Patents Issued in February 15, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240049714
    Abstract: The present application relates to large-scale methods of uniformly coating packaging surfaces with a benzoxaborole compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel MacLEAN, Richard M. JACOBSON, Timothy MALEFYT
  • Publication number: 20240049715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid bio-pesticidal composition comprising of elemental Sulphur in the range of 60% w/w to 99% w/w, Azadirachtin in the range of 0.01% w/w to 20% w/w and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient wherein particles of the composition is in the range of 0.1 micron to 60 microns, wherein the composition is in the form of water dispersible granules, broadcast granules, extruded granules, spheronised granules and powders. The invention relates to a process of preparing and also to a method for treatment of plant, crop, locus or soil against pests or diseases or managing pesticidal resistance or reducing pesticidal residue by application of a solid bio pesticidal composition. The invention also relates to a method for controlling pests and diseases by applying a solid bio pesticidal composition by foliar means at a dosage of 0.5 kg/ha to 30 kg/ha to a plant or a crop or parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hiteshkumar Anilkant DOSHI, Ramdas MENON KUNJUKRISHNA PUTHENVEETIL NON
  • Publication number: 20240049716
    Abstract: There is provided a composite comprising an inorganic metal or alloy core at least partially covered by a protection layer comprising a carboxylate salt, a metal oxide, a metal oxide salt or a metal-amino acid complex. There is also provided a method of preparing the composite comprising an inorganic metal or alloy core at least partially covered by a protection layer comprising a carboxylate salt, a metal oxide, a metal oxide salt or a metal-amino acid complex, comprising the step of mixing a metal or alloy with an acid, at elevated temperature for a time duration, optionally in the presence of a solvent. There is also provided use of a composite as an antimicrobial agent, and uses of a composite in the treatment or prophylaxis of microbial infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yugen Zhang, Jinquan Wang
  • Publication number: 20240049717
    Abstract: The present invention provides among other things silver nanoparticles and methods of making the same. The nanoparticles may be sulfidated to decrease the silver leaching rate and sustain the biocidal properties. Such nanoparticles may be applied as a coating or additive to substrates such as metals, alloys, polymers, membranes, textiles, and other such materials, allowing for the substrates to exhibit antimicrobial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: RAFIQUL ISLAM
  • Publication number: 20240049718
    Abstract: Provided are a disinfectant capable of maintaining a bactericidal effect over an extended period of time even in a place where light is not present, capable of reducing the production cost, and exhibiting high biocompatibility, an anti-infective fibrous material, an anti-infective fibrous product, a method for producing the same, and an apparatus for producing the same. A disinfectant according to one aspect of the present invention is a disinfectant containing titanium dioxide that adsorbs silver ions. The disinfectant further comprises an aqueous resin binder to which a thermosetting crosslinking agent is applied; the disinfectant has biocompatibility; the titanium dioxide has a particle size of nm or more and 1 ?m or less and a weight distribution of particles, having a particle size of 100 nm or less, of less than 0.3%; and the disinfectant does not exhibit environmental toxicity caused by nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SUSUME CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsukasa Sakurada
  • Publication number: 20240049719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial coating of a substrate, the coating being obtained by applying the coating on a surface of the substrate by means of an electrostatic spraying method, and the coating comprising at least one metal oxide and/or at least one metal salt. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrostatic spraying method for coating at least one substrate with an antimicrobial coating. In addition, the present invention relates to a use of a coating material for producing an antimicrobial coating on a surface of a substrate, with the coating comprising at least one metal oxide and/or at least one metal salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Ralph BRUECKNER
  • Publication number: 20240049720
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to agricultural combinations and compositions including kasugamycin or salt thereof and a copper salt, especially copper glycinate, that exhibits wide spectrum anti-microbial properties. Further aspects of the present disclosure relate to a synergistic anti-microbial agricultural formulation and a method of resistance management of phytopathogens and plant disease control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Marín Virgilio Valdés Caballero, Susana Solis Gaona, Paola Catalina Leija Martínez, Mario Ramón Villareal Cárdenas, María De Lourdes Delgado Hernandez, Mauricio Alberto Vargas Martínez
