Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products inventions 10/08

20080260892 - Animal feed: Colored animal feeds, especially red and blue feeds, promote weight gain in animals, particularly poultry and swine. Colored feeds particularly promote weight gain in the first seven days leading to much improved weight at shipping. A concentrate having from about 1 wt % to about 15 wt % of a... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080260896 - Application of crude glycerin for improved livestock production: Methods for using or incorporating glycerin in animal feeds are disclosed. Animal feeds including the glycerin are also disclosed, as well as methods of feeding such animal feeds to animals.... Agent: Archer Daniels Midland Company

20080260898 - Compositions comprising probiotic and sweetener components: t

20080260893 - Foodstuff to promote a healthy gastrointestinal tract:

20080260897 - Method of treating dehydration in large mammals: A re-hydration supplement composition particularly suitable to counteract dehydration stresses in mature bovine mammals in the form of a pelletized feed supplement is disclosed which includes relatively large fractions of carbohydrates including saccharides, cationic and anionic electrolytes and a minor amount of betaine osmolyte. A process for pelleting is also... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080260895 - Milk replacer composition and product and method for producing the same: A method for producing a milk replacer composition formulated for young livestock includes mixing glycerol with a powder base composition or a fluid base composition.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080260894 - Use of a multi-protease system to improve the protein digestibility of animal feeds containing vegetable meals: Disclosed is a method for improving the digestibility and amino acid profile of proteinaceous animal feed products by the use of a combination of acidic, alkaline and/or neutral proteases. The selection and amounts of the proteases is based on the particular animal feed product and on the conditions of the... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Davis Brown Tower

20080260899 - Chewing gum piece and process for making the same: The invention relates to a chewing gum piece comprising at least one inner filling (2) being enclosed by sugarless chewing gum substance (1), said chewing gum piece being provided with an anti-sticking agent (4), and said chewing gum piece being provided with a coating (6) at least partly encapsulating said... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080260901 - Chewing gum having modified release: The invention relates to a chewing gum having modified release, said chewing gum comprising at least one resinous polyester polymer in an amount from about 0.1% to about 70% by weight of said chewing gum, and at least one non-polyester elastomer in an amount from about ½% to about 70%... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080260900 - Degradable polymer for chewing gum: There is provided a chewing gum comprising at least one chewing gum polyester polymer, wherein at least a first part of said polyester polymer is obtainable by condensation polymerization and at least a further part of said polyester polymer is obtainable by ring-opening polymerization.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080260903 - Phospholipase: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080260902 - Process for increasing throughput of corn for oil extraction: Corn oil is extracted from corn to form a corn meal. Processing the corn grain to obtain the oil, meal, and other product streams generally includes dividing the corn kernel by fractionating to create a higher oil fraction and a lower oil fraction, forming a solvent extractable structure from the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080260904 - Packaged powder composition for bakery: The present invention relates to a new product for bakery industry comprising a stable powdered composition, said powdered composition comprising active yeast and a bread improvement composition, and optionally a bread flavour composition. The present invention also relates to its use and a process for its preparation.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260905 - Dairy product and process: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a dairy flavour ingredient, with an intense dairy flavour and low pH especially suitable for flavouring dairy products which are produced by “rapid” dairy technologies. The process includes blending a dairy based protein with an acid producing producing bacteria, fermenting... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260906 - Compositions comprising probiotic and sweetener components: e

20080260907 - Water purifier and cooler, bottle and cap cleaner, and water filler and nutrient mixer: An automated apparatus that sterilizes and refills beverage containers with filtered water and any number of additives or ingredients such as nutrients, health supplements, caffeine, flavorings, vitamins, sweeteners, coloring agents, medicines, etc. The apparatus allows consumers, including home consumers, to produce, customize and “bottle” their own flavored and fortified filtered... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080260910 - Compositions useful as livestock feeds: Compositions suitable for use as livestock feed mixes produced by combination of zeolites and/or activated carbons with at least one by-product of ethanol-producing or other fermentation processes. Vitamins, minerals and/or other substances may be added to the zeolites and/or activated carbons to further increase the nutritional value of the feed... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20080260909 - Hydrolyzed, spray dried, agglomerated grain powder and drinkable food products: A drinkable food product comprises a liquid and a hydrolyzed, dried, agglomerated grain powder.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260908 - Stabilizer system for food and beverage products: A stabilizer system comprising blends of cellulose, lambda-carrageenan, and guar gum. Food products and beverages, such as energy drinks, are prepared with the stabilizer blends.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260911 - Method for manufacturing coffee beverage using filtered extract: A method for manufacturing a coffee beverage is provided that is capable of efficiently removing precipitating components and turbid components from a highly concentrated coffee extract 1, and that is also capable of addressing increases in the production volume of the coffee beverage without particularly large changes being made to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080260912 - Foam branding process and apparatus therefor: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for branding a foam portion formed on the surface of a liquid beverage disposed in a container. The process includes providing a heat source defining an area corresponding to the shape of a desired brand to be formed in the foam and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080260913 - Meat compositions comprising colored structured protein products: The invention provides animal meat compositions and simulated animal meat compositions. In particular, the meat compositions comprise colored structured protein products along with other ingredients.... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080260914 - Extruded ready-to-eat cereal pieces containing encapsulated flavor particles, cereal composition and method: A ready-to-eat cereal is provided. The ready-to-eat cereal product contains encapsulated flavor particles throughout the dough of the product that withstand a cooker/extruder and rupture upon human mastication. The encapsulated flavor particles provide a delayed and intense flavor to the consumer.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260915 - Method and apparatus for producing dry food supplements from fruits, vegetables, and other sources: A method for producing a dry food supplement with a flaky, powdery, or granular consistency from a selected moist source material includes a step of providing the moist source or starting material. This starting material to be dried is suspended or floated on a heat-transfer film on the surface of... Agent: Law Office Of Terry L. Miller

