Patents by Inventor Youichirou Miya
Youichirou Miya 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).
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Patent number: 10258067Abstract: Provided is frozen noodles in which freezer burn is unlikely to occur. A method for producing frozen noodles comprises: a step of attaching a composition to cooked noodles, the composition comprising at least water, oil or fat and a polysaccharide thickener, and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C.; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 10219533Abstract: Provided is a method for producing frozen noodles comprising: a step of attaching a composition comprising xanthan gum and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C. to cooked noodles obtained by cooking fresh noodles produced by a rolling noodle-manufacturing method; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 10039291Abstract: Provided is frozen cooked noodles which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and present satisfactory appearance and texture after defrosting. A method for manufacturing frozen cooked noodles comprising obtaining raw noodles by extruding dough containing from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a plant protein and 100 parts by mass of wheat flour containing 70 mass % or more of a regular wheat flour at a pressure of from 60 kgf/cm2 to 160 kgf/cm2, cooking the raw noodles, and freezing the cooked noodles.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya
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Patent number: 10039302Abstract: Provided is a frozen pasta retaining an original flavor of the pasta. A frozen pasta attached with a ground pasta product and/or durum wheat flour. A process for producing a frozen pasta, comprising cooling a boiled pasta and attaching, to the surface of the pasta, a ground product of a pasta, followed by freezing.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Youichirou Miya, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Fusaki Kajio
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Publication number: 20160198743Abstract: This method for producing cooked fresh pasta with a sauce involves: a fresh pasta preparation step of preparing a dough by adding water to a raw material flour, obtaining a fresh pasta by extruding the dough at a pressure of from 35 to 100 kgf/cm2, and subjecting the fresh pasta to a dry heating treatment to adjust the mass of the fresh pasta after the treatment to 80 to 97 mass % with respect to the mass of the fresh pasta before the treatment; and a cooking step of obtaining cooked fresh pasta by boil-cooking or steam-cooking the fresh pasta after the dry heating treatment. Preferably, the raw material flour contains an emulsifier, and a flour material including wheat flour as a main component; and the content of the emulsifier is from 0.2 to 2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the flour material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Youhei SUGA, Hitomi YAMAGUCHI, Youichirou MIYA, Takenori WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160106126Abstract: Provided is frozen cooked noodles which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and present satisfactory appearance and texture after defrosting. A method for manufacturing frozen cooked noodles comprising obtaining raw noodles by extruding dough containing from 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a plant protein and 100 parts by mass of wheat flour containing 70 mass % or more of a regular wheat flour at a pressure of from 60 kgf/cm2 to 160 kgf/cm2, cooking the raw noodles, and freezing the cooked noodles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Norio KOIZUMI, Takenori WATANABE, Youichirou MIYA
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Publication number: 20150237894Abstract: Provided are frozen noodles which can retain a favorable quality even after microwave thawing. Packaged frozen noodles for microwave cooking comprising a package having a ventilation hole or ventilation holes, wherein a total area of an opening of the ventilation hole or openings of the ventilation holes is 0.02 to 5 cm2 per 100 cm2 of a surface area of the package, and the package contains inside thereof cooked noodles and 1 to 10 parts by mass of water relative to 100 parts by mass of the cooked noodles, and the cooked noodles and the water are frozen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150140192Abstract: Provided is frozen noodles in which freezer burn is unlikely to occur. A method for producing frozen noodles comprises: a step of attaching a composition to cooked noodles, the composition comprising at least water, oil or fat and a polysaccharide thickener, and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C.; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS, INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150125582Abstract: Provided is a cooked noodle capable of maintaining a good texture and good taste and flavor even after refrigerated or frozen-stored. A method for producing a cooked noodle, comprising allowing a liquid comprising 1.0 to 15.0% by mass of a sugar and 0.5 to 8.0% by mass of a starch to attach to a heat-cooked noodle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Makoto Ito, Fusaki Kajio, Youichirou Miya
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Publication number: 20150118364Abstract: Provided is a frozen pasta retaining an original flavor of the pasta. A frozen pasta attached with a ground pasta product and/or durum wheat flour. A process for producing a frozen pasta, comprising cooling a boiled pasta and attaching, to the surface of the pasta, a ground product of a pasta, followed by freezing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Youichirou Miya, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Fusaki Kajio
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Publication number: 20150110942Abstract: Provided is a method for producing frozen noodles comprising: a step of attaching a composition comprising xanthan gum and having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60° C. to cooked noodles obtained by cooking fresh noodles produced by a rolling noodle-manufacturing method; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140322421Abstract: Cooked and frozen pastas which can be stored in a frozen state for a long time and which retain good appearance and texture comparable to freshly boiled fresh pastas even after being thawed are provided. A method for producing the cooked and frozen pastas, comprising the steps of boiling fresh pastas obtained by extruding dough into pasta noodles at a pressure of from 80 kgf/cm2 to 200 kgf/cm2, bringing the resulting boiled pasta into contact with a liquid comprising an oil or fat having a melting point of 10° C. or less, and then freezing the pasta which has been brought into contact with the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: NISSHIN FOODS INC.Inventors: Kentarou Irie, Youhei Suga, Norio Koizumi, Takenori Watanabe, Youichirou Miya, Tsuguhiko Yoshida