Yeast Containing Patents (Class 426/62)
  • Patent number: 11985992
    Abstract: Provided is vegetarian kimchi including 1 to 4 weight % sweet pumpkin and 0.1 to 0.5 weight % red ginseng extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LUCID KITCHEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jee Young Kang
  • Patent number: 11937620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining yeast proteins comprising the following steps: a) providing a yeast cream; b) exposing this yeast cream to a thermal plasmolysis at a temperature between 70 and 95° C. for a time of between 30 seconds and 4 hours; c) subjecting the whole to the activity of at least one ribonuclease and a glucanase, sequentially or simultaneously, at a temperature between 40 and 65° C. for a period of between 8 and 24 hours; and d) separating the insoluble fraction from the soluble fraction; wherein the insoluble fraction collected in step d) is taste-free, has a nucleotide content less than 3% and a true protein content of at least 72%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Rudy Menin, Pauline Spolaore, Isabelle Mouly
  • Patent number: 11918019
    Abstract: Provided is food component comprising cells of at least one bacterium, said cells comprising a crude protein concentration of at least 60 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells and nucleic acid at a concentration of less than about 5 wt % of a total dry weight of said cells, wherein at least 50% of a total number of said cells are dead cells. Further provided are food and beverages comprising such food components and methods of manufacture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUPERBREWED FOOD INC.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Tracy, Aharon M. Eyal, Sasson Somekh, Shawn Jones, Daniel Knox Mitchell, Alon Karpol, Kartheek Ankella-Anderson
  • Patent number: 11812768
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an avian-free egg white composition including 45-63% Ovalbumin, 9-15% Ovotransferrin, 0-15% Ovomucoid, 3-5% Ovoglobulin G2, 3-5% Ovoglobulin G3, 2.5-5% Ovomucin, 3-5% Lysozyme, 1-2% Ovoinhibitor, 0.8-1.5% Ovoglycoprotein, 0.6-1.0% Flavoprotein, 0.3-0.8% Ovomacroglobulin, 0.02-0.1% Avidin, and 0.02-0.1% Cystatin. In some embodiments, the composition comprises an edible yeast and one or more of the preceding proteins. In some embodiments, the avian-free egg white further includes one or more of: flavor enhancers, calcium supplements, added vitamins, and a gelling agent. In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to a non-allergenic egg-white composition for human consumption. In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of making the avian-free egg-white composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere
  • Patent number: 11785964
    Abstract: An aerated food product is provided which includes Volvariella volvacea extract. Also provided is the use of a Volvariella volvacea extract in a method of inhibiting bubble coarsening in aerated food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Twigg, Stephen Wilson
  • Patent number: 11730180
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing fermented blood sausage having high antioxidant activity, comprising (1) preparing hemoglobin antioxidant peptide through Plastein reaction; (2) brining and primarily fermenting livestock or poultry meat; (3) deodoring and breaking livestock or poultry blood; (4) filling and secondary fermentation; (5) obtaining a finished product after drying. Compared with prior arts, the present disclosure uses Plastein reaction of blood to prepare a highly active antioxidant peptide, the fermented blood sausage has a total antioxidant capacity up to 6.89 U/mg protein, with an increase rate of 58%. The blood was deodorized, and total amount of free amino acids in secondary fermentation by lactic acid bacteria in combination with yeasts reached 12.74 mg/g, with an increase rate of 42%, providing the fermented blood sausage with better flavor and chewiness. The present disclosure also provides a new approach to comprehensive utilization of livestock or poultry blood resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: SOUTHWEST MINZU UNIVERSITY, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TIBETAN QIANG AUTONOMOUS PREFECTURE OF NGAWA
    Inventors: Sining Li, Shanhu Tang, Jiajun Xia, Yinchuan Cai
  • Patent number: 11602156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining yeast proteins comprising the following steps: a) providing a yeast cream; b) exposing this yeast cream to a thermal plasmolysis at a temperature between 70 and 95° C. for a period between 30 seconds and 4 hours, preferably between 1 minute and 3 hours, more preferably between 40 minutes and 2 hours; b?) separating the insoluble fraction and the soluble fraction; c) subjecting the insoluble fraction to the activity of at least one ribonuclease and a glucanase, sequentially or simultaneously, at a temperature between 40 and 65° C., preferably 60° C., for a period between 8 and 24 hours, preferably 18 hours; d) separating the insoluble fraction from the soluble fraction; wherein the insoluble fraction collected in step d) has no taste, having a nucleotide content less than 3% and a true protein content of at least 72%. Step b?) is optional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Rudy Menin, Pauline Spolaore, Isabelle Mouly
  • Patent number: 11596649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition in powder form comprising probiotic bacteria and at least one iron source selected from ferrous citrate, ferric citrate, ferrous sulphate monohydrate and mixtures thereof. Ferrous citrate, ferric citrate, ferrous sulphate monohydrate and mixtures thereof advantageously do not cause significant inhibition or reduction in the viability of the bacteria and thus these iron sources are advantageously used to fortify a composition in powder form comprising probiotic bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Rafael Berrocal Flores, Bertrand Bourqui, Joeska Husny, Antoine Jean-Pierre Roux
  • Patent number: 11589599
    Abstract: There is provided an animal feed composition comprising Polyhalite in a concentration between 0.5%-5% w/w.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ICL EUROPE COOPERATIEF U.A.