20080260916 - Method for treating foodstuffs, particularly for preserving fresh sausage or meat products: The invention relates to method for the treatment of foodstuffs, especially for preserving fresh sausage or meat products, by means of a time-limited temperature and/or pressure or high-pressure influence, and for placing the product on the market thereafter, wherein the already packed product is subjected to the treatment step and... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080260917 - Self-venting composite polymeric film: The use of a heat-sealable, composite film comprising a polymeric substrate layer having a first and second surface and disposed on a surface of the substrate layer a barrier layer, wherein (i) the substrate layer has one or more venting means therein; (ii) the thickness of the barrier layer is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080260918 - Manufacturing method of three-dimensional food by rapid prototyping: This invention discloses a manufacturing method for producing three-dimensional food in a very short time without using a mold. The key technology is to establish a figure or word character in a computer-aided design (CAD) software such as CATIA, Pro/E, I-Deals, Solidwork, and AutoCAD or use a built-in figure and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080260919 - Color emulsion and emulsifying agent composition as well as use thereof: This invention relates to an emulsifying agent composition for emulsifying a liposoluble color in a foodstuff. This being, it is provided that the emulsifying agent composition comprises at least one lecithin and at least one sugar ester of fatty acids as well as an emulsifying agent composition for the emulsion.... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080260920 - Method for packaging and storing fresh meat products: A method of treating and storing fresh meat products includes applying an aqueous pH-modified solution in an effective amount to a surface of a fresh meat product at a surface penetrating force. The aqueous pH-modified solution that is applied has a pH that is compatible with the meat product and... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080260921 - Process for producing ready-to-eat chow mein (fried noodle): The present invention provides a process for producing ready-to-eat chow mein which can afford such a feeling and fragrant flavor as experienced when we eat the chow mein baked on a hot iron plate. It mixes floor, starch, table salt, water and the like to form a material and kneads... Agent: William L. Androlia Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

20080260922 - Method for treating raw and processed grains and starches: A method of decontaminating grain, nut, or seed products and a method for conditioning grain in a milling process for decontamination and to produce an improved milled product which will yield baked goods, for example, of increased size and extended shelf life. In the decontamination and/or conditioning procedure, the grain,... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080260923 - Nutritional products having improved quality and methods and systems regarding same: Nutritional formulas and methods for producing same are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a nutritional composition produced in a process requiring a heating step, the composition comprising a reduced amount of undesirable reaction products formed from chemical reactions between proteins and carbohydrates during exposure to heat. For... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080260924 - Composition comprising five kinds of processed fruit or vegetables: The present invention discloses a nutritional composition, comprising at least five kinds of processed fruit/vegetables: green processed fruit/vegetables, yellow/orange processed fruit/vegetables, white processed fruit/vegetables, red processed fruit/vegetables, and blue/purple processed fruit/vegetables. Moreover, the composition may further comprise at least one kind of artificially-added phytochemical, which is selected from the group... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080260925 - Means for replacing common sugars if foods for enhanced nutrition: A means for replacing common sugars (particularly sucrose) in a range of foods that maximizes sugar-like taste, texture and other key properties of sugar while minimizing the undesirable traits such as blood sugar response, digestive side effects, high caloric content and aftertastes. Various differing ratios and combinations of high intensity... Agent: Mark S. Hubert P.C.

20080260926 - Frozen microwavable bakery products: A frozen microwavable bakery product having an open grain structure including from about 40 to about 58% by weight of a cereal grain flour having high protein content. The bakery product has a yeast leavened bread dough matrix including from about 4 to about 8 weight percent of a blend... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080260927 - Method and apparatus for preparing beverage suitable for consumption: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption from at least two ingredients and an amount of liquid such as water which is supplied to the ingredients, wherein a first ingredient comprises a substance to be extracted such as ground coffee,... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20080260928 - Flexible pad for preparing a beverage: A flexible pad for preparing a beverage comprising: a filter bag defining a storage volume; the storage volume containing a water-soluble composition or a combination or mixture of water-soluble compositions for forming a beverage; wherein the storage volume further contains a plurality of non-soluble absorbent particles having a particle size,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080260929 - Expression of fatty acid desaturases in corn: The invention relates generally to the expression of desaturase enzymes in transgenic corn plants and compositions derived therefrom. In particular, the invention relates to the production of oils with improved omega-3 fatty acid profiles in corn plants and the seed oils produced thereby. Such oils may contain stearidonic acid, which... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080260930 - Novel canola cultivars having high yield and stabilized fatty acid profiles: According to the invention, there are provided novel canola cultivars, seeds of canola cultivars, to the plants, or plant parts, of novel canola cultivars and to methods for producing a canola plants produced by crossing the novel canola cultivars with themselves or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants... Agent: Edgar R. Cataxinos Traskbritt

20080260931 - Intermolecular compounds of fatty acid triglycerides: There are provided an intermolecular compound of (a) di-saturated medium chain fatty acids mono-saturated long chain fatty acid triglyceride and (b) 1,3-di-saturated long chain fatty acids 2-mono-unsaturated long chain fatty acid triglyceride, of which a long spacing value by X-ray diffraction is 65