Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products inventions 10/07

20070248716 - Method for the production of a biological material composition having an animal origin: A method for producing a biological material composition of animal, non-human origin, especially as feed or food, is described. The method includes an aggregation of stem cells from differentiated exocrine glandular tissue of an animal organism to organoid bodies, and a preparation of the material composition from the organoid bodies.... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070248717 - Confections containing a blend of physiological cooling agents: A method for producing a confection such as chewing gum, as well as the confection so produced, incorporates a blend of physiological cooling agents, including menthyl glutarate and one or more of L-isopulegol and p-menthane-3,8-diol. In another embodiment the blend of physiological cooling agents is made in a modified release... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070248719 - Process for producing beer: Described is a process for producing beer, the process having the following steps: a) production of a CO2-sparse, in particular CO2-free, beer intermediate; b) racking of the beer intermediate into at least one pressureless or barely pressurizable vessel; and c) adding CO2 to the beer intermediate in a dispensing facility,... Agent: Trask Britt

20070248718 - Process for producing effervescent brewage using none of barley, wheat and malt and effervescent brewage produced by the process: The processing method of a brewed alcoholic beverage with foaming properties which does not use barley, wheat and malt is disclosed that includes a step for processing a pre-fermentation liquid using at least a syrup containing sources of carbon, sources of nitrogen, hops and water as raw materials and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070248720 - Filter paper pod compacted coffee portions: A filter pod for portions of compacted coffee, wherein a shape of a pod is asymmetrical in relation to a sealing plane of a circular peripheral zone and a central part is coplanar with the plane.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070248722 - Lidding system: A lidding system for use with loaf tins in the production of a breaded product including at least one lid, each lid having a cover portion for covering a loaf tin, the lid including four side portions for positioning adjacent the sides of the respective loaf tin.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070248721 - Milk storage and management system: The present invention is directed toward a milk storage container comprising a plastic body with a mechanism for denoting a time in which milk was placed in the storage container for storage. In one embodiment, the time designation mechanism comprises a plurality of rings where each ring comprises at least... Agent: Patentmetrix

20070248723 - Device for killing living microorganism: A device for killing living microorganisms in an amount of raw meat is described in order to make the raw meat capable of being eaten without causing infection. The non-heating for killing living microorganisms comprises an enclosure, a carrier, a light source and a rotator. The carrier, in the enclosure,... Agent: Heng-yi Lin

20070248724 - Method and device for sanitation using bacteriophages: Methods and devices for sanitation using bacteriophage are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for sanitation using at least one bacteriophage includes the steps of (1) storing the at least one bacteriophage in a container; and (2) applying the at least one bacteriophage to a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070248725 - Method of processing foods and apparatus therefor: Method of processing foods and drying apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method includes cutting vegetables, fruits, fish, or meats into pieces; squeezing the pieces for juice; drying the juice in a closed space having a humidity of about zero maintained at a temperature of about 18° C. to about 28°... Agent: Sam Chen

20070248726 - Filled bread product and a method for making the product: A filled bread product and a method for producing the same, the method including coextruding an unrisen yeast-bread dough and a filling through an extruder that is capable of at least encasing the filling within the unrisen yeast-bread dough to form an unrisen filled bread product; shaping the unrisen filled... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070248727 - Method for removing hydrohydroquinone: The present invention relates to a method of removing hydroxyhydroquinone from an aqueous solution containing hydroxyhydroquinone and caffeoylquinic acids by bringing the aqueous solution into contact with an acid clay having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of from 3 to 5. The present invention enables selective removal of hydroxyhydroquinone from an aqueous... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070248728 - Methods and apparatuses for obtaining beverages: An apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage inducing the passage of an extraction fluid through a dose of coffee by heating said fluid, comprises a separating device arranged to separate a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said fluid from a further fraction of said... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070248729 - Complete fractionation with reverse osmosis in food processing: A method for producing fruit or vegetable paste, fruit or vegetable juice concentrate, and similar food products by using Complete Fractionation with Reverse Osmosis.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070248730 - Method and system for treating a distilled spirit: A method and system for treating a distilled spirit wherein the spirit is contacted with ozone to provide an ozonated distilled spirit product of improved aroma, taste or character.... Agent: Johannes Van Leeuwen