    Inventors: Hillel Magen, Menachem Assaraf, Amir Gerber
  • Patent number: 11576387
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing bread by fermentation with compounded sourdough, and belongs to the technical field of food. The method compounds saccharomycetes and lactic acid bacteria to prepare the compounded sourdough. Compared with spontaneous sourdough, the fermentation performance is similar, the quality is stable, the culture period is shortened, and the compounded sourdough can be used to replace the spontaneous sourdough to prepare bread by fermentation. Moreover, the nutritional value of the compounded sourdough bread is much higher than that of the commercial yeast bread using only a single type of yeast, both in terms of the total content of free amino acids and the content of essential amino acids. The compounded sourdough provided by the present invention has extremely high industrial application value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Li Wang, Yafang Yu, Juan Sun, Haifeng Qian, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11564397
    Abstract: Bagel products are formed by (a) mixing flour and water together with yeast to form a sourdough; (b) preparing an activated malt extract by mixing barley malt extract, a second amount of yeast, and water; (c) mixing the sourdough, the activated malt extract, and salt with flour to form a final dough; forming bagel shapes from the final dough; (d) fermenting the shapes for at least 30 minutes at around room temperature, and then further fermenting and storing the shapes for at least 10 hours under refrigeration at a temperature of from about +2° C. to about +8° C.; (f) boiling the shapes one side at a time or, in an initial baking step, baking the shapes in a steam environment; (g) baking, in a final baking step after the boiling or initial baking step, the formed bagel shapes; and, optionally, (h) freezing the baked bagel shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANNELLE BAKERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Andris Sedmalis, Alan Amron
  • Patent number: 11471433
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing the fitness of insects for agriculture or commerce, wherein the composition includes a postbiotic agent (e.g., a short chain fatty acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Flagship Pioneering Innovations V, Inc.
    Inventors: Ignacio Martinez, Maier Steve Avendano Amado, Thomas Michael Malvar, Emily Michelle Mallick
  • Patent number: 11447739
    Abstract: A stable emulsion, comprising oil, water and a stabilizer, wherein said stabilizer is selected from a single-cell microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Hassan Firoozmand
  • Patent number: 11443084
    Abstract: A method of determining productive capacity parameters includes steps of: obtaining a plurality of parameters of a production line from a memory. By a productive capacity parameters generating system finishing the following steps of: combining parameters of production line to obtain a plurality of parametric combinations so as to generate a plurality of production capacity values; calculating a plurality of stimulation values according to production capacity values and parameters; when at least one stimulation value of stimulation values is greater than to or equals to a preset threshold, setting up at least one stimulation value of stimulation values as at least one related stimulation value; obtaining parameters of at least one target parametric combination of parametric combinations according to at least one related stimulation value; and providing parameters of at least one target parametric combination as productive capacity parameters of production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Kuang Ma, Chang-Sheng Tsau, Shen-Hau Chang
  • Patent number: 11286445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the unexpected discovery of a new strain of yeast, dubbed GY7B, which is related to, but genetically and phenotypically distinct from, Lachancea thermotolerans. The invention provides methods of brewing sour beer using GY7B, wherein the methods do not require use of lactic acid or lactic acid producing bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: University of the Sciences
    Inventor: Matthew J. Farber
  • Patent number: 11278045
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a nucleic acid-based seasoning improved in taste. There is provided a method for producing a nucleic acid-based seasoning, which includes a step of treating a ribonucleotide-containing material with a nucleosidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventor: Keita Okuda
  • Patent number: 11116814
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of making an edible turmeric additive comprising the step of cooking a mixture of turmeric and pepper in a neutral oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Kenneth Bariahtaris
  • Patent number: 11116238
    Abstract: A method for preparing a first component of a comestible composition is provided including forming an extrudate of the first component. The extrudate is cooled to a first temperature. The extruder is further cooled to a second temperature. The first temperature is greater than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Luis D. Rodriguez, Navroz Boghani, Bharat Jani
  • Patent number: 11064722
