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Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products May archived listing by USPTO class 05/07

20070122521 - Packaging design with thin foil: A gum packaging design having a plastic sheet formed to create a purality of cavities that each contain a single liquid-filled gum pellet. The gum pellets are sealed and retained within each cavity by a foil layer, having a thickness of 18 microns or less. Each gum pellet can be... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070122522 - Beer additive and method: A method for enhancing the taste of a beer with a mineral additive. The mineral additive comprises soluble compounds of the following minerals to the following ranges of final concentrations of the respective element in the finished beer, to enhance taste characteristics of the diluted beer when compared to a... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070122523 - Highly selective molecular confinement for the prevention and removal of taint in foods and beverages: A means of preventing TCA taint from contaminating liquid foods and beverages is provided comprised of incorporating molecular sieves into the manufacturing process and/or packaging materials in order to selectively adsorb the taint molecules while preserving the food's or beverage's flavor and aroma profiles. Also provided are methods and devices... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070122524 - Bread yeast resistant to a high sugar concentration in the dough and to the presence of weak organic acids: The invention relates to bread yeast strains that are effective in dough with a high sugar concentration, optionally in the presence of fungus inhibitors, to fresh or dry bread yeast obtained from said strains, and to those thereof in bread-making.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122525 - Method: A method for the in situ production of an emulsifier in a foodstuff, wherein a lipid acyltransferase is added to the foodstuff. Preferably the emulsifier is produced without an increase or without a substantial increase in the free fatty acid content of the foodstuff. Preferably, the lipid acyltransferase is one... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070122526 - Method of manufacturing flavor pouches: A method of manufacturing a flavor pouch containing flavorant selected from one or more of tea, coffee, rose hips, honey, royal jelly, fruit extracts, mint, sweeteners, exotic flavors, and the like includes feeding a strip of fabric along a feed path, placing preselected amounts of flavorant material at spaced apart... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070122527 - Method for the industrialized baking in two steps of dual-component bakery products, dual-component bakery product obtained by such a method, and installation for carrying out such a method: A method and system for baking a dual-component bakery product includes providing an uncooked product comprising an envelope, at least substantially made of dough, and a filling. The filling is heated by electromagnetic waves so as to initiate a cooking state. Subsequent to the heating of the filling, the envelope... Agent: David P Gordon Gordon & Jacobson

20070122528 - Frozen confectionery item and process for preparing: A molded item of frozen confectionary based on water ice with a soft texture in the center. The item includes a center of water ice containing 32.5 to 40% by weight of dry matter and having a degree of overrun of 30 to 50% and whose texture is similar to... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070122529 - Fruit sponge: A low density food bar includes dried fruit pieces and a binder to produce a sponge-like consistency.... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20070122530 - Method and apparatus for cutting a cake or other penetrable object into a desired shape: A template device used to easily and precisely cut a baked cake into decorative shapes such as numbers, letters and holiday symbols. The device comprises a durable, kitchen-friendly material such as melamine, metal or plastic. It allows anyone skilled or unskilled in cake decorating to easily create a cut-shaped cake... Agent: Stanley H. Kremen

20070122531 - Methods for selecting a pet-appropriate product: The present invention provides methods for selecting pet-appropriate products such as pest control products by enabling the contents of an animal product package to be distinguished from another animal product package. The methods comprise providing an animal product package, wherein the animal product package is shaped characteristically of the animal,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070122532 - Method of preserving fish: A method of preserving fish includes: cleaning a fish and preparing a fillet from the fish; removing a blood line from the fillet by forming the fillet with a shallow cut along the blood line, the blood line extending along a lateral side of the fish proximate to a skin... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070122533 - Device for separating banana pulp from the peel: A device which separates banana pulp from its peel, suitable for large-scale processing, is disclosed. The device consists of upper and lower conveyor belts, a roller installed above the upper belt, and a pressure generating element (e.g., a roller or a plate) installed below the lower belt. The belts are... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070122534 - Method for separating banana pulp from its peel, and a device for the implementation of this method: A large scale processing method for separating banana pulp from its peel is disclosed. In this method bananas are separated into two parts (generally in a transverse direction), each part having a tip end and a cut end. A compression force is applied to those banana parts such that the... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070122535 - Process for preparing solidified maltitol and its use in food and pharma products: The present invention relates to a process for preparing solidified maltitol. The solidified maltitol is prepared by turbulating a maltitol powder with gas and contacting it with a maltitol containing syrup wherein the quantity of the powder is ≧the quantity of the syrup. The solidified maltitol has superior properties in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070122536 - Method for the production of food products having reduced fat content: Methods for the production of food products comprising wheat and/or rye flour and added fat, said method comprising substituting the flour with 0.5-100% w/w of waxy wheat flour, wherein said waxy wheat flour replaces fat content in said food product by 20-100% w/w are described. Also described is use of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070122537 - Hard wheat pasta with high alimentary bran content and process for the production thereof: A hard wheat pasta containing bran, wherein the bran has a total fibre content comprised between 30 and 36% and a protein content comprised between 15 and 19% (% in weight of the total weight of the bran); such pasta preferably has a bran content comprised between 5 and 30%... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070122538 - Compound butter sauce: The invention discussed herein (compound butter sauce) pertains to a new method for making flavored butter sauces akin to the classical French style “beurre blanc” or beurre rouge.” The process involves a “cold emulsion,” wherein the mixture (a liquid element and a fat element) is fully emulsified by using a... Agent: David Stemmle