  • Publication number: 20240049721
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for controlling fungal pests with bioactive agents. Also, the present disclosure provides fungicidal compositions and methods of using the formulations containing minicells and bioactive agents for targeted delivery and controlled release to enhance control of pathogenic fungi in an environment-friendly, stable and scalable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ameer Hamza SHAKEEL, Sepehr ZOMORODI, Sergio CARBALLO, Payam POURTAHERI, Joseph FRANK
  • Publication number: 20240049722
    Abstract: A method for increasing iron ion content in Bacillus coagulans includes following steps: simultaneously fermenting and culturing Bacillus coagulans and Clostridium butyricum in a culture medium rich in iron ions, where a concentration of the iron ions in the culture medium is 250-350.0 mg/L. Bacillus coagulans has been domesticated in the culture medium containing high concentration of iron ions, and one of them is Bacillus coagulans strain with preservation number of CGMCC No. 24223. The application also provides a compound microbial agent, which contains domesticated Bacillus coagulans and Clostridium butyricum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Baowei WANG, Kexin LI, Hanyu ZOU, Binghan WANG, Mingai ZHANG, Wenlei FAN, Zhuyu YANG, Min KONG
  • Publication number: 20240049723
    Abstract: The plant growth regulator according to an embodiment of the present invention contains an extract of an ergothioneine-producing microorganism as an active ingredient. The extract contains ergothioneine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki KOSHIYAMA, Mutsumi KANEKO, Yukihiro HIGASHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240049724
    Abstract: Cowpea mosaic virus capsid nanoparticles devoid of genetic material, as such or loaded with agricultural drugs of natural origin, is used for the treatment of a disease of the aerial part of a plant, such as the leaf. The disease treated is caused by a microorganism that attacks the aerial part of the plant, such as a fungus, an oomycete, a bacterium, a phytoplasma or a virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Davide DANZI, Roberta ZAMPIERI, Linda AVESANI, Elodie VANDELLE
  • Publication number: 20240049725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insecticidal composition comprising: a. at least one cyclic peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of any of: SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 or 6, or an amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 or 6; and b. at least one second peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 5, or an amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to any of SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 5, or a variant of a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the amino acid sequence has an amino acid variant on position N29, and which retains the biological activity of the peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Aurelien BIGOT, Fides BENFATTI, David J. CRAIK, Yen-Hua HUANG, Quentin KAAS, Mark SCHIEBLER, Conan WANG
  • Publication number: 20240049726
    Abstract: A plant vitality adjuvant for suppressing bacterial wilt disease of plants is provided, the plant vitality adjuvant containing, as a main raw material, a fermented composition obtained by fermenting and aging a plurality of items belonging to fruits, citrus fruits, burdock and carrot belonging to edible roots, grains, sesames, seaweed, and saccharides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Manda Fermentation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi KATO, Akiko YANO, SHINSUKE KISHIDA, KOTARO FUJIOKA, Hideto TORII
  • Publication number: 20240049727
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a crushed material obtained from at least one part of rocket plants, for example of the genera Eruca (Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria, etc.), Diplotaxis (Diplotaxis erucoides, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Diplotaxis muralis, etc.), Bunias (Bunias erucago, Bunias orientalis, etc.), Erucastrum (Erucastrum nasturtiifolium, Erucastrum incanum, etc.) or Cakile, in order to stimulate plant growth or root growth. The usefulness of the product of the invention has also been proven in conditions of stress for the plant (for example water stress). The crushed material is obtained from leaves, seeds and/or flowers of plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Christelle MARTINEZ-BARBREAU
  • Publication number: 20240049728