    Abstract: A method to predict the risk of eczema is provided based on differences in the development of microbiota and its metabolites in healthy infants and infants that develop eczema, and nutritional remedies based on this finding, in the form of lactate utilizing bacteria and fibres stimulating lactate utilizing bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: N.V. Nutricia
    Inventors: Harm Johannes Wopereis, Jan Knol
  • Patent number: 11008539
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for making fermented beverages and other fermentation products including lactic acid and ethanol for fuel and the products produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: John Sheppard, Robert Dunn, Anne Madden
  • Patent number: 10959439
    Abstract: Provided are Saccharomyces cerevisiae SPC-SNU 70-1 (KCTC 12776BP) which is a novel natural Korean yeast isolated from traditional Korean nuruk, and Lactobacillus brevis SPC-SNU 70-2 (KCTC 12777BP), Lactobacillus curvatus SPC-SNU 70-3 (KCTC 12778BP) and Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis SPC-SNU 70-4 (KCTC 12779BP) which are novel natural Korean lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional Korean nuruk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SPC CO., LTD
    Inventors: ChungKil Park, CheonYong Lee, SangMin Shim, MoonYoung Jung, SeongBong Song, ByeongCheol Kim, JinHo Seo, NamSoo Han, SungJong Hong
  • Patent number: 10939691
    Abstract: Feeding equine animals involves obtaining an equine feed combined with a yeast fermentation product such as a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product, and feeding the feed to the equine animal such that ingestion causes the equine animal to improve performance, including a mitigated inflammatory response or an increased immune in function. The feed may contain about 0.1 to 1.0 percent of the yeast fermentation product by weight of the feed. A formulated feed ration for the equine animal may include grain- and forage-based feed and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product in an amount of about 5 grams to about 40 grams per head per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC
    Inventor: Kelly Vineyard
  • Patent number: 10421975
    Abstract: The application describes plants, plant cells, and seeds that express WRINKLED1 transcription factors and/or 14-3-3 proteins that are useful for increasing production of oils in plants and seeds. Also described are expression systems and cassettes that encode and express such WRINKLED1 transcription factors and/or 14-3-3 proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Christoph Benning, John B. Ohlrogge, Wei Ma, Que Kong
  • Patent number: 10364444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material using a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast deposited under Accession No. V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 at National Measurement Institute, Victoria, Australia) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of the deposited Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain or a derivative of Saccharomyces strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 having the defining characteristics of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037. The invention also relates to Saccharomyces yeast deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having NMI accession no. V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 or a derivative of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037 which exhibits one or more properties or defining characteristics of strain V15/004035, V15/004036 or V15/004037.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Headman, Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Ryan Schron, Paul Victor Attfield, Philip John Livingstone Bell, Alan Jay House, Christie Strahler, Harry Showmaker
  • Patent number: 10258033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising terpenes which are particularly suitable for treating plant infections, to methods of making such compositions, and to methods of using them. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising terpenes and hollow glucan particles or cell wall particles and methods for preparing such compositions; such compositions increase terpene stability and activity and provide a suitable carrier for the terpenes. The invention also relates to methods of using such compositions in the medical, veterinary and agricultural fields. In particular, the terpenes disclosed are thymol, eugenol, geraniol, citral and L-carvone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Eden Research PLC
    Inventors: Lanny Franklin, Gary Ostroff
  • Patent number: 10201176
    Abstract: Comestibles prepared using 1,3-propanediol may include modified flavor profiles relative to comparable comestibles that do not include 1,3-propanediol. Further 1,3-propanediol may be used in low concentrations, such as about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % in comestibles to effect modification of flavor profiles including perception of oxidized whole grain wheat flavors and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Orlando Herrera-Gomez, Lisa Ann Dierbach, John B. Topinka, Deborah D. Barber
  • Patent number: 10080373
    Abstract: The present invention describes a food product comprising from 0.1 to 2.5 wt % of a starch which is treated with an amylomaltase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: COÖPERATIE AVEBE U.A.