20070248731 - Arabinogalactan isolate from coffee: The present invention refers to a process for extracting arabinogalactans from coffee comprising enzymatically hydrolysing whole or ground green or roasted coffee beans thereby obtaining an aqueous dispersion comprising partially hydrolysed coffee beans and arabinogalactans. Furthermore, the invention also encompasses products where the coffee derived arabinogalactans are used such as... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070248732 - Presweetened beverage whitener: A presweetened liquid beverage whitener has a predetermined quantity of beverage sweetener dissolved therein, for dispensing into an individual portion of a beverage. The quantity of dissolved sweetener provides a predetermined sweetness coefficient, which is in a range of sweetness determined from 10 g to 30 g of dry granulated... Agent: Eliopoulos Intellectual Property Law

20070248733 - Ready meal for pets: A pet food product and method is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include meals for pets which are ready to eat, and include the ingredients of some sort of food normally consumed by humans. The product is preserved in stabilized packaging so that the ingredients will not spoil, and the... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070248734 - Method of improving the production of foam during the preparation of drinks from a cartridge and device for its implementation: Method of obtaining a frothy drink from a cartridge, the said cartridge being made up of at least one chamber containing at least a preparation for a drink. The method comprises injecting into the said cartridge a predetermined volume of fluid, a first part of which essentially consists of air... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070248735 - Juices incorporating mid-season orange cultivars: Orange juice products are provided which include as a component juice extracted from a mid-season round orange cultivar having a peak harvest season in December, January and February. The preferred mid-season round orange cultivar is the Vernia cultivar. The juice extracted from such mid-season cultivar has sensory attributes which are... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070248736 - Novel alcoholic beverage: An alcoholic beverage that as it has fluidity at −15° to −2° C., can be drunk easily and appropriately and that through coexistence of fine ice pieces and bubbles, induces novel pleasant sensation of coolness and coldness and feeling of swallow, appropriate sensation of alcohol, and excellent flavor. There is... Agent: Scott R. Cox Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.s.c.

20070248737 - Process for preparing a tea product: A process for preparing a tea product with an enhanced level of theanine is provided. The process comprises contacting tea leaf and/or shoot with a theanine precursor. The theanine precursor is contacted with the tea leaf and/or shoot during a withering step and/or at a pH in the range of... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070248738 - Food products comprising long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and methods for preparing the same: The present invention includes a food oil composition comprising a blend of a first oil comprising an LC PUFA and a second oil comprising substantially no LC PUFA. The first oil can preferably comprise an omega-3 LC PUFA, an omega-6 LC PUFA or mixtures thereof. The present invention also provides... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070248739 - Food products comprising long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and methods for preparing the same: The present invention includes a food oil composition comprising a blend of a first oil comprising an LC PUFA and a second oil comprising substantially no LC PUFA. The first oil can preferably comprise an omega-3 LC PUFA, an omega-6 LC PUFA or mixtures thereof. The present invention also provides... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070248740 - In biofuel: The invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a major amount of an oil and a minor amount of an additive composition, wherein the additive composition comprises BHQ and N,N′-disalicylidene propylene diamine, and wherein at least 2% by weight of the oil is derived from a plant or animal material.... Agent: Infineum Usa L.p.

20070248741 - Drinkable oatmeal and method: A drinkable oatmeal product comprises an oat component and water, both in a retortable container. The product is commercially sterilized or sanitized. The container may be a cup so as to provide one-handed convenience for consumers. The product may include a fruit component, such as a fruit juice, a yogurt... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070248742 - Transgenic aquatic invertebrates as a bioreactor for production of recombinant polypeptides: Disclosed are transgenic aquatic invertebrate for use as bioreactors to express heterologous recombinant polypeptides and its application. Also included are methods for producing transgenic Brine species and Brine cysts, and methods for expressing heterologous proteins is said cysts. The method includes introducing the foreign genes into cysts of a Brine... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070248743 - Food processing apparatus and method: A process for preparing pepperoni, includes the steps of preparing the meat mixture by grinding and mixing to specification. The sausage is stuffed into casings or is extruded into sheet form for fermentation and cooking, following cooling and slicing or dicing. The resulting product is dried in a perforated drum... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070243288 - Meat having increased level of hdl: Meat and methods to produce meat having elevated levels of HDL or an HDL mimetic are disclosed.... Agent: Christopher M. Turoski, Esq. Cargill, Incorporated