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a crushed material obtained from at least one part of Rocket plants, for example of the genera Eruca (Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria, etc.), Diplotaxis (Diplotaxis erucoides, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Diplotaxis muralis, etc.), Bunias (Bunias erucago, Bunias orientalis, etc.), Erucastrum (Erucastrum nasturtiifolium, Erucastrum incanum, etc.) or Cakile, in order to stimulate plant growth or root growth. The usefulness of the product of the invention has also been proven in conditions of stress for the plant (for example water stress). The crushed material is obtained from leaves, seeds and/or flowers of plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Christelle MARTINEZ-BARBREAU
  • Publication number: 20240049729
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a baked cupcake with a preformed void therein for receiving filling, where the apparatus includes a plurality of tapered food grade silicone cavity creating constructions which are ganged together and are disposed partially in unbaked batter which rises to form a surface against the cavity creating construction, which creates a preformed void for later insertion of filling after the cupcake has been baked and the cavity creating constructions removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Jamie Julene Skinner
  • Publication number: 20240049730
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bread baking mold including a frame, a cover plate provided at the top of the frame, a bottom plate provided at the bottom of the frame, and at least a container provided in the frame. Wherein the cover plate and the bottom plate can opening and/or closing relative to the frame respectively. When it is necessary to produce toasts of various sizes and shapes, it only needs to replace the container, and there is no need to repurchase a complete set of mold, which can effectively reduce the use cost. The container is convenient to be replaced and can be selected according to the amount of raw material to be produced, which can effectively reduce material waste. The cover plate and the bottom plate are detachable after use. There are no dead corners in the cleaning process, which is helpful to keep clean, to ensure sanitation in use, and to reduce storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Chan
  • Publication number: 20240049731
    Abstract: Packaging and delivery apparatus, systems, and assemblies are shown and described. In one embodiment, a device to deliver a concealed article about a food item includes a base; a plate assembly aligned above the base; a shuttle adapted to traverse a length of the plate assembly; and a release mechanism. The result is an improved hidden display and assembly for enhancing efficient, effective delivery of a hidden item inside a food item(s) or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Charm Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: ELIZABETH M. CHARM, JOVO DJURAGIC, JORDAN LONG
  • Publication number: 20240049732
    Abstract: A coextrusion head for a food processing machine includes a feed line section having an inner pipe for conducting in the production direction a food mass to be formed into a strand. An inlet end of the inner pipe is connectable to an outlet of a stuffing machine. A housing extends in the production direction from the feed line section and surrounding the inner pipe. A receiving chamber, formed between the inner pipe and the housing, for a casing material to be applied to the strand. The receiving chamber has a housing inlet for the casing material. The feed line section and the housing are integrally embodied and the coextrusion head further includes a die attachment that has a die opening shaped correspondingly to the inner pipe and that is connected to the housing. A food processing machine having a coextrusion head and a corresponding assembly method are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Halis Baris, Peter Knodel, Olaf Grote, Malte Regenhardt
  • Publication number: 20240049733
    Abstract: Provided is a sausage sticking system capable of changing a position and an interval at which a chain of sausages is hung on a stably held stick according to a length of a casing. The sausage sticking system includes a hook conveying unit, a stick holding unit, and a pivoting imparting unit. A loop of a chain of sausages hooked on each of the pivoting hooks of the hook conveying unit is configured to be dropped onto a stick passing through the loop by which pivoting hooks are pivoted. The stick holding unit holds both ends of the stick, and includes a fixed arm and a pair of actuating arms, wherein the pair of actuating arras alternately holds the stick and avoids the loop of the chain of sausages. The pivoting imparting unit sequentially pivots the plurality of pivoting hooks at a predetermined pivoting imparting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuo NAKAMURA, Takayuki Fujimaki, Hideaki Oikawa, Hirokatsu Harasawa, Takashi Arai
  • Publication number: 20240049734