    Inventors: Pieter Lykle Buwalda, Arjen Sein
  • Patent number: 9883691
    Abstract: Food or beverages prepared using 1,3-propanediol have shown to have modified flavor profiles, including modified flavor release, relative to an otherwise identical food product or beverage that does not include 1,3-propanediol. Inclusion of 1,3-propanediol uniquely modifies the flavor profile of these products or food ingredients in these products even when 1,3-propanediol is included in such low amounts that it does not itself contribute flavor to the product. 1,3-propanediol may be included in the food or beverage products to effect this modified flavor release, such as about 0.1 to about 2 weight percent, or in specific ratios relative to one or more flavor compounds in the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Ann Dierbach, Deborah D. Barber, Hui-Chen Li, John B. Topinka, Bary Lyn Zeller, Ryan Michael High
  • Patent number: 9872504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel broad spectrum strains of baker's yeast, i.e. yeast strains that are effective on both dough known as unsweetened dough and dough known as sweet dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Bartolucci, Didier Colavizza, Melanie Legros, Georges Pignede
  • Patent number: 9872880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a natural herbal composition for rapid removal of metabolic toxins in the body, to solve the problems of existing herbal compositions such as slow efficacy for such symptoms as constipation, bad breath, acnes caused by accumulated toxins in the body, side and toxic effects, etc. The natural herbal composition comprises the following ingredients (by mass): mangosteen extract, aloe extract, hot water extract of mixture of dandelion 1-30, Angelica sinensis 1-20, Polygonum multiflorum 1-30, Cinnamomum cassia 3-16, rheum officinale 4-20, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 3-10, Panax notoginseng 3-10, Atractylodes macrocephala 5-15, wherein the mass ratio of mangosteen fruit extract to aloe extract is 3:1-5, and the mass ratio of mangosteen and aloe extracts to the hot water extract is 2:1-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SICHUAN SHANZE BIOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MingFeng Luo, YuChan Zhong, Hong Zhang, GaiLi Li
  • Patent number: 9808498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for pharmaceutical or nutritional or cosmetic use, formulated for oral or topical use and possessing antioxidant activity against free radicals, comprising: a) a Vitis vinifera seed, or seed and leaf, extract containing a combination of the flavonoids catechin and quercetin in a molar ratio in a range from 6:1 to 3:1, respectively, or a?) a Vitis vinifera seed, or seed and leaf, extract containing a combination of the flavonoids catechin and quercetin in a molar ratio in a range from 7:1 to 4:1, respectively, or a?) a mixture of Vitis vinifera extracts a) and a?), or a??) a mixture of catechin and quercetin in a molar ratio in a range from 7:1 to 3:1, respectively, together with b) an olive, Olea europaea L, leaf extract having a hydroxytyrosol content in a range from 1% to 30% by weight of the extract, or b?) hydroxytyrosol in an amount equal to that contained in the b) extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Giuliani S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giammaria Giuliani, Anna Benedusi, Barbara Marzani, Antonio Mascolo, Antonio Limitone, Sergio Baroni
  • Patent number: 9785985
    Abstract: A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving user status information regarding a particular individual living being including living being identification associated with the particular individual living being to at least in part electronically generate, based at least in part upon the user status information, one or more selection menus electronically identifying at least in part one or more candidate ingestible products, the electronically generated one or more selection menus to be electronically outputted to provide, via electronically enabled input in response thereto, selection opportunity of the one or more candidate ingestible products subject to ingestion by the particular individual living being prior to selection of at least one candidate ingestible product as at least one selected ingestible products via the electronically enabled input in response to the electronically outputted one or more selection menus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Paul Holman, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, Neal Stephenson, Christopher Charles Young
  • Patent number: 9687449
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle for bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes to aquatic animals protects the bioactive compounds and microbes from digestion and destruction in the animal stomach. It provides for controlled release of bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes to aquatic animals in the form of dry or wet beadlets with essential nutrients and attractants bound with soluble starch and cross-linked alginate. The bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes can be bound with emulsified high-amylose starch and embedded in the beadlets in the form of microparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Bionutrition Corp.