20070122539 - Beverage with high levels of alkaloid: The present invention is directed to a method for making a food composition with a precursor and a preservative free food enhancing component. The method utilizes a precursor and a food enhancing component with an alkaloid additive and an alkaloid solubility enhancer in order to produce a high quality food... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070116798 - Emulsion impregnated rawhide chews: A wide range of aqueous based soaking operations can be employed to impregnate substantially throughout various rawhide pet chews; suitable substances for release into the oral cavity of pets during chewing include emulsions, surfactants, conditioners, flavorants and/or active ingredients. Prior to impregnation, the rawhide chews are physically disrupted/penetrated to augment... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070116799 - Chewable mass for the remineralization of tooth enamel: A method of producing chewable mass for remineralization of tooth enamel, including the steps of preparing an aqueous solution of at least one acidifying agent suitable as a foodstuff, adding a reactive calcium source to the aqueous solution, adding the solution to a thickener, wherein phosphoric acid is added during... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070116800 - Chewing gum with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to chewing gum compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different chewing gum compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116801 - Low-alcohol beer or beer-like refreshment beverages containing palatinose: The present invention relates to methods for producing a low-alcohol or alcohol-free beer or a beer-like soft drink as well as a low-alcohol or alcohol-free beer or beer-like soft drink produced through the use of this method.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070116802 - High quality caloric composition: A high quality nutritional composition for patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy or suffering chronic medical conditions comprises in combination: (A) Macronutrients comprising: (1) fat (2) protein (3) high quality carbohydrate and (B) micronutrients comprising (1) essential vitamins and minerals (2) Omega 3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and (3) FOS (fructooligosaccharides).... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070116803 - Combination breadsticks and pizza product: A combined pizza and breadsticks food product, includes a crust/bread made from flour and yeast and defining a pizza crust portion integrally formed with a plurality of bread sticks. The crust/bread has a first score line separating the pizza crust portion from the plurality of bread sticks and a plurality... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070116804 - Machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappes or shakes: A machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappés or shakes comprises a unit for producing neutral ice cream and a unit for mixing the neutral ice cream with a flavoring syrup; the mixing unit consists of a cylindrical chamber leading into a truncated cone-shaped chamber with a rotor which... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20070116805 - Container for food products: A food package for sliced food products including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. The base member includes a bottom wall and side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product. Preferably, one or... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070116806 - Food tray: A food tray has a lower tray containing a first food product and an upper tray nested stably at least partly inside the lower tray, with the upper tray containing a second food product. An air permeable interface is provided between the upper tray and lower tray to allow venting... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070116807 - Food tray: A food tray has a lower tray containing a first food product and an upper tray nested stably at least partly inside the lower tray, with the upper tray containing a second food product. An air permeable interface is provided between the upper tray and lower tray to allow venting... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070116808 - Personal nutrition control method: There is provided a method and a system for monitoring or controlling and recording a nutritional intake of a subject comprising providing a plurality of different types of foods packaged to contain a predetermined and substantially uniform content of at least one nutritional component; and monitoring or controlling the number... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116810 - Edible moisture barrier for food products: The present invention is directed to an edible, bakeable moisture barrier composition that is effective for reducing moisture migration between food components. The moisture barrier includes at least one crystalline carbohydrate, a highly crystalline fat and a crystalline food fiber.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070116809 - Process for coating articles and articles made therefrom: In one embodiment, a coated turbine article comprising a uniform enhanced coating on at least a portion of the turbine article, wherein the enhanced coating comprises a coating material and a structural enhancer, wherein the structural enhancer is selected from the group consisting of oxide, carbide, nitride, intermetallic material, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070116811 - Method for transport of heat-sensitive liquids: A specially designed flexible tank is installed in a standard 20 foot overseas shipping container or in a standard trucking dry van trailer. A conductive heat serpentine plastic tubing system is also installed underneath the flexible tank allowing heat to liquefy the honey near the bottom discharge location. Nitrogen is... Agent: John R. Casperson

20070116812 - Process for producing refined avacado oil rich in triglycerides, and oil obtainable by said process: The present invention concerns a process for producing refined avocado oil rich in triglycerides. The invention also pertains to refined avocado oil rich in triglycerides obtainable by said process. Advantageously, the refined avocado oil of the invention contains a sterols-enriched unsaponifiable fraction. Advantageously, the refined avocado oil of the invention... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070116813 - Method for obtaining banana-derived products, in particular for liquefying banana to obtain pure juice: A method for liquefying bananas to obtain a pure juice includes: peeling the bananas, ensuring that the pulp is separated from the peel while preserving the integrity of the fruit, heating the pulp with oxygen-free steam, so as to enable the fruits to be blanched and an exudation juice to... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070116816 - Cooking apparatus and method: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and method. The cooking method includes storing thawing information to thaw various kinds of food to be cooked in a memory of a cooking apparatus, reading and interpreting a bar code, indicated on a package of the food to be cooked, storing kinds of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070116815 - Cooking apparatus and method of the same: A cooking apparatus and method of the same. The cooking method includes reading and interpreting a bar code, indicated on a package of the food to be cooked, storing kinds of food and cooking information for the food to be cooked, sensing the temperature of the food to be cooked... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070116814 - Roasting method and roasting facility for sesame seeds: To manufacture roasted sesame seeds (edible food) having a good fragrance by roasting sesame seeds, and to manufacture sesame seed oil by squeezing with a press sesame seeds that have been roasted at a high temperature. A roasting method comprising a material feeding step, a roasting step, and an exhaust... Agent: Tsunekazu Shirataka

20070116817 - Beverages and foodstuffs resistant to light induced flavor changes, processes for making the same, and compositions for imparting such resistance: One aspect of the present invention is concerned with a composition comprising caramelised carbohydrate, which composition, when dissolved in water at a dry solids content of 0.1 wt. %, exhibits: i. an absorption at 280 nm (A280) that exceeds 0.01, preferably exceeds 0.05, more preferably exceeds 0.1 and most preferably... Agent: Abelman Frayne & Schwab