    Abstract: An apparatus for saddling fish on holding apparatuses for further processing comprises: a frame structure; a transport device on the frame structure, for transporting fish tail first and abdominal cavity downwards in a direction T along a transport path, wherein the transport device comprises: a transport unit that is driven rotatingly, and a holding apparatus on the transport unit comprising a fastening element and a holding plate for holding the fish during processing; a feed device for feeding the fish into a region of the transport device; a catching and centring device to catch and centre the fish parallel to the transport direction T; and a take-over device for taking the fish from the catching and centring device, holding the fish, and releasing the fish as soon as a holding apparatus transported through the fish captures the fish and pulls them from the take-over device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Carsten Paulsohn, Roland Pein, Arne Pfuhl, Simon Reincke, Thomas Russ, Felix Strangmann
  • Publication number: 20240049735
    Abstract: A system to control the conditions of an aging room, also known as a conditioned space, for products in which independent feedback loops control the dry bulb temperature and the dew point while controlling the difference between the vapor pressure in the room and the vapor pressure of the products being dried, thereby controlling the amount of and rate of water or water vapor loss of the products and, therefore controlling its quality, the system also including target controls, a thermoelectric cooler and lighting controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: David SANDELMAN
  • Publication number: 20240049736
    Abstract: An article and a method of making thereof. The article includes a frozen plant-based milk concentrate comprising water and at least 20 wt % ground paste, and a planar tray defining at least one compartment. Each compartment is sized to contain no more than four ounces of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate, and (ii) at least a portion of the frozen plant-based milk concentrate is disposed in and forms a wedge in the at least one compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Rachel Drori, Richard Silver, Nevin Vijh, Laura Jane Kenny
  • Publication number: 20240049737
    Abstract: A creamer composition comprising sugar beet pectin, vegetable oil and bulking agent, a beverage capsule comprising such creamer, a beverage system comprising such creamer, a beverage composition comprising such creamer and a method of producing such creamer. Furthermore, the use of sugar beet pectin as an emulsifier in a creamer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: VIRGINIE DE BOISHEBERT, JAMES ROBSON, KORINA TERRAZAS
  • Publication number: 20240049738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising rapeseed protein, a vegetable oil, starch and water wherein the composition has a pH from 3-5.5, and to a method for the preparation of a fresh cheese analogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Johanna Corline Margriet VINK, Mirna BOSNJAK, Arjen SEIN
  • Publication number: 20240049739
    Abstract: Camellia Sinensis wine composition and processes of preparation thereof are described. The present disclosure provides a blend of Camellia Sinensis (Tea) (dried Camellia Sinensis, which includes, black tea, green tea, white tea, oolong tea, matcha tea and other various grades and types) and dehydrated Vitis (grape) skins of all Vitis varietals, and the addition of natural and/or artificial flavors is a foundation of disclosed beverage. The blend of mixed dried tea leaves and dehydrated Vitis skins further includes multiple flavors including various herbs and spices in specific mixing ratios to obtain a composition that may be used in a beverage or a foodstuff. Tea antioxidant and Vitis skin resveratrol when mixed will offer a unique beverage high in natural polyphenol content with natural caffeine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hasantha Sanjeewa WIDYARATNE, Himansi Shamilka UBEYRATNE
  • Publication number: 20240049740
    Abstract: A method of brewing a flash brewed coffee concentrate includes flash brewing ground coffee to brew a hot coffee extract and mixing the hot coffee extract with a frozen concentrated coffee extract to chill the hot coffee extract to a temperature less than 130° F. while increasing the concentration of the hot coffee extract to form the flash brewed coffee concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: S&D Coffee, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Gay Maiocchi, Janice Marie Harris, Sarah Kristin Jones
  • Publication number: 20240049741
    Abstract: Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kelsey Tenney, Adam Maxwell, Ethan Charles Beswick, Samuel Ryo, Daniel Assad Saad, Alec Kremonic Lee, Mardonn Carl Chua, Brandon Head
  • Publication number: 20240049742
