Patents by Inventor Valerie Arechiga

Valerie Arechiga 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).

  • Methods for making heat-treated cheeses
    Patent number: 11832630
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing cheeses having the desirable properties of process cheese, using phospholipase enzyme(s), without the addition of emulsifying salts to produce such cheeses. The methods of the invention allow a cheese processor to produce a reduced-sodium process-type cheese without losing the recognized meltability and texture of processed cheese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Glanbia Nutritionals Limited
    Inventors: Valerie Arechiga, David Perry
  • METHOD FOR MAKING CHEESE FROM ULTRA-FILTERED MILK
    Publication number: 20230142884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for improving the conversion properties and decreasing ripening time of cheese made from ultra-filtered milk and/or concentrated milk, the method comprising applying chymosin to cheese curds during the cheesemaking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: GLANBIA NUTRITIONALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerie ARECHIGA, Maren LONG, David PERRY, Loren WARD
  • Methods for Making Heat-Treated Cheeses
    Publication number: 20200345028
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing cheeses having the desirable properties of process cheese, using phospholipase enzyme(s), without the addition of emulsifying salts to produce such cheeses. The methods of the invention allow a cheese processor to produce a reduced-sodium process-type cheese without losing the recognized meltability and texture of processed cheese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Glanbia Nutritionals (Ireland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Valerie ARECHIGA, David PERRY
  • Method for Making a Heat-treated Cheese
    Publication number: 20200022379
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing cheese products having the desirable properties of process cheese without the use of all or part of the emulsifying salts normally used to produce a process cheese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Glanbia Nutritionals (Ireland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Valerie Arechiga, Michelle Ziemann, David Perry, Loren S. Ward
  • Method for Making a Heat-treated Cheese
    Publication number: 20190261641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing cheese products having the desirable properties of process cheese without the use of all or part of the emulsifying salts normally used to produce a process cheese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Glanbia Nutritionals (Ireland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Valerie Arechiga, Michelle Ziemann, David Perry, Loren S. Ward