20070116818 - Extract containing beta-cryptoxanthin component from persimmon fruit: The present invention provides an extract containing a β-cryptoxanthin component from a persimmon fruit, a functional food and/or drink supplemented with the extract, and a process for producing the extract. The present invention produces the extract containing a β-cryptoxanthin component from a persimmon fruit by cutting an inexpensive raw material... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116821 - Cereal compostions comprising high-potency sweeteners: The present invention relates generally to cereal compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different cereal compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener and at least one sweet taste... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116834 - Condiments with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to condiment compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different condiment compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116825 - Confection with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to confections comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different confections comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and a... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116830 - Dairy composition with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to dairy compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different dairy compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116831 - Dental composition with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to dental compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different dental compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116820 - Edible gel compositions comprising high-potency sweeteners: The present invention relates generally to edible gel compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different edible gel compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener and at least one sweet... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116836 - High-potency sweetener composition for treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116841 - High-potency sweetener composition with an anti-inflammatory agent and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at least one sweet... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116838 - High-potency sweetener composition with antioxidant and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116839 - High-potency sweetener composition with c-reactive protein reducing substance and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116833 - High-potency sweetener composition with calcium and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116837 - High-potency sweetener composition with dietary fiber and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116819 - High-potency sweetener composition with fatty acid and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116827 - High-potency sweetener composition with glucosamine and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116832 - High-potency sweetener composition with mineral and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116824 - High-potency sweetener composition with phytosterol and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116826 - High-potency sweetener composition with probiotics/prebiotics and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116822 - High-potency sweetener composition with saponin and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116835 - High-potency sweetener composition with vitamin and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116823 - High-potency sweetener for hydration and sweetened hydration composition: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116840 - High-potency sweetener for weight management and compositions sweetened therewith: The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high potency sweetener, at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116828 - Natural high-potency tabletop sweetener compositions with improved temporal and/or flavor profile, methods for their formulation, and uses: The present invention relates generally to tabletop sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different forms of tabletop sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural high-potency sweeteners in combination with at... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116829 - Pharmaceutical composition with high-potency sweetener: The present invention relates generally to pharmaceutical compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070116843 - Cooked foods containing conjugated linoleic acids: The invention comprises a cooked food comprising an ingredient selected from the group consisting of a prepared conjugated linoleic acid, an ester thereof, a non-toxic salt thereof, diglyceride and triglyceride esters of various isomers of conjugated linoleic acids, conjugated dienes of long-chained fatty acids, and mixtures thereof, said ingredient being... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20070116842 - Machine for decorating a food product, in particular a cake, with an ingredient in granular form: Machine for decorating a food product, in particular a cake (T), with an ingredient in granular form (G), characterized in that it comprises a support structure (2), distribution means (3) mounted on said support structure (2) and able to project said ingredient in granular form (G) in at least one... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070116844 - Method for manufacturing rice flour having good rheological and sensory characteristics, rice flour produced by the same methods and instant rice soup comprising the rice flour: Disclosed are a method of preparing rice flour having good rheological and sensory characteristics, rice flour prepared by the method, and instant rice soup including the rice flour. Specifically, there are provided a method of preparing rice flour, which has better Theological characteristics, higher material stability through killing of microorganisms... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20070116845 - Process for the preparation of a rehydratable ingredient suitable as soup ingredient or as snack food ingredient: A process for manufacturing dry, quickly rehydrating yet chewy particles, based on carbohydrates containing starch. Such particles may be prepared by making a dough comprising e.g. flour or semolina of rice, corn, or other source, protein, a raising agent, optionally fat or oil, and water, subjecting the dough to a... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070116846 - Flour formulations for making gluten-free food products: The invention provides a gluten-free flour formulation containing a plurality of ingredients. Each ingredient in the formulation is substantially or completely free of gluten protein. In one embodiment, the formulation meets the requirements for kosher certification. The gluten-free flour formulation includes at least two ingredients of the following: ground or... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070116847 - Rice-based snack chip and method of making same: A rice-based snack chip made from a dough including the dry ingredients of bumped rice kernels, long-grain pregelatinized rice flour, medium-grain course white rice flour and in which the bumped rice kernels are partially hydrated, bumped, partially dehydrated and fried as the chip is made.... Agent: H. Michael Brucker

20070116848 - Aerated products with reduced creaming: A flowable aerated composition is provided which comprises hydrophobin and a yield stress agent, the composition having a continuous phase viscosity, measured at a shear rate of 10 s−1, of from 0.01 to 2000 Pa s, and a continuous phase apparent yield stress of at least 4 Pa.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070116849 - Vegetable fat replacement in meat products: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fat replacement to be used in food compositions, in particular meat containing food compositions, comprising a step where a vegetable fiber is heat treated in order to de-activate pectin methylesterase, and prevent the de-esterification of pectins in the... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070116850 - Coffee drink composition: Provided is a coffee composition which does not generate hydrogen peroxide in the body even if it is taken for long periods of time. The coffee composition has a hydroxyhydroquinone content of 0 to 0.00005 wt. %.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116851 - Process and composition for syrup and jam from luo han guo fruit: The present invention provides a Luo Han Guo whole fruit extract prepared by a process that includes extracting the peel and pulp of Luo Han Guo fruits by boiling water. The resulting whole fruit extract can be formulated into a sugar-free, low calorie, low glycemic index syrup or jam comprising... Agent: Albert Wai-kit Chan Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan, LLC

20070116852 - Cattle feed preparation: In order to embody a livestock feed preparation as dry feed for domestic livestock based on corn, grain, and feed supplements such that it at least increases the animals'resistance to illness, an additive of ground pepper is suggested that is black pepper ground in the usual manner, whereby the pepper... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070116853 - Coated fat-based confectionery products: This invention concerns a fat-based confectionery product which is coated with a film forming agent and characterised in that it is heat resistant and in that it retains its shape when submitted to heat. This invention also discloses the use of this coated fat-based confectionery in food product, as well... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070110844 - Reduced sweetness confectionary compositions and coated/filled food products: Reduced sweetness confectionery coating/filling has at least about 25% by weight sugar and a sweetness reducing agent, such as a aromatic-carboxylate salt, while having a moisture content of no more than about 2% by weight. Suitable sweetness reducing agents include, for example, Lactisole™. These coatings/fillings can be associated with food... Agent: General Mills, Inc.

20070110845 - Standard loaves, process and installation for obtaining them: Process for obtaining standard loaves which includes the introduction of a mould containing a leavened bread dough into a baking area, characterised in that baking is carried out, at least in part, at a temperature of between 90 and 150° C.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070110846 - Standard loaves, process and installation for obtaining them: Process for obtaining standard loaves which includes the stages of introducing bread dough into a mould and baking said bread dough in the mould, characterised in that baking comprises a stage of microwave irradiation of the dough, the dough being contained in a mould made of a material suitable for... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070110847 - Method of improving properties of starch-containing food and property-improving agent: A method of improving the quality of a starch-containing food and a method of suppressing the retrogradation of a starch-containing food by adding an enzyme having a glycosyl transfer activity, whereby an α-1,4 bond is converted into an α-1,6 bond, to the starch-containing food; and a quality improving agent for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110848 - Cheese flavor composition and process for making same: The present invention provides a cheese flavor composition and a process for preparing a cheese flavor composition comprising the steps of (a) contacting a protein containing dairy product with a lactic acid culture to form a reaction mixture at a temperature of about 25 to about 45° C. for about... Agent: Kraft Foods Inc Debbie K. Wright

