert BOHN, Anja WEILAND, Christian SOWA, Thomas GOTTSCHALK
  • Publication number: 20140023712
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous transparent oil-in-water emulsion comprising a carotenoid and a process for producing said emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thrandur Helgason, Christian Köpsel, Clemens Sambale, Andreas Habich, Andreas Hasse