20070243289 - Liquid leaven composition: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a stable liquid leaven composition which contains a bread flavor improvement composition (for instance sourdough or sponge based composition), an active yeast and a bread improver composition. Stable liquid compositions according to the invention are obtained when the residual sugar content... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070243290 - Method of tailoring infant formulas to individual nutritional needs prior to use: Disclosed is a method of tailoring infant formulas to individual nutrition needs prior to use. The method comprises (A) determining the desired volume and optimal caloric density of a formula to be fed to a preterm or low birth weight infant; (B) obtaining a plurality of base infant formulas, all... Agent: Ross Products Division Of Abbott Laboratories Department 108140-ds/1

20070243291 - Pizza with segmented crust: A pizza includes a dough member and at least one topping disposed on the dough member. The dough member defines a substantially flattened shape and includes a central portion and a border portion. The central portion defines a perimeter. The border portion extends about the perimeter of the central portion.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070243292 - Segmented pizza crust system: Making a pizza crust includes forming a mass of dough into a substantially flattened shape to define an inner crust bordered by an outer crust extending around the inner crust. The outer crust is divided into a plurality of segments without cutting the inner crust by pressing a plurality of... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070243293 - Food packaging laminates: The invention relates to a flexible packaging. Specifically, this invention relates to a laminate, the use of the laminate in the packaging of food, drinks, medicine and toys, and a corresponding package. The laminate can be a film-to-film and film-to-foil laminates, suitable for typical food packaging uses, using hot melt... Agent: H.b. Fuller Company Patent Department

20070243294 - Methods, capsule and apparatuses for the production of foamed drinks: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070243295 - Spore inactivation process: The present invention relates to processes for inactivating microbial spores in packaged materials including foods pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, by a combination of ultra high pressure processing and oxygen absorption.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070243296 - Therapeutic supplement using ume fruit: A therapeutic supplement utilizes a processed form of the Ume fruit in the absence of the Ume seed. In a preferred form, the Ume fruit is processed to achieve a higher alkalinity to increase its therapeutic effectiveness.... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20070243297 - Food composition prepared by a sterilization process: The present invention relates to a food composition prepared by a method of sterilizing. More specifically to a sterilizing process designed to be used in an aseptic process that comprises the steps of: providing a food composition; passing an electric current through said composition; maintaining a voltage range by adjusting... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070243298 - Food composition prepared by a sterilization process: The present invention relates to a process of sterilizing food composition. More specifically to a sterilizing process designed to be used in an aseptic process that comprises the steps of: providing a food composition; passing an electric current through said composition; maintaining a voltage range by adjusting the electric current;... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070243299 - Food composition prepared by a sterilization process: The present invention relates to a food composition prepared by a method of sterilizing. More specifically to a sterilizing process designed to be used in an aseptic process that comprises the steps of transferring said food composition into a heating unit; passing an electric current through said composition; maintaining a... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070243300 - Method for making a fruit pastry bar: The method comprises the steps consisting in: lining a mold (30) of elongate shape and substantially U-shaped section with a pastry dough (50) covering the bottom of the mold and its side walls over a fraction only of their height up from the bottom, pouring a confectioner's mix (58) onto... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (for Cabinet Beau De Lomenie)