20070110850 - Hydration beverage and method of delivering nutrients: A composition useful as a hydrating beverage comprising at least one carbohydrate, at least one chelated electrolyte, betaine, and piperine. The composition, which may be carbonated or non-carbonated beverage compositions and beverage concentrates adapted for all administration of water, physiologically essential electrolytes and other ingredients to a subject specifically adapted... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070110849 - Infant or follow-on formula: The formula of the invention, intended both for infants and young children, comprises modified sweet whey proteins free or almost free of CGMP, and at least one probiotic. The invention also pertains to methods for promoting physical development, improving gastro intestinal comfort and developing a healthy gut microflora in infants... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070110851 - Beverage composition and method of preventing degradation of vitamins in beverages: A vitamin fortified composition comprising vitamin stabilizers which are C6-C3 phenylpropenoic carbonyl compounds to prevent the degradation of the vitamins is provided. In addition, a method of preventing the degradation of vitamins in a vitamin fortified composition is provided.... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070110855 - Cup with self contained utensil for cryogenically frozen dessert particles: A cup having a spoon packaged inside the cup provides an improved method for allowing immediate consumption of cryogenically frozen dessert particles. Spoons are inserted inside the cups when the cryogenically frozen dessert particles are packaged, so that a person purchasing the cup of cryogenically frozen dessert particles can open... Agent: Rudolf O. Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20070110853 - Dimensionally stable sterilizable coextruded film for aseptic packaging: A coextruded multilayer film includes a core layer including an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; two intermediate layers each including a polyamide; a first outer layer comprising an amorphous cyclic olefin copolymer; a second outer layer comprising an amorphous cyclic olefin copolymer or an olefinic copolymer; and two tie layers each... Agent: Cryovac, Inc.

20070110854 - Food bag with a natural preservative for providing extended shelf-life: A multi-layered food packaging bag or pouch including one or more preservatives for extending the shelf-life of fresh food products is provided. A multi-layered food packaging film or overwrap including one or more preservatives for use in conventional food packaging and for extending the shelf-life of fresh food products is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070110852 - System and method for packaging coffee or tea: A package for packaging coffee or tea particulate includes (a) a pouch filled with particulate; and (b) a two-piece, pressurizable can comprised of a first, cup-shaped portion having an opening, and a second disk-shaped piece for covering the opening. The pouch is packaged inside the cup-shaped portion and sealed therein... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070110856 - Packaging container for microwave oven: A packaging container for a microwave oven. Completion of heating of the container contents and automatic opening of the container can be easily recognized. This can be achieved without requiring a special member and complex steps, but by processing wrapping materials constructing the packaging container. Also provided is a packaging... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070110857 - Natural coloring products: A red colorant is formed of 500 to 3000 ppm of crystalline lycopene mainly encapsulated by chromoplasts, and having a soluble solid concentration below 5° Bx.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070110858 - Device and method for controlling the condensate and/or frost formation in chocolate shell production: A device for controlling the condensate or frost formation in chocolate shell production has a mould (2), provided with a plurality of recesses (3) for liquefied of softened chocolate (4) and a die (5) cooled by cooling means (7) and including a plurality of protrusions (6), each fit to be... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070110859 - Apparatus and techniques for freezing and thawing of agricultural produce: A method for preserving fresh agricultural produce including removing moisture from the fresh agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of the fresh agricultural produce and thereafter, freezing the fresh agricultural produce.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070110860 - Food surface sanitation tunnel: This invention is a modular, adjustable, easy to maintain, portable or fixed food sanitation tunnel, comprising an enclosing means for subjecting food to sanitizers including UV light, ozone, hydroperoxides, superoxides and hydroxyl radicals, and a method for using the system. The enclosing means includes one or more UV radiation sources... Agent: Joshua L. Cohen Boc, Inc.

20070110861 - Apparatus for preparing meals: An apparatus (10) for preparing meals, which is suitable in particular for use on board a commercial aircraft, comprises a meal preparation unit (12) and a supply unit (14). The supply unit (12) comprises a fuel cell system (16) having a fuel cell (18) and is equipped to supply the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070110862 - System and method for extracting materials from biomass: One embodiment described herein includes a method for extracting bran, endosperm, germ, and fiber from biomass comprising hydrating the biomass; extracting the bran from the biomass before extracting the germ; and extracting the endosperm, without a use of chemicals, based on a capacity of endosperm particles to selectively pass through,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070110863 - Avocado de-skinning apparatus: An avocado de-skinning apparatus having two generally vertically disposed rotating drums. The rotating drums rotate inward to pinch the skin of an avocado and force the off and through a gap defined between the rotating drums. A driver in the gap and in the upper section of the rotating drums... Agent: Frank G Morkunas

20070110864 - Pigging system: A liquid transport system has a number of access points, referred to generally as nodes, connected to an endless loop of piping such that liquid flowing in the system, to move the liquid from one node to another, flows in two generally discrete paths from a source node to a... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20070110865 - Method for producing pork bone extract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a pork bone extract and a method for sterilizing a pork bone extract. Specifically, it relates to a method for producing a pork bone extract which comprises ultra high temperature (UHT) sterilization at a temperature of 130° C. or below, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070110866 - Apparatus and method for holding tortilla during cooking: A tortilla cooking apparatus comprising inner pillars arranged to support one or more tortillas in an inverted U-shape and to prevent the tortillas from closing during cooking. Outer pillars are included on the outside of the inner pillars and arranged to prevent the tortillas from opening during cooking. The inner... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070110867 - Apparatus and method for freeze-storing baked food: An apparatus and a method for freeze-storing baked foods allow the baked foods to retain excellent crust condition (surface layer of baked foods), avoiding any peeling, and retain excellent sensory condition, attaining long-term frozen storage. Baked foods, including baked bread and baked confectionery, are frozen in a humidified atmosphere, cooled... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070110868 - Use of erythritol and d-tagatose in diet or reduced-calorie beverages and food products: A combination of a sugar alcohol and D-tagatose is used to produce naturally sweetened, diet beverages or food products. The sugar alcohol and D-tagatose can also be used in combination with one or more nutritive sweeteners to lower the calories of a full-calorie beverage or food product while preserving the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070110870 - Dry mix compositions including corn syrup and methods of preparing baked goods such as cakes and muffins therefrom: The invention provides shelf stable dry mix compositions for use in preparing a baked good, the dry mix compositions including flour, sweetening agent, wherein a portion of the sweetening agent is liquid corn syrup, and fat source. Optionally, the dry mix compositions include leavening systems. Methods of making shelf stable... Agent: General Mills, Inc.