    Abstract: A system for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products includes a machine provided with: at least one containment vessel for containing the product to be processed; a stirrer arranged inside the containment vessel; the system is characterized in that said stirrer includes, in combination, at least: a rotating body rotating about an axis of rotation, said rotating body including a plurality of propellers extending about said axis of rotation; a plurality of scraping elements, supported by said rotating body; a drive shaft, connectable to the rotating body, for the rotation of the rotating body about the axis of rotation; a curvilinear element extending around the axis of rotation and configured to be inserted inside the rotating body and rotatably coupled with the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto LAZZARINI, Federico TASSI
  • Publication number: 20240049743
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for decorating frozen confectionery (1) on sticks, the apparatus comprising: a coating station (4) for applying coating material onto the frozen confectionery (1), a particle dispensing station (7) for applying particles onto the coated frozen confectionery, a conveyor (3) for moving the frozen confectionery past the coating station and the particle dispensing station, the conveyor (3) comprising gripping means (2) arranged on the conveyor (3) and having a product attached position and an opened position for gripping and releasing the stick of the frozen confectionery (1), and the conveyor (3) comprising guides for moving the gripping means with the frozen confectionery between a vertical position and a horizontal position, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a heating station (11) installed at a position between the coating station (4) and the particle dispensing station (7), and wherein the gripping means (2) are arranged to hold the frozen confectionery in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: THOMAS ALOISIUS VALENTINUS AMEND
  • Publication number: 20240049744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulse protein composition, preferably faba bean protein composition that has a protein content of at least 60 wt % by weight based on dry matter, a nitrogen solubility index at pH ranging from 4.5 to 5.5 of at least 20%, preferably of at least 15% and at pH of 3.5 of at least 20%, preferably of at least 40%, as measured on a aqueous composition comprising 3 wt % of said pulse protein composition based on the total weight of the aqueous composition and optionally a viscosity of at most 2000 cP at pH 6.5. The invention further relates to methods for extracting pulse proteins, preferably faba bean protein. The invention further relates to pulse protein composition obtainable by the above methods, as well as food or feed products containing such pulse protein composition. The invention also relates to the use of such pulse protein composition in food or feed industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: COSUCRA GROUPE WARCOING S.A.
    Inventors: Christian FOUGNIES, Julie LEBESGUE, Léandro GALVAN D'ALESSANDRO, Nicolas ROMANO, Justine MAES
  • Publication number: 20240049745
    Abstract: A process for producing a protein isolate from an oilseed meal, and the isolate thus obtained, said isolate comprising proteins and an amount of 4 wt % or less of phytic acid, said amount of phytic acid being by weight of proteins in said isolate. The process may comprise the following steps: a) providing an oilseed meal; b) mixing the oilseed meal with a first aqueous solvent to form a slurry at a pH ranging from 6 to 7.8, said slurry having a solid phase; c) separating said solid phase from said slurry, d) mixing said separated solid phase with a second aqueous solvent at a pH ranging from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Claire DEFAIX, Romain KAPEL, Olivier GALET
  • Publication number: 20240049746
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique for producing a rice protein-containing liquid composition having improved smoothness. The rice protein-containing liquid composition, obtained by a method which is for producing a rice protein-containing liquid composition and comprises a step for treating a rice protein-containing liquid material with a protein deamidase, has improved smoothness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Supaporn NAKNUKOOL, Hiroki FUJIOKA
  • Publication number: 20240049747
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of making and using, as well as products obtained by, continuous high pressure based Ultra Shear Technology (UST). These products are homogenous and stable blends of plant and animal proteins. These methods allow for the formulation and manufacture of stable liquid food products without the use of synthetic additives. The plant/animal protein blends are useful in formulating novel protein liquid foods with varied consumer applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: V. M. BALASUBRAMANIAM, Jerish Joyner JANAHAR, Rafael JIMENEZ-FLORES
