Patents by Inventor William M. Walter, Jr.

William M. Walter, Jr. 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 producing cooked sweetpotato products and compositions thereof
    Patent number: 6197363
    Abstract: Methods for producing cooked sweetpotato products suitable for freezing, baking or frying comprising adding to a cooked sweetpotato purée additional edible dry matter, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, a gelling agent and a calcium salt-water suspension sufficient to cause gelling, mixing the aforementioned ingredients together and forming the resulting mixture into desired shapes are disclosed. Structured sweetpotato food products comprising sweetpotato purée, added edible dry matter, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, alginate, added sucrose, added calcium and added water which can be frozen, baked or fried are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: William M. Walter, Jr., Van Den Truong, Ruth Karina Espinel