20070110869 - Dry mix compositions including corn syrup and methods of preparing baked goods such as cookies and brownies therefrom: The invention provides shelf stable dry mix compositions for use in preparing a baked good, the dry mix compositions including flour, sweetening agent, wherein a portion of the sweetening agent is corn syrup, and fat source. Optionally, the dry mix compositions include leavening systems. Methods of making shelf stable dry... Agent: General Mills, Inc.

20070110873 - Aerated frozen suspensions with adjusted creaminess and scoop ability based on stress-controlled generation of superfine microstructures: Products that are aerated multiphase systems containing an aqueous continuous fluid phase which may include solutes thus forming an aqueous syrup and disperse phases like gas/air cells, water ice crystals and solid/semi-solid fat globules or aggregates thereof, whereas the disperse phases are that finely structured that their mean diameters are... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070110871 - Ice cream having improved stability: The invention relates to ice cream prepared by freezing an ice cream mix having a freezing point of −3.5° C. or lower, comprising at least 0.2% (w/w) unsaturated emulsifier; an ice cream mix having substantially the same composition for preparing the same by e.g. aerating and freezing; and a process... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070110872 - Soft-frozen confection blending and dispensing freezer: A soft-serve confection freezer incorporates a set of modules in a circular array and separately replaceable in a magazine. Each module supports a container storing a dry food ingredient in solid particulate form, and has a motor driven product impeller for controlled discharge of particulates from the container to a... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070110874 - Beverage clouding system and method: A beverage clouding system composition that comprises a sterol ester, stanol ester, or combinations thereof, an oil and a continuous aqueous phase is provided. Additionally, compositions of a finished cloudy beverage and a cloudy beverage syrup each incorporating the beverage clouding system according to the present invention are provided. Methods... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070110875 - Juices incorporating early season cultivars: Orange juice is provided which includes as a component juice extracted from a very early season round orange cultivar which is not a Hamlin cultivar. The juice extracted from such very early season cultivar has sensory attributes which are superior to those of Hamlin fresh juice. The very early season... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070110876 - Shelf stable homogeneous suspension: Protein-containing suspensions such as milk that are preserved by a UHT treatment, show age gelation. This age gelation can be reduced by inclusion of an emulsifier with an HLB value below 16.... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070110877 - Process for the production of polyurethane products: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining polyols from used frying oils as the starting ingredient and converting the polyols to polyurethane products. The process comprises few steps such as epoxidation process by reacting used frying oil with an acid, reacting the epoxidised used frying oil with a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070110878 - All-natural fruit product and method of making the same: An all-natural fruit product and method of making the product is provided. The fruit product comprises fruit puree, an added natural sweetener and no non-natural sweeteners, about 0.05% to about 0.5% by total weight of the fruit product of a galactomannan, added pectin in an amount of from about 0.4%... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070110879 - Color-changing cereal and method: A ready-to-eat cereal that is capable of changing color upon immersion into an aqueous medium such as milk. The cereal base has a non-dispersible first color. The cereal base has a coating comprising cornstarch, powdered sugar, and optionally food coloring. The coating is of a second color different from the... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070110880 - Hypoallergenic animal food: The present invention provides hypoallergenic food products for animals, and in particular, to hypoallergenic pet treats for domestic pets such as dogs and cats and the like. Also provided are methods of providing hypoallergenic nutrition to animals and to processes for the manufacture of hypoallergenic animal foods.... Agent: Robert Steve Thomas, Esq.

20070110881 - Astaxanthin esters: wherein R is in each case a group —NH—CH(R1)—COOR2, —OR3 or —(Y)n—Z and R1, R2, R3, Y, Z and n are significances given in detail in the description, are novel compounds with improved stability during extrusion at the elevated temperatures as required in feed manufacture and during the storage of... Agent: Stephen M. Haracz, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

20070110882 - Method and system for preparing a jerky food product: A method and apparatus for preparing a jerky food product. The method comprises: (a) preparing a raw meat to obtain a moldable meat dough; (b) contacting at least a portion of the meat dough with a jerky mold apparatus having a pre-determined geometric configuration, wherein a plurality of sectors are... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070110883 - Fibrous fish meat-bound food having good form retention property and fibrous texture, dried product thereof and process for producing the same: (Means for Solving Problems) A fibrous fish meat-bound food, which is excellent in form retention property, has a fibrous texture not completely united with a fish meat paste and is excellent in hot water-rehydration property, can be provided by a process of producing a dried fibrous fish meat-bound food which... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070110884 - Additive for meat product, meat product and method for making same: A process of treating a slab of steak is disclosed. The process comprises cleaning the steak and then placing the steak in a tenderiser to tenderise the steak. The process then includes pumping a meat additive into the slab of steak. The meat additive comprises sodium alginate; at least one... Agent: Joseph T. Leone Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20070110885 - Method for controlling retention of an organic compound or of a plurality of organic compounds inside a liquid or solid phase and applications of said method, in particular in the agri-food domain: The invention relates to a method for checking the retention of an organic compound (i) or a plurality of organic compounds (i) within a liquid or solid phase, characterized in that it comprises a step in which the oxidoreduction potential of said solid or liquid phase is modified by contacting... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070110887 - Confectionery with fast flavor release jacket coating: A jacketed hard candy product comprises a core made of a boiled hard candy containing one or more flavoring and cooling agents, and an outer layer also made of a boiled hard candy and containing one or more flavoring and cooling agents. The outer layer is jacketed onto the core... Agent: Wrigley & Dreyfus 28455 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070110886 - System and method for designing and producing confectionary arrangement: Confectionary image design system including a graphical user interface through which a user defines a pattern of confectionary pieces to be arranged on a substrate. A computer processor controls the graphical user interface through which the user defines the pattern, and provides instructions for arranging the confectionary pieces in the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070104828 - Center-filled confectionery product and method: The present disclosure provides a center-filled confectionery product and a method for making the same. The center-filled confectionery product includes a fill portion which may be a liquid and an outer portion composed of a confectionery material. The fill portion is within the outer confectionery portion. The confectionery product further... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070104830 - Apparatus for forming a center-filled confectionery and method: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for the continuous production of center-filled confectionery products. The apparatus may include an extruder for forming a continuous extrudate having a plurality of center-filled confectionery ropes. The apparatus may also include a forming device for forming individual confectionery pieces, and sealed center-filled... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070104829 - Degradable chewing gum: The present invention provides gum base compositions and chewing gum compositions having non stick or reduced-stick properties and/or increased degradability. Methods of preparing the gum base and chewing gum compositions, as well as methods of use, are provided.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070104831 - Fermented wine made from fruits of araliaceous shrubs, and method for production thereof: Fermented wines made from fruits of deciduous shrubs or latifoliate shrubs in the family of Aralia elata, especially, fruits of Acanthopanax sessiliflorous or Acanthopanax senticosus, and a producing method thereof. These fermented wines are much milder than traditional liquors made from roots or stems of Acanthopanax. The method of utilizing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070104832 - Methods and apparatus for classifying and selecting wine: Apparatus and methods are provided for classifying wine in terms of fruit and non-fruit flavors. A first scale is provided for scoring wine in terms of fruit flavor, and a second scale is provided for scoring wine in terms of non-fruit flavor. The first and second scales may be displayed... Agent: Law Office Of James Trosino