  • Publication number: 20240049748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product having a foam structure with foam pores which are partially open to the surface and are filled, partially or completely, with a fluid. The invention further relates to a method having embodiments for filling open foam pores in a defined manner. The invention also relates to a device having embodiments for filling open foam pores in a defined manner. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the foam products designed and filled according to the invention as main components for plant protein-based meat analogs. Particular advantages of the invention are the simplified multifunctionality of the products according to the invention in terms of their sensory and nutritional properties for adaptation to preferences and needs of certain target groups including individual customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ETH ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Erich WINDHAB, Joel ZINK, Cédric SAX, Bhaskar MITRA
  • Publication number: 20240049749
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides plant-based connective tissue analogs, plant-based meat substitutes containing them, and methods of making them without relying on extrusion or fiber spinning The disclosed connective tissue analogs mimic the texture, chewiness, and mouthfeel of naturally occurring connective tissue found in meat and can be combined with other plant-based compositions to provide an authentic meat-like texture and mouthfeel in plant-based meat substitutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: STEFAN BAIER
  • Publication number: 20240049750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product having a foam structure with a set ratio of gas pores open to the product surface and closed to the product surface. The invention also relates to a method with four embodiments according to the invention for the defined mechanical opening of closed foam pores. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device having four embodiments according to the invention for the defined mechanical opening of closed foam pores. The invention also relates to the use of products designed according to the invention as meat analogs or plant protein-based textured multiphase foods, more particularly vegetable or fruit composites. Particular advantages of the invention relate to the targeted influencing of the deformation and texture properties of foamed products and their accessibility from the outside for quick and easy filling of the open pores with fluid systems which introduce additional functionalities into the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ETH ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Erich WINDHAB, Joel ZINK, Cédric SAX
  • Publication number: 20240049751
    Abstract: Provided is a feed ingredient comprising propionate and a byproduct of fermentation of a feedstock by propionic acid-producing bacteria, wherein said feedstock comprises a carbon source and wherein said bacteria are of a class selected from the group consisting of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidia, Clostridia, Negativicutes and combinations thereof. Also provided are methods for manufacturing the feed ingredient and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan P. TRACY, Aharon M. EYAL, Shawn William JONES, Biniam MARU, Alon KARPOL
  • Publication number: 20240049752
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a feed additive composition and a feed for livestock; a method of feeding livestock, a method of improving the weight gain of livestock, and a method of increasing the feed efficiency in livestock, comprising letting livestock take said feed; and a use of the feed for livestock for improving the weight gain of livestock, and a use of the feed for increasing the feed efficiency in livestock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojo, Tsuyoshi Tonoue, Kaori Ikari
  • Publication number: 20240049753
    Abstract: A facility for producing an aqueous food product and a component of such a facility includes a mixing device with a mixing container and a feed line for fluid media containing at least one ingredient for aqueous food products to the mixing container and a discharge line for a fluid medium, containing the aqueous food product mixed in the mixing device, from the mixing container, and at least one infrared spectrometer, in some cases an FT-NIR spectrometer, arranged and adapted for the inline detection of ingredients of aqueous food products. The present disclosure further relates to a method for producing aqueous food products comprising the inline detection of at least one ingredient in a fluid medium with an infrared spectrometer, in some cases an FT-NIR spectrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Nachbagauer, Christian Rinderer, Lukas Witwer
  • Publication number: 20240049754
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and systems for producing recombinant egg white proteins, as well as transgenic plants and food compositions comprising recombinant egg white proteins, including tagged proteins comprising egg white proteins with additional amino acids. Egg white proteins can be mixed with plant proteins to produce food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MOZZA FOODS INC.