20070243301 - Process for producing rice-based expandable pellets and cracker-like snacks: With the process for producing rice-based expandable pellets, an intermediary product is manufactured that is capable of being stored for up to about six months. These pellets can be later expanded into a food product, particularly a rice based snack product that has improved flavor qualities and decreased oil pick... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070243302 - Machine for making homemade ice-cream and similar: A machine for making homemade ice-cream and similar having an outer casing, a mixing bowl housed inside the machine and projecting outwards of the casing, and a movable lid hinged to the casing and movable to and from an operating position in which it closes the top end of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070243303 - Methods and means for regulating gene expression: The invention relates to methods and means for regulating gene expression and to CodY target sequences. CodY represses its target genes by binding to specific DNA sequences upstream of the respective genes. A conserved target site was identified by analyzing upstream sequences of derepressed genes in a delta codY L.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070243304 - Omega-3 fatty acid compositions with honey: A synergistic composition consisting of Omega-3 fatty acids, Honey and Natural antioxidants, and a process to prepare such a composition is disclosed. The composition is flavored if desired. The synergistic preparation abounds in antioxidants to prevent the omega-3 fatty acid from being oxidized and to provide additional antioxidants to the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070243305 - Device for producing a milk-based drink: The device (1) for producing a milk-based drink comprises a steam or water dispenser (5) and a container (2) for the milk that is connected, directly or indirectly, to a collector body (3) that defines an inner recess (300) into which a connection pathway (401) to said dispenser, a milk... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070243306 - Cereal and fruit oil: The present invention relates to a vegetable oil comprising a mixture of cereal oils and fruit oils. These are selected from: corn oil, rice oil, wheat germ oil, barley oil, oat oil, rye oil, sorgum oil and millet oil and walnut oil, blackcurrant oil, almond oil, hazelnut oil, apricot oil,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070243307 - Food products comprising long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and methods for preparing the same: The present invention includes a food oil composition comprising a blend of a first oil comprising an LC PUFA and a second oil comprising substantially no LC PUFA. The first oil can preferably comprise an omega-3 LC PUFA, an omega-6 LC PUFA or mixtures thereof. The present invention also provides... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070243308 - Trans fat free plastic composition for bakery products: A stable trans fat free emulsifier composition is provided that may have other functional ingredients incorporated to form a base for a flour-based dough preparation to hold the ingredients together. A glyceride emulsifier is heated above its melting point and blended with a non-hydrogenated vegetable oil, or a quantity of... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070243309 - Minced and heated fish meat material having a texture like meat of livestock, and process for producing the same: To provide minced and heated fish meat material having a texture like meat of livestock, and foods utilizing the material. Fish meat, preferably fish meat wherein the decomposition of trimethylamine N-oxide is inhibited and the denaturation of protein is reduced, is chopped while keeping a frozen state, is heated until... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070243310 - Synergistic super potent antioxidant cold pressed botanic oil blends: A composition of cold pressed botanic oils exhibiting antioxidant activity. The composition is a combination of at least two oils, which can be black cumin oil, black raspberry oil, red raspberry oil, pomegranate oil, pumpkin oil, or sesame, flax, chardonnay grape seed oil or any other fruit, herb, vegetable, grain... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070243311 - Weight management system for obese animals: A pet food product for promoting comprehensive weight management in companion animals. The pet food includes, on a dry matter basis, about 35 to about 70% by weight of a protein, about 4 to about 10% by weight of a fat, about 5 to about 25% by weight of a... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070237855 - Calcium phosphate complex in acid containing confectionery: The present invention relates to chewing gum and confectionery compositions for improving the dental health of mammals, particularly humans. In particular, the compositions may include a gum base or carrier, sweetening agents, casein phosphopeptide-calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) and food-grade acids. The compositions may be employed to remineralize the tooth surfaces of... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070237856 - Impact of calcium phosphate complex on dental caries: The present invention relates to chewing gum and confectionery compositions and methods for reducing dental caries in mammals. In particular, the compositions may include a gum base or carrier, sweetening agents and casein phosphopeptide-calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP). The compositions may be employed to slow the progression and enhance the regression of... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070237857 - Stabilized enzyme compositions: Enzyme compositions stabilized with coffee-derived materials are provided. The stabilized enzyme compositions are especially useful in the production of soluble coffee from roast coffee solids.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070237858 - Continuous pickle desalting process and apparatus: A continuous method and an apparatus for desalting pickles is provided. The method comprises conveying pickles having a certain salt content along a path; spraying water onto the pickles as they are conveyed along the path, wherein the water is provided in an amount sufficient to saturate the pickles and... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070237859 - Drink containing functional ingredients capable of preventing degenerative phenomena caused by oxidizing agents: A drink is described containing, in percentages by weight based on the total weight of the drink, at least 50% of water, 1-15% on dry basis of a product obtained from one or more red fruits, 0.05-0.1% of Vitamin C, 0.01-0.06% of Vitamin E and 0.01-0.05% of catechins. Such drink... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070237860 - Edible adhesive coatings for multi-component food products: This invention relates to edible adhesive coatings for multi-component food products, methods of making edible adhesive coatings, food products comprising these edible adhesive coatings, and methods to make multi-component food products comprising edible adhesive coatings; and particularly to edible adhesive coatings for multi-component food products, methods of making edible adhesive... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070237861 - Method for making and using sugar on snow and product resulting therefrom: A method for refining and bottling maple syrup for use in making sugar on snow, the method comprising: heating the maple syrup to about 22° F. to about 28° F. about the boiling point of water; bottling the heated maple syrup at a temperature above about 180° F.; and cooling... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake

20070237862 - Removable isolation barrier packaging: The present invention provides a system for packaging and storing components for making a sandwich. The bread and the foodstuffs used for making a sandwich are introduced into and stored in pockets comprising a sandwich bag enclosure and removable barriers disposed therein to form compartments within the enclosure. The removable... Agent: Streets & Steele

20070237863 - Container for microwave popcorn and method and apparatus for making the same: A container for use in making popcorn in a microwave oven has an outer enclosure enclosing an outer cavity. The outer enclosure is preferably made from a rigid or semi-rigid microwave transparent material. An inner enclosure is enclosed within the outer cavity. A susceptor is provided for absorbing microwave radiation... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070237864 - Salad dressing product dispensed as a spray: A salad dressing product in an easy to use spray bottle based on a non-aerosol mechanical pump is described. The spray bottle delivers a consistent amount of product in every spray, preferably amounting to an easily measurable about one Calorie per spray. Advantageously, less product may be applied to deliver... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070237865 - Method for manufacturing high pressure processed food products: The present invention is directed to the high pressure processing of food products after packaging in order to extend the shelf life and eliminate bacteria and microorganisms. Fresh food products that can be processed according to the present invention include, for example, beef, chicken, pork, lamb, seafood, vegetables, sauces and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070237866 - Process for the extension of microbial life and color life of fresh meat products: The microbial life and color life of fresh meat products are extended by placing fresh meat in a tray, sealing the fresh meat in the tray in an atmosphere that excludes oxygen and contains carbon monoxide, and applying ionizing radiation to the tray containing the fresh meat. The color life... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070237867 - Microwavable steamer food pack: The present invention is directed to a microwavable steamer food pack that includes a container and an insert. The container has a lower portion, an upper portion and a top edge. The insert has a plurality of opening and a pull tab and is positioned between the lower and upper... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070237868 - Microbiological control in poultry processing: In the processing of poultry, equipment, instruments, apparatus and/or water used in such processing, and/or carcasses and/or parts of poultry resulting from the processing of poultry, are disinfected with aqueous solutions of certain halogen-based microbiocides, especially certain bromine-based microbiocides. Described are the particular microbiocides used and the substantial advantages of... Agent: Albemarle Corporation

20070237869 - Decorative confectionery and method for producing the same: A decorative confectionery product is provided by forming an aqueous edible coating layer 2 on the top an edible base material 1 having an oil-containing surface, and subsequent forming of an image 3 through printing on the coating layer 2. The edible base material may be chocolate, the coating layer... Agent: Hahn & Voight PLLC

20070237870 - Freeze dried grape powder: This invention provides a grape powder in the form of a freeze-dried powder that is representative of different grape varieties that are widely consumed. The grape varieties that can be used in the practice of this invention include table grapes, juice grapes, wine grapes, or combinations of these types of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070237871 - Method for producing orally administrable edible agent of aggregated substance-containing laminate film form and orally administrable edible agent of aggregated substance-containing laminate film form: In pressure bonding edible layers having irregular surfaces due to the presence of aggregated substance so that the irregular surfaces face each other, an edible layer substantially free of any aggregated substance is interposed therebetween. This allows an orally administrable edible agent of aggregated substance-containing laminate film form having a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070237872 - Three-dimensional food products: A process of forming 3-dimensional food products, such as cereal products, includes providing cooked dough that is injected into a mold to form a 3-dimensional piece of food product. The shape of the 3-dimensional food product is controlled by the configuration of the interior surfaces of the mold. The mold... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070237874 - Food gels comprising an indigestible or poorly digestible carbohydrate and related methods of forming the same: Methods and compositions are provided herein directed to a food gel, comprising an indigestible or poorly digestible carbohydrate-containing ingredient. The carbohydrate-containing ingredient may be a highly branched soluble fiber, such as Fibersol-2. The Fibersol-2 may also provide anti-caking properties to the dry mix. Methods are also provided herein for producing... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Henry W. Oliver Building