20070104833 - Bread improving agent and breads containing the same: It is intended to provide a bread improving agent with which bread having an improved fermented flavor and an improved texture can be produced within a short period of time, and a process for producing breads by using the same. It is found out that by adding fermented soybean protein,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070104834 - Rennets: The present invention describes an aspartic protease produced by a fungus from the class Eurotiomycetes, comprising the amino acid sequence of FDTGSSD or FDTGSSE. The present invention further provides a process for identifying new milk clotting enzymes comprising screening an amino acid sequence for the presence of FDTGSSD or FDTGSSE.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070104835 - Method for the preparation of preparation of fermented dry or semi-dried meat products, with partial substitution of the animal fat and direct incorporation of olive oil: Method for the preparation of fermented dry or semi-dried meat products, with partial substitution of the animal fat and direct incorporation of olive oil Method for the preparation fermented dry or semi-dried meat products, with direct incorporation of olive oil. The said method includes the following phases: (a) mixing of... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070104836 - Lysozyme-chitosan films: One aspect of the disclosure herein contemplates a composite film comprising lysozyme incorporated within a chitosan polymer matrix. In another aspect, there is disclosed a film that includes chitosan, and about 10 to about 200 weight percent lysozyme, based on the weight of the chitosan. Also disclosed is a method... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070104837 - Methods of preparing a food product from a cartridge: Percolating device, for example intended to equip a coffee machine, comprising a percolating chamber mounted in such a way that it can carry out a displacement in the vertical direction when a control handle is operated. A cap receiving a capsule of product to be infused is also displaced, when... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070104838 - Package of an infusible substance: A package (10) of an infusible substance, typically tea or coffee, is disclosed. This package (10) preferably comprises a tubular structure (17) of a liquid permeable material which contains the infusible substance. The structure has a lower portion (11) and an upper portion (12) and is sealed at a lower... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070104839 - Packing in the tray format for conditioning of \"ready dish\" food products: The present invention deals with the packing in tray format for the conditioning of food products prepared ready for consumption, that is, those coming seasoned and cooked/baked/fried, dealing more specifically with a packing with a physical structure comprising a laminate of plastics, comprised by layers of PP/EVOH/PP, with means that... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070104840 - Method and system for the determination of palatability: A method and system to determine palatability (tenderness, juiciness, and flavor) of Eve foodstuffs (meat, fish, fowl, ft and vegetables) including the steps of, utilizing bioelectrical impedance analysis in a biological subject model for measurement and composition analysis; and a system of using the results of the utilizing step procedure... Agent: Irving M. Weiner Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20070104841 - Refrigerator and method for keeping food using the same: A refrigerator and a method for keeping food using the same are disclosed, in which freshness is maintained for a long time through an improved structure and decrease of nutritive elements contained in food is inhibited. The refrigerator includes a main body, keeping compartments provided in the main body, keeping... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070104842 - Method and apparatus for removal of grape seeds from grape skin: The invention provides a method and apparatus for separating grape seeds from the pulp and skin of a grape comprising depositing grapes on a plate having apertures there-through and driving the grapes across the plate by means of a blade such that the grape seeds and juice will pass through... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070104843 - Concentrate derived from a milk product enriched in naturally occurring sialyllactose and a process for preparation thereof: A concentrate derived from milk or a milk product comprising sialyllactose in amounts higher than the normal amounts found in the milk or milk product and a process for preparation of such a concentrate by ultrafiltration and diafiltration using a thin film polyamide based membrane. The concentrate is suited for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070104844 - Method for baking bread using steam: A method of baking bread using steam in an automated household oven with a cooking cavity and a steam system for introducing steam into the cooking cavity comprises determining a presence of bread in the cooking cavity and introducing steam into the cooking cavity upon a positive determination of the... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070104845 - Pasta-cooking kettle and arrangement for measuring the saltiness of the water: Arrangement for automatically measuring the salt concentration in cooking water, comprising: a kettle containing the cooking water, wherein said sensor comprises a toroidal probe that is submerged in the cooking water bath and on an end portion of which there is provided an annular ferromagnetic core, round which there are... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070104846 - Aseptic pudding with puree: An aseptic pudding comprising puree composition of fruit and/or vegetables, a protein component, a physical stabilizer and a chemical stabilizer.... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20070104847 - Purification of beta casein from milk: A method is provided for obtaining β-casein from skim milk. Purification of β-casein from milk is achieved through a process of microfiltration using cross-flow polymeric microfiltration membranes. Cooling of the milk prior to microfiltration results in improved separation of β-casein from the other milk serum proteins. Further filtration and demineralization... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070104848 - Carbonated drink compositions and methods of making the same: Carbonated drink compositions are disclosed. Methods of making carbonated drink compositions are also disclosed.... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20070104849 - Stable acidic beverage emulsions and methods of preparation: Beverage compositions and related methods, including using emulsion coating components for degradative stability.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070104850 - Sucrose acetate isobutyrate formulation: The present invention provides a process for producing a solid sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB) formulation, by combining sucrose acetate isobutyrate in an amount from about 1 weight percent to about 80 weight percent based on the total weight percent of the total solid formulation; and a solid substrate that is... Agent: Tammye L. Taylor Eastman Chemical Company