    Inventor: Moti Harel
  • Patent number: 9642384
    Abstract: A method of making a flavored beverage includes combining water and a plurality of flavor compounds in an amount sufficient to impart the flavor of a wine, a whiskey or a beer. A kit for making a flavored beverage can include a plurality of flavor compounds, a quantity of yeast, a quantity of sugar and a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Christian Schuh, Jason Flora, Gerd Kobal, Georgios D. Karles
  • Patent number: 9603371
    Abstract: Described are dough compositions and methods of making dough compositions, the dough compositions being chemically leavened and being prepared from ingredients that include a low temperature inactive yeast and a yeast inhibitor; the methods include inactivating the low temperature inactive yeast to inhibit the metabolic activity of the yeast as desired; the compositions and methods can be used, e.g., to prepare refrigerated dough products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Domingues
  • Patent number: 9346960
    Abstract: A composition for coating a cellulosic packaging material that includes water, starch at a concentration of about 10% to about 17% by weight, gelatin at a concentration of about 10% to about 12% by weight, glycerol at a concentration of about 5% to about 11% by weight, one or more protein ingredients at a concentration of about 5% to about 10% by weight, and one or more porophors at a concentration of about 3% to about 5.5% by weight. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing the composition for coating cellulosic packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI UNIWERSYTET TECHNOLOGICZNY W SZCZECINIE
    Inventors: Artur Bartkowiak, Jerzy Balejko, Slawomir Lisiecki, Maria Chojnacka
  • Patent number: 9167834
    Abstract: Compositions of ruminant feed and feed components are disclosed, as well as methods for preparing oil seeds for ruminant feed. Oil seeds may be subjected to heat and an aqueous alkaline solution until the seed coat is broken, exhibiting splits, cracks, wrinkles, and deformations. Preferably, the heat is applied until the mix of seeds and alkaline solution reach between about 160-220° F. Preferably, the heat and alkaline solution treatment is maintained for between 20 and 100 minutes, in order to thoroughly “cook” the seeds, as exhibited by swelling, splitting, cracking, wrinkling and/or deforming of the seed coat. Then, the hot, wet, treated seeds may be subjected to, for example, a screw extruder or other process for mashing, macerating, or otherwise forming the treated seeds into a damp noodle or other pasty, mashed, and/or mealy material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Gary L. Rohwer
  • Patent number: 9139810
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a microorganism at the elemental composition level, and to provide a technique for providing such a microorganism. The present inventor has succeeded in causing a microorganism to efficiently contain a non-essential element by decreasing the content of an essential nutrient source for the microorganism, a C source, an N source, a P source, or an S source, and by adding an X compound containing the non-essential element as a constitutive element in a manner to make up for the decreased amount, and then culturing the microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: PARA MICROBIOS LABORATORIES
    Inventor: Yoshitake Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9115379
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process comprising a) subjecting a microorganism to autolysis under conditions at which a substantial part of the RNA remains in a form degradable into 5?-ribonucleotides; b) subjecting the autolysate to solid/liquid separation and recovering the RNA-containing cell wall fraction; and c) converting the RNA in the recovered RNA-containing cell wall fraction into 5?-ribonucleotides, whereby the solid/liquid separation in step b) is done at a pH of lower than 5.1. Said process is simple and allows for the production of a very pure composition of 5?-ribonucleotides. It also allows for the production of a very clear yeast extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventor: Bertus Noordam
  • Patent number: 9034403
    Abstract: A yeast extract containing a peptide, such as ?-Glu-X and ?-Glu-X-Gly, wherein X can represent an amino acid or an amino acid derivative other than Cys and derivatives thereof, is prepared by culturing a yeast in a medium containing a peptide such as ?-Glu-X, ?-Glu-X-Gly and X-Gly, and preparing a yeast extract from the obtained cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishiuchi, Wataru Hoshino, Junko Yamazaki, Toshimi Mizukoshi, Vsevolod Aleksandovich Serebryanyy, Olga Aleksandrovna Sofyanovich, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Cheshev, V. Elena Matrosova
  • Publication number: 20150132438
    Abstract: Cold and ready to eat vegetable cakes, and with a variety of ingredient combinations are suitable for healthy consumption. The vegetable cakes are soft in texture and high in nutrition. People can save the time and energy of preparing and cooking of the food. Serving size can be a single serving, and a six pack of serving. Vegetable cakes are also created as vegetable egg cakes, vegetable plus salt source cakes, vegetable seafood cakes, vegetable meat cakes, vegetable bubbles, vegetables balls, vegetable patties, and vegetable sausages. They can be served as cold and hot food for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. They can also be used as animal food, baby food, for children with less teeth, for old people, and for sick people. Cold and ready to eat vegetable cakes with ingredients offer the consumers an easy and convenient way to obtain an affordable, nutritious, and delicious meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Alice Chang