    Inventors: CORY J. TOBIN, MARSCHAL BELLINGER
  • Publication number: 20240049755
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plant-based vegan simulated egg compositions and methods of producing such compositions. More particularly, the invention provides, for example, vegan simulated egg yolk and/or egg white compositions for producing a fried or poached egg, an omelette, or as a substitute for egg yolks in various foods. In some embodiments the egg yolk comprises beta glucan, to reduce blood cholesterol, and/or the egg white comprises about 10 wt % protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Float Foods PTE Ltd
    Inventors: Vinita M. Choolani, Mathilde Laura Bancillon, Keshav Raj
  • Publication number: 20240049756
    Abstract: The present invention provides an onion processed product which is less pungent and less bitter and has natural sweet flavor of onions and freshness, and a method for producing the same. The onion processed product disclosed in the present description has a pyruvic acid content of less than 3.8 ?mol/g and a hexanal content of 0.025 ppm (wt/wt) or more with respect to the amount of the onion processed product calculated in terms of raw onion as a raw material. The method for producing an onion processed product as disclosed in the present description comprises the steps of: cutting an onion; heating the cut onion at 50° C. or more so that the cooking value obtained by integrating a value for an onion product temperature (A) [° C.], which is calculated by 10{(A?40)/10}, with the time of heating [minute] is 900 or more and less than 10,000; and processing the heated onion to produce an onion processed product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: HOUSE FOODS GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Koshi Hanyuda, Masahiro Kato, Shingo Komada
  • Publication number: 20240049757
    Abstract: A liquid potato-derived product may be produced from whole raw potatoes and may be utilized to produce various healthy food products, such as dips and sauces. This liquid potato product may be produced from raw potatoes by pretreating the potatoes, gelatinizing the pretreated potatoes, and then liquefying the gelatinized potatoes under sufficient shear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nigel Kirtley, Ray Laudano, Derek E. Spors
  • Publication number: 20240049758
    Abstract: A humidity control system including: a two-way humidity control material; a substantially pure plant extract blended with the two-way humidity control material to form a mixture; and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the substantially pure plant extract, wherein the substantially pure plant extract is between about 0.025% and about 5.0% by weight of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Sammie Joe Glorioso, Benjamin Edward Blankenhorn
  • Publication number: 20240049759
    Abstract: The technology disclosed in this specification is directed to pea protein emulsifiers containing dissolved pea protein and oil-in-water emulsions containing the pea protein emulsifier and so having dissolved pea protein content. The pea protein emulsifiers can be made from protein remaining dissolved the process water of a pea protein isolation process. The disclosed dissolved pea protein emulsifiers make emulsions have good stability against oil separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Catherine BOMONT, Carolyn JENNRICH, NAGUL NAGULESWARAN, Xin YANG, Timothy YEUNG, Christopher ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240049760
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward compositions and methods of use of cationic microemulsions and nanoemulsions of lipophilic components. More particularly, the present invention pertains to formulating stable cationic microemulsions and nanoemulsions that have the potential to better interact with human cells, relative to standard microemulsions and nanoemulsions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Petro Pawlo Czupiel
  • Publication number: 20240049761
    Abstract: A prebiotic carbohydrate composition is described comprising POS and galacturonic acid from fruit peel that can be used as an ingredient for the formulation of food products. The prebiotic carbohydrate composition is useful as a replacement for conventional sugars, maintaining the rheological characteristics of the product (texturizer) without increasing its caloric content. Moreover, the carbohydrate composition has bioactive potential, antioxidant capacity, and prebiotic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Bernadette Francisca KLOTZ CEBERIO, David ORREGO LÓPEZ
  • Publication number: 20240049762
    Abstract: A liquid thickener composition useful for subjects suffering from a dehydration, mastication and/or deglutination disease, disorder or condition, a container comprising the liquid thickener composition, a system comprising the container and a dispenser, a thickened liquid composition comprising the liquid thickener composition, a method for producing the liquid thickener composition and the thickened liquid composition are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: MICHAEL REUBEN JEDWAB, NANCY STEVENSON, HELEN CHISHOLM, ZEYNEL DENIZ GUNES, ADAM BURBIDGE
  • Publication number: 20240049763
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a biomimetic nutrient mixture via biomimicry, comprising: Step (1) providing a mineral nutrient element precursor solution, and Step (2) reacting the mineral nutrient element precursor solution with a natural bio-reactor to obtain the biomimetic nutrient mixture, wherein the biomimetic nutrient mixture comprises a mineral nutrient element and a nutrient solution. The method can produce high biologically active mineral nutrient by an auto-synthesizing natural antioxidant through photosynthesis in the natural bio-reactor containing chlorophyll, which can provide mineral nutrient element without additional extraction procedure or extra component for manufacturing a nutritional supplement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Lin LU, Chun-Lun CHIU, Ching-Cheng CHEN, Tai-Jung LAI, Tsu-Jun LU, Chung-Jung HUNG