20070104851 - Bottled beverage: A packaged beverage with a green tea extract mixed therein, comprising the following ingredients (A) and (B): (A) from 0.01 to 1.0 wt % of non-polymer catechins, and (B) from 0.0001 to 20 wt %, in terms of equivalent glucose amount, and less than 0.05 wt %, in terms of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104852 - Casing-packed cooked rice and its production process: An object of the present invention is to provide: casing-packed cooked rice which has an excellent eating feel and an excellent flavor; and a production process which can mass-produce this casing-packed cooked rice. As a means of achieving this object, the casing-packed cooked rice according to the present invention is... Agent: Robert J Jacobson Pa

20070104853 - Low-calorie whole grain cereal bar: A low-calorie whole grain cereal bars is provided that includes whole grain and binder in amounts effective for providing a cereal bar with at least about 15 weight % or more whole grain, at least about 5 weight % or more protein, about 5 weight % or more fiber, and... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070104854 - Long shelf-life high moisture content cereal products: A long shelf-life, high moisture content cereal product is provided that can contain an acid-stable milk protein and at least about 45% total water content by total weight of the cereal product.... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070104855 - Whole grain flour and products including same: The present invention is a grain product. The grain product includes a first fraction including bran. The first fraction is milled to a first particle size of less than 500 micrometers. The grain product also includes a second fraction including germ. The second fraction is milled to a second particle... Agent: Suiter West Swantz PC Llo

20070104856 - Fish oils with an altered fatty acid profile, method of producing same and their use: The present invention provides natural fish oils comprising altered fatty acid profiles, which are useful e.g. as a nutritional supplement. In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for obtaining such fish oils with altered fatty acid profile, in particular, oils containing nutritionally important fatty acids such as Arachidonic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070104857 - Method of obtaining food article type stroganoff in bag-type flexible packing for immediate consumption stable at environment temperature: “Obtaining method of a food article-type—Stroganoff—in a flexible bag-type or similar packing, for immediate consumption stable at environment temperature”, obtaining method that dispenses with refrigeration for the conservation of the “Stroganoff”-type product ready for consumption during the whole chain formed from industrial production to the preparation/consumption by the final consumer,... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070104858 - Process for extraction of beta-glucan from cereals and products obtained therefrom: A method for lowering serum cholesterol levels, healing a wound, modulating glycaemic response, alleviating constipation, or stimulating the immune system. The method includes administering to a subject in need β-glucan obtained by forming flour from the cereal grain; mixing the flour with water at a temperature in the range of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070098841 - Dog chew treats: A dog chew treat is fashioned from a composition comprising sugar, fiber, and flour. Preferably, the sugar is dextrose, and the flour is pre-gelatinized wheat flour. The composition may be molded into the shape of a bone, or other treat. A palatant coating may be applied to the molded product.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070098840 - Nutritional supplement: The present invention relates to a nutritional supplement including an albumin carrier for an additive. The nutritional supplement may be dispersed on food substrates as a coating or may be combined into food substrate and formed into a desired shape.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070098842 - Chewing gum containing physiological cooling agents: A method for producing a chewing gum, as well as the chewing gum so produced, incorporates a physiological cooling agent, such as acyclic carboxamide, or combinations of physiological cooling agents. In another embodiment a combination of physiological cooling agents is made in a modified release structure. The modified release/cooling agents... Agent: Wrigley & Dreyfus 28455 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070098845 - Degradable chewing gum: The present invention provides gum base compositions and chewing gum compositions having non stick or reduced-stick properties and/or increased degradability. Methods of preparing the gum base and chewing gum compositions, as well as methods of use, are provided.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070098843 - Medicament sustained-release particles and method for preparing the same: The present invention provides theophylline sustained release particles which contain a polyglycerol fatty acid ester as a matrix base material, which have a homogenous nucleus particle structure, which can effectively mask the unpleasant taste of medicaments, and which exhibit an excellent sustained medicament releasability (dissolvability) and outstanding storage stability. In... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098844 - Sugar alcohol sanded chewing gum and process for making same: A chewing gum comprising a solid shaped chewing gum composition sanded with a sugar alcohol having a negative heat of solution and a method of mixing same. The method involves coating solid pieces of chewing gum composition with a wetting syrup and sanding the wetted pieces with sugar alcohol crystals.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070098846 - Method for the production of food with slowed release of nutriments: This is a method for the production of food that gradually releases its nutriments. This method belongs to the area of food technology. Within this food production process, refined seaweed flour will be added to cereal flour. The resulting cereal mixture flour will be processed into a variety of ready-to-serve... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20070098847 - Food product containing lactic bacteria granules: The invention relates to a liquid and aqueous food product containing dehydrated lactic bacteria granules and coated with a vegetable fat material.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070098848 - Method of producing frozen dough, and related products: Described are methods for preparing frozen dough compositions that exhibit desirable frozen storage stability and that can also exhibit desirable baked organoleptic (e.g., taste, smell, and texture) properties, as well as related methods.... Agent: Arlene L. Hornilla, Attorney General Mills

20070098849 - Infant formulas containing docosahexaenoic acid and lutein: Disclosed are infant formulas and corresponding methods of using them to promote retinal health and vision development in infants. The formulas, which are free of egg phospholipids and comprise fat, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, and minerals, including docosahexaenoic acid and, on a ready-to-feed basis, at least about 50 mcg/liter of lutein,... Agent: Ross Products Division Of Abbott Laboratories Department 108140-ds/1

20070098850 - Tea bags for children: The present invention is, briefly, a small size tea bag and method of manufacturing same, of irregular shape assembled by using a gel type food coloring that adds to the appearance of the tea bag, the color and taste of the tea product and assists in bonding the tea bag... Agent: Chad A. Coberly

20070098851 - Beverage and package for such beverage: A dry preselected additive for adding to a beverage prior to drinking and a package for prepackaging such additive for shipping with such beverage. The dry preselected additive and package includes a substantially dry preselected flavoring additive for a beverage. Such substantially dry preselected additive having each of a predetermined... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070098852 - Candy attachment for a writing implement: A candy attachment for a writing implement is provided. The attachment comprises a sleeve embedded within a candy (e.g., a hard or soft candy), wherein an end of writing implement can be inserted into the sleeve and frictionally engaged therewith to attach the candy to the writing implement. After the... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070098853 - Encapsulation of readily oxidizable components: A stabilized emulsion is employed to produce shelf stable, controlled release, discrete, solid particles or pellets which contain an encapsulated and/or embedded component, such as a readily oxidizable component, such as omega-3 fatty acids. An oil encapsulant component which contains an active, sensitive encapsulant, dissolved and/or dispersed in an oil... Agent: General Mills, Inc.

