Patents by Inventor Wendy Kay Behr

Wendy Kay Behr 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: 11582987
    Abstract: A method for producing a clean-tasting, neutral-color, concentrated, liquid protein base including separating fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes applying ultrasonication to the protein base at an ulirasonication unit according to ulirasonication settings. The ultrasonication settmgs are adapted to cause acoustic cavitation within the protein base. The method further includes filtering the protein base through one or more membrane filters after separating the fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes processing the protein base to form a protein ingredient in certain cases, the method further includes processing the separated fibrous material to produce a dietary fiber. Processing the fibrous material includes converting gelatinized starch from the separated fibrous material into resistant starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Huimin Krystal Zhang, Jonathan Arthur Gray, Luke Michael Chavez, Wendy Kay Behr
  • Publication number: 20210106019
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-dairy cheese includes fermenting non-dairy milk with lactic acid bacteria and mixing the fermented non-dairy milk with dry ingredients. The dry ingredients include one or more gums and one or more starches. The method further includes heating the fermented non-dairy milk and dry ingredients to 180 degrees and mixing oil into the fermented non-dairy milk in an in-line high shear mixer creating an oil/non-dairy milk mixture. The method further includes circulating the oil/non-dairy milk mixture through the inline high shear mixer until the droplet size of the oil in the non-dairy milk is 15 micrometers or less, removing air from the oil/non-dairy milk mixture, and packaging the oil/non-dairy milk mixture to yield a non-dairy cheese product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Min, Joshua James Smith, Wendy Kay Behr, Jennifer Lynn Aleshire, Diego Rosso-Gonzaiez, Jonathan Gray
  • Publication number: 20210092977
    Abstract: A method for producing a clean-tasting, neutral-color, concentrated, liquid protein base including separating fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes applying ultrasonication to the protein base at an ulirasonication unit according to ulirasonication settings. The ultrasonication settmgs are adapted to cause acoustic cavitation within the protein base. The method further includes filtering the protein base through one or more membrane filters after separating the fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes processing the protein base to form a protein ingredient in certain cases, the method further includes processing the separated fibrous material to produce a dietary fiber. Processing the fibrous material includes converting gelatinized starch from the separated fibrous material into resistant starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Huimin Krystal Zhang, Jonathan Arthur Gray, Luke Michael Chavez, Wendy Kay Behr
  • Patent number: 10952451
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-dairy cheese includes fermenting non-dairy milk with lactic acid bacteria and mixing the fermented non-dairy milk with dry ingredients. The dry ingredients include one or more gums and one or more starches. The method further includes heating the fermented non-dairy milk and dry ingredients to 180 degrees and mixing oil into the fermented non-dairy milk in an in-line high shear mixer creating an oil/non-dairy milk mixture. The method further includes circulating the oil/non-dairy milk mixture through the inline high shear mixer until the droplet size of the oil in the non-dairy milk is 15 micrometers or less, removing air from the oil/non-dairy milk mixture, and packaging the oil/non-dairy milk mixture to yield a non-dairy cheese product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Min, Joshua James Smith, Wendy Kay Behr, Jennifer Lynn Aleshire
  • Publication number: 20180352833
    Abstract: A method for producing a clean-tasting, neutral-color, concentrated, liquid protein base including separating fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes applying ultrasonication to the protein base at an ultrasonication unit according to ultrasonication settings. The ultrasonication settings are adapted to cause acoustic cavitation within the protein base. The method further includes filtering the protein base through one or more membrane filters after separating the fibrous material from the protein base. The method further includes processing the protein base to form a protein ingredient. In certain cases, the method further includes processing the separated fibrous material to produce a dietary fiber. Processing the fibrous material includes converting gelatinized starch from the separated fibrous material into resistant starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Huimin Krystal Zhang, Jonathan Arthur Gray, Luke Michael Chavez, Wendy Kay Behr
  • Publication number: 20180289028
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-dairy cheese includes fermenting non-dairy milk with lactic acid bacteria and mixing the fermented non-dairy milk with dry ingredients. The dry ingredients include one or more gums and one or more starches. The method further includes heating the fermented non-dairy milk and dry ingredients to 180 degrees and mixing oil into the fermented non-dairy milk in an in-line high shear mixer creating an oil/non-dairy milk mixture. The method further includes circulating the oil/non-dairy milk mixture through the inline high shear mixer until the droplet size of the oil in the non-dairy milk is 15 micrometers or less, removing air from the oil/non-dairy milk mixture, and packaging the oil/non-dairy milk mixture to yield a non-dairy cheese product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Min, Joshua James Smith, Wendy Kay Behr, Jennifer Lynn Aleshire