  • Publication number: 20150125568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition consisting of beta-glucan (1,3), (1,4) ?-D Glucan), plant sterols and a hydrocolloid. A natural way to help lower blood serum cholesterol levels to a consumer and or patient with the effective amount of disclosed composition. For use in foods, beverages, dietary supplement products and medical foods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Matthew James
  • Patent number: 9005683
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a yeast containing glutamic acid at a high concentration. In the method for culturing a yeast, a yeast in a stationary growth phase is subjected to liquid culture under the conditions that the pH of a liquid medium is 7.5 or higher and lower than 11. After the pH of the liquid medium for the yeast in a stationary growth phase is adjusted to 7.5 or higher and lower than 11, the yeast is further cultured, whereby a yeast with a high glutamic acid content can be produced. In the invention, as the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Candida utilis can be used. Therefore, by using the yeast with a high glutamic acid content obtained by the above-said method and the extract obtained by extraction from the yeast, a seasoning composition and a food or drink with a high glutamic acid content can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Shibuya, Hiroaki Okano, Yoshitomo Kanaoka, Nobuchika Takesue
  • Patent number: 8956676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a composition comprising proteins and fats, said method providing a simple and non-expensive way of obtaining fat-containing proteinaceous products of high nutritional value that are easy to handle and at the same time possess high stability towards coalescence and oxidation. More particularly, a method is provided for the manufacture of a composition comprising protein and fat in disperse form, the method comprising the following steps: (i) providing a suspension having a pH value higher than 7.0, said suspension comprising water, proteinaceous material, fat, and optionally alkali; (ii) incubating the suspension from (i) at a temperature in the interval 50-150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hamlet Protein A/S
    Inventors: Ole Kaae Hansen, Tommas Neve
  • Publication number: 20150030726
    Abstract: An additive for selenium-containing forage, primarily comprising plants or plant parts, such as cereal, corn, grass, or alfalfa, including at least one salt detoxifying inorganic trichothecene and/or zearalenone, with an alkali or earth alkali metal sulfite and perhaps a selenium containing salt being included as the inorganic salt detoxifying trichothecene and/or zearalenone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Erber Aktiengesellscaft
    Inventors: Eva-Maria Binder, Dian Alexandra Schatzmayr, Heidi Elisabeth Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20150024057
    Abstract: A method and composition are provided for coating a component to achieve colon-targeted delivery. A component is coated with a fructose-based non-digestible carbohydrate such as a inulin, fructo-oligosaccharide or neosugar. The coated component is orally administered to a monogastric animal. The non-digestible coating causes the composition to pass through the stomach and small intestine without being degraded, and delivers the component to the colon where the coating is digested by microbial fermentation and the component is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Guy W. Miller
  • Publication number: 20140356337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a substrate capable of being evenly coated with a microbial biomass, wherein said biomass represents from 10% to 30% by dry matter of the total dry matter of the coated substrate. It also relates to a method for preparing said composition and to a starter fermentation activator and to a probiotic comprising said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Pascal Lejeune, Jean-Bernard Souici
  • Patent number: 8889617
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Patent number: 8883137
    Abstract: A nutritional composition comprising by weight: between 0.05 and 30% selenium-enriched yeast; between 1 and 90% yeast beta-glucan; between 0.5 and 60% Vitamin C; and between 0.5 and 40% Vitamin E. The composition features anti-oxidative, anti-aging, cancer-preventing, and immune-stimulating properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Angel Yeast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Yu, Zhihong Li, Minghua Yu, Juan Yao, Yan Zhang, Yamin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8877269
    Abstract: Provided is a soybean oligosaccharide product containing acidic soluble saccharides of soybean and probiotics, which at least include fructose, glucose, sucrose, raffinose, and stachyose, with a percentage of the combined weight of raffinose and stachyose being at least 46%, a weight percentage of fructose being not greater than 8.5%, and a weight percentage of glucose being not greater than 1.0%, based on the total weight of fructose, glucose, sucrose, raffinose, and stachyose. The soybean oligosaccharide product is prepared by extracting a soybean raw material with water under a pH of 3-6 and at a temperature of 50-70° C. to obtain an extract containing acidic soluble saccharides of soybean, and inoculating and fermenting the extract with probiotics that are able to decompose monosaccharides and disaccharides, but substantially not able to decompose trisaccharides or tetrasaccharides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Food Industry Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hui Liu, Chien-Ti Chang, Ming-Yu Hung, Shiao-Cheng Chuang, Su-Er Liou, Fu-Ning Chien, Hsiang-Ling Lai, Yi-Hong Chen, Chu-Chin Chen