20070237873 - Jelly candy having electrolytes: A jelly candy has an edible center, the center contains a controlled amount of potassium, the center is also characterized by a relatively rigid, resilient texture, its ability to set rapidly during manufacture, its brilliant appearance, and its lack of tailings both during manufacture and during consumption.... Agent: James R. Cypher

20070237875 - Energy spread: An energy spread made by the combination of dates and a fat. The preferred embodiment envisions a combination of dates and butter with the content of butter being slightly higher by weight than the content of dates. The energy spread is intended to be added to other previously prepared foods... Agent: Nathaniel Gordon-clark

20070237877 - Production of high-quality protein isolated from oil seeds: The present invention provides a method for processing defatted oil seeds, comprising the steps of: (a) solubilizing at least a portion of the protein contained in the oil seeds to produce suspended residual solids and a first solution comprising protein, phenolic-protein complexes, and free phenolic compounds; (b) treating at least... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070237876 - Production of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in oilseed plants: Oilseed plants which have been transformed to produce very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, recombinant constructs used in such transformations, methods for producing such fatty acids in a plant are described and uses of oils and seeds obtained from such transformed plants in a variety of food and feed applications... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070237878 - Product containing vegetable oil and dispensing article: A food product including a liquid edible vegetable oil containing composition and dispensing article is provided. The article includes a reservoir for receiving a liquid composition and an operating unit for dispensing the vegetable oil containing composition as a spray. The operating unit is in fluid communication with and positioned... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070237879 - Not-ready-to-eat reconstituted grain product and manufacture method thereof: A reconstituted grain product and manufacture method thereof. The reconstituted grain product includes a ground material having a plurality of raw whole grain. The method for manufacturing a reconstituted grain product includes providing a plurality of raw materials having whole grains, grinding the raw materials to afford a ground material... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20070237880 - Methods for making improved texture cereal bars: A method of producing a cereal bar is provided in which the cereal comprises a cereal mixture including ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal pieces joined together with a binder, where the cereal and binder together form a cereal matrix which is heated for a time and temperature to reduce the water activity... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070237882 - Method and system of preventing rancidity in whole grain corn products: Stabilized whole grain corn products and a method and system of preventing rancidity in whole grain corn products are provided. Whole kernels of corn are fractured into a plurality of pieces and heat treated to inactivate rancidity causing enzymes to produce whole grain corn products of which more than about... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20070237881 - Rainbow cake - process of creating rainbow effect: A process to create a unique and distinctive colorful marbled rainbow effect for a cake. Many cakes are marbled but this process will be unique and distinctive each time.... Agent: Annette Marques

20070237883 - Method for processing meat: A method of processing meat scarcely dripping upon defrosting and maintaining delicious taste, including a step of aging meats of fishes, edible birds, or animals while maintaining the temperature at the central portion from 1° C. to 8° C., a step of cutting, washing them, then a step of packing... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070237884 - Banana pepper salsa: A banana pepper salsa formulation comprises banana peppers being present in the formulation in a concentration of between about 35 and about 38 percent by weight. Chopped onions are present in the salsa formulation in a concentration of between about 1.8 and about 2.6 per cent by weight. Vegetable oil... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070237885 - Process for the isolation of limonoid glucosides from citrus: A method for producing isolated limonoid glucoside compounds is disclosed which includes extracting a quantity of defatted citrus seed powder with a solvent, filtering the resulting extract to yield a particle free extract and concentrating the particle free extract to yield a concentrate. The concentrate is loaded onto an ion... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070231424 - Long-duration encapsulated flavors and chewing gum using same: A chewing gum composition comprises about 5% to about 95% gum base, about 5% to about 96% bulking and sweetening agents, and about 0.1% to about 15% flavor, wherein at least part of the flavor is a long-duration flavor material comprising a vinyl polymer encapsulated matrix. The matrix itself includes... Agent: Wrigley & Dreyfus 28455 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070231427 - Spray-formed confectionery product, apparatus and method: The present disclosure provides apparatuses, methods, and products, directed to confectionery products containing a melted gum base composition. A dispensing device sprays particles of a molten gum base composition onto an edible substrate. The molten gum base composition solidifies to form the melted gum base composition. The melted gum base... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070231432 - Sales methods for a printed comestible product: The present disclosure provides edible products having edible advertising indicia printed directly on the product. The product may be wrapped in a transparent wrapper exposing the edible advertising indicia to a consumer. The present disclosure further provides methods for advertising which include distributing to consumers edible products having edible advertising... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070231425 - Non-contact printed comestible products and apparatus and method for producing same: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, methods and products directed to non-contact printing of confectionery products. The confectionery products may include an edible substrate having a surface and an edible ink printed on the edible surface. The edible ink may cover at least about 5% of the surface. An apparatus... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070231426 - Center-filled chewing gum piece, and apparatus and method for making same: A dual-filled gum piece is provided having a first cavity filled with a liquid filling and a second cavity filled with a powder filling. The gum pieces are produced by extruding a gum rope having two separate channels respectively filled with liquid and powder, sizing and shaping the gum rope,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070231428 - Tea-flavored beer: The present invention relates to the preparation of a white tea flavored beer notwithstanding the difficulty associated with the production of a well balanced tea flavored beer due that is associated with the compound effects of tea astringency and the bitterness and harshness of the beer. Nevertheless savory and floral... Agent: James W. Kerr

20070231429 - Methods for rapid production and usage of biogenerated flavors: A stabilized, natural biogenerated cheddar flavor component, which may be used to prepare food products having flavor characteristics of traditional style cheeses, and a process for manufacturing the biogenerated cheddar flavor component is provided. The cheese flavor component is stabilized against the growth of spoilage or pathogenic microorganisms therein. The... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070231430 - Extinguisher food product and method of manufacture: An extinguisher food product is provided in which the intensity level of each piece of food product is controlled. The intensity level of each piece may be a sourness level or a spiciness level. The extinguisher food product may be a hard candy, fruit snack or other snack products.... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070231431 - Disposable collapsible drink mixing container: A drink container has a liquid-tight film pouch which is collapsible into a substantially flat condition. Drink ingredients in a solid or condensed liquid state can be stored in or added to the pouch through an opening in an upper portion of the pouch. A cover with a liquid tight... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070231433 - Pack for doughy food products in portions: Pack for doughy food products in portions which comprises a protective case in the shape of a book box made up of a plastic monoblock part with two covers facing each other and joined to a spine, capable of being swung open, and, jutting out from the covers, lateral edges... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070231434 - Non-contact printed comestible products and apparatus and method for producing same: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for non-contact printing on comestible products. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a slab of an edible substrate and a non-contact printing device for printing an edible ink on the slab. The apparatus provides versatility as the printing device may be placed... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070231435 - Non-contact printed edible product and method for producing same: The present disclosure provides non-contact printed comestible products and methods for making these products. The comestible products include an edible substrate and an edible ink-indicia on the substrate. An organoleptic component which corresponds to a feature of the edible ink-indicia and/or a feature of the edible substrate is present on... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070231436 - Method of baking frozen dough pieces: The invention relates to a method of baking frozen dough pieces using a multi-step baking program that yields a baked product that is essentially indistinguishable from a baked product prepared from freshly prepared non-frozen dough. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a method of baking a frozen dough piece... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070231437 - Dry milling process for the production of ethanol and feed with highly digestible protein: The present invention generally relates to a non-heat treated high amino acid feed and to the dry milling process used to produce the feed and ethanol. In particular, the invention relates to a high amino acid feed having highly digestible proteins including amino acid residues substantially free of thermal input... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC

20070231438 - Antioxidant and its use: An antioxidant containing ascorbic acid dissolved into a liquid carrier substance of a short-chained alcohol. The antioxidant is fat-soluble and is applicable to be added to food fat or oil in order to delay or prevent the development of rancidity in the preparation.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070231440 - Frozen dessert comprising tofu puree: A frozen dessert includes: 20 to 80% by mass of a tofu puree containing particles, the tofu puree having physicochemical properties of: (a) viscosity of 20 to 3,000 mPa·s; (b) dynamic storage elastic modulus of 0.2 to 600 Pa; (c) dynamic loss elastic modulus of 0.2 to 250 Pa; and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070231439 - Method of improving the stability and quality of frozen desserts: Processes for maintaining the stability and quality of frozen desserts during storage and transportation, including an improvement. This improvement process involves introducing a gas mixture into the dispersed phase of the frozen dessert. This gas mixture may be a low molecular weight gas mixture or a high molecular weight gas... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070231441 - Edible film having improved sealing properties: An edible film useful for packaging food additives is disclosed. The film generally includes an edible film-forming resin, a plasticizer, a compatibilizer, and optional secondary additives. The resulting edible film has favorable heat seal properties, being able to form an acceptable heat seal over temperature ranges of at least about... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070231442 - Acidic milk drink: It is intended to provide an acidic milk drink with a favorable flavor which has an excellent quality stability and a light texture required for low calorie drinks even at a low milk solid non-fat content in the acidic milk drink. Namely, an acidic milk drink characterized by containing polydextrose... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070231443 - Concenrated coffee extract and process for producing the same: The present invention has an object of providing a concentrated coffee extract which is rich in aroma component released when the roasted coffee beans are ground and has an amount of coffee oil controllable in accordance with the use and purpose, and a process for industrially producing the same. According... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070231444 - Beverage packed in sealed container: An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage packed in a sealed container, which can suppress occurrence of precipitation for a long period and retain high flavor. The above-described problem can be overcome by containing (1) theanine ranging from 100 mg to 1000 mg and (2) quinic... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070231445 - Method for decaffeinating tea: The invention relates to a method for decaffeinating tea (Camellia sinensis). The method consists of using, as an extraction agent, a carbon dioxide which is compressed of a pressure greater than 50 and up to 100 MPa.... Agent: Joseph J Orlando Bucknam And Archer

20070231446 - Method for producing oil and fat composition with reduced trans-fatty acid content and processed oil and fat product containing the oil and fat composition: A method for producing an oil and fat composition includes the steps of (a) mixing an oil and fat (A) wherein fatty acids with 14 or less carbon atoms are contained in an amount of 50 to 100% by mass of the entire constituent fatty acids of the triglycerides with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070231447 - Sterol compositions and methods of making same: The present invention provides compositions of sterol and monoglyceride, methods of making such compositions, and methods of making food products containing the compositions, such as beverages.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Henry W. Oliver Building

20070231448 - Allergen reduction method, method of producing allergen-reduced albumen, method of producing allergen-reduced albumen composition, and allergen-reduced food product: It is aimed to provide an allergen reduction method which can be carried out without the need for a large or complicated apparatus and which allows an allergen content to be reduced while maintaining basic characteristics intrinsic to albumen, such as texture, foaming property, and foam stability, a method of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070231449 - Non-starchy rice bran polysaccharides: A method is disclosed for the preparation of a novel composition comprising non-starchy polysaccharides derived from rice bran. The polysaccharides may be obtained from stabilized rice bran as well as commercially available products, such as RiSolubles.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070231450 - Protein system and food products including same: A protein system for food products containing a moisture source is provided comprising a combination of intact proteins, casein, and partially hydrolyzed dairy protein and partially hydrolyzed legume protein in a total amount effective to reduce mixing time and/or shear requirements, and reduce firmness development during processing and storage of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070231452 - Spice forms: The present invention describes an article comprising spice, a method of manufacturing the article, and a use of the article in cooking foods. The article includes a solid form comprising at least one spice. The method of producing the article includes pressing a spice powder, packing flaked spice into a... Agent: James R. Williams

20070231451 - Food product with a condiment filling portion: A food product having a tubular body portion and a condiment filling portion, the tubular body portion having a first open outer end and a second open outer end, and the condiment filing portion provided within the tubular body portion between the first open outer end and the second open... Agent: George A. Rolston

20070231453 - Nanoparticulated whey proteins: The present invention relates to a method for producing whey proteins in nanoparticulated form and to the nanoparticulated whey proteins thus obtained. Specifically, the present invention pertains to the use of these nanoparticulated whey proteins as emulsifiers, fat substitute, micellar casein substitute, whitening, foaming, texturizing and/or filling agents.... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070231454 - Method for production of indigestible dextrin comprising isoglucose: The present invention provides a low-cost method for production of isoglucose comprising indigestible dextrin with a high value of use in foods and beverages. This method comprises the following step (A) and at least one of the subsequent steps (B) and (C). (A) steps of acting glucoamylase on pyrodextrin comprising... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070231456 - Combination candy pop and flavored dip: A candy food product comprises a candy pop having a confectionery product formed and supported at a top of a holder, and a container for storing a candy syrup. The container further comprises a basin having a closed bottom and sides and an open top, and a lid sealingly engagable... Agent: Robert M. Downey, P.A.

20070231455 - Partially neutralized polycarboxylic acids for acid-sanding: c