20070098854 - Encapsulation of readily oxidizable components: A stabilized emulsion is mixed with plasticizable matrix material to produce shelf stable, controlled release, discrete, solid particles or pellets which contain an encapsulated and/or embedded component, such as a readily oxidizable component, such as omega-3 fatty acids. An oil encapsulant component which contains an active, sensitive encapsulant, dissolved and/or... Agent: General Mills, Inc.

20070098855 - Saltbeauty : ornamental kitchen salt container and dispenser: A simple ornamental housing container for table salt sold in standard 26 oz. saltboxes, as described and shown. This allows storage of a larger amount of salt in aesthetically appealing containers to allow quick access to salt in amounts required for daily cooking.... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20070098856 - Mealtime eating regulation device: The present invention relates to a device of regulation of the food characterized in that it includes/understands a device of measurement of the catch of meal which includes/understands in particular a measurement of the chewing and/or swallowing (20) and/or a measurement of the pin (10) of the gesture of food... Agent: Lepine

20070098857 - Method and device for determining physical characteristics: A method for determining at least one physical characteristic in a product to be cooked, such as in a product to be cooked used in a cooking process, is characterized by the following steps: generating a temporal, changeable temperature field within a product to be cooked; acquiring a plurality of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070098858 - Method of producing processed food: The present invention provides a solid food, a cooked food containing the solid food as an ingredient thereof, and a method for producing the same, and the present invention relates to a method for producing a solid food imparted with a function of maintaining texture and improving storageability, comprising: (a)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098859 - Method of coloring panned confectioneries with ink-jet printing: A color coat is formed an a hard-panned, sugar shelled, pellet-shaped confectionery by placing at least one hard-panned, sugar shelled, pellet-shaped confectionery, preferably having an uncolored sugar surface, in functional association with an ink-jet head, applying at least a portion of a color coat to the hard-panned, sugar shelled, pellet-shaped... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070098860 - Post-roast infusion of vegetable and fruit pieces: Vegetable or fruit pieces such as potato wedges or chunks and the like are blanched and then roasted. The post-roast pieces are then infused with liquid preferably such as an aqueous solution as by spraying or dipping to result in a post-roast product weight increase on the order of up... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070098862 - Angled fill ports and seal-off arrangement for patty-forming apparatus: A food patty molding machine has a reciprocating mold plate. A moldable food product is pumped through a fill passage into cavities of the mold plate when the mold plate is in its fill position. A fill plate, interposed in the fill passage immediately adjacent the mold plate, has a... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20070098861 - Moulding and cooling device: The invention relates to a device for cooling a flowable melted food material (1), especially a cheese melt. Said device forms a continuous strip (2) and comprises two parallel, cooling belts (3) which extend counter to each other and which bring the continuous strip (2) into contact with both sides... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20070098863 - Method for collecting, testing and distributing milk: The disclosure is related generally to a method for facilitating the collection and distribution of milk over a computer network among a milk provider, a milk company and a milk distribution center.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20070098864 - Process for preparing formulations of lypophilic active substances by spray freezing drying: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions comprising a lipophilic compound and a glass of a sugar, a sugar alcohol, a mixture of sugars and/or a mixture of sugars alcohols. The invention is further related to such pharmaceutical compositions and the use... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070098865 - Baked snack: A baked snack having a hollow stick shape obtained by baking a dough including an non-gelatinized flour and a gelatinized flour, wherein the dough does not substantially include active gluten. According to the present invention, a baked snack having a hollow stick shape that can be reliably shaped, easily melts... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070098866 - Low-carbohydrate bread products and method for making same: The present invention generally relates to low-carbohydrate dough and bread products and methods for making such products. In particular, the invention relates to low-carbohydrate dough and bread products with high soy protein to additive gluten ratios and physical properties comparable to those of conventional dough and bread products. Soy protein... Agent: Solae, LLC

20070098868 - Frozen desserts and methods for manufacture thereof: Lower process viscosity methods for the production of frozen products are disclosed. The methods can be used to prepare frozen desserts, such as ice cream, that have outstanding sensory properties and reduced fat content. This is especially advantageous for individuals who for health or other reasons desire to reduce their... Agent: Patent Administrator Fmc Corporation

20070098867 - Low carbohydrate sweetener: w

20070098869 - Gel carrier for retortable food products and method of preparing same: Provided is a novel edible composition capable of forming a gel that is effective as a gel carrier for food ingredients. Food ingredients are substantially coated with the gel of the present invention. The gel forms a barrier on at least a portion of the food ingredient, thereby becoming a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070098870 - Composition containing alkylene oxide derivative of pectin: Disclosed is a skin-protecting alkalinity-controlling composition comprising an alkylene oxide derivative of pectin having a degree of esterification in the range from about 30% to about 100%.... Agent: David M. Goodrich, Esq. J. M. Huber Corporation

20070098871 - Dairy compositions and method of making: The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk, and the apparatus used therefor. The invention also relates to compositions prepared from the separated components. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070098872 - Methods and apparatus for the reduction of moisture variability in large cheese blocks: The present invention is directed to processes for making blocks of cheese having reduced moisture variability using controlled cooling of cheese curd to form the final cheese blocks.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070098873 - Itfm extraction of oil seed: An edible protein-containing meal for human and animal consumption and high quality food grade oils are obtained from oil seeds and other oil and protein containing plants. The meal has a significantly improved level of dietary available (absorbable) protein. The protein is substantially free of oils and fats, and is... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070098874 - Coffee-flavored cereal: The present application describes coffee-flavored ready to eat cereal.... Agent: Jhk Law

20070098875 - Potato based food product: The present invention provides a method of preparing a potato based food product comprising the steps of: processing potatoes into potato articles having a desired size and shape, blanching said potato articles, dipping said blanched potato articles in a solution to prevent non-enzymic oxidation of the potato articles, drying said... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070098876 - Canola protein isolate functionality iii: A canola protein isolate having a protein of at least about 90 wt % (N×6.25) is employed as an at least partial replacement for at least one component providing functionality in a food composition. The canola protein isolate is a dried concentrated supernatant from the settling of a solid phase... Agent: Sim & Mcburney

20070098877 - Hard caramels with supported colors: The invention relates to a hard caramel comprising a hard caramel base and at least one food color applied to the support, the supported food color being inhomogeneously distributed in the hard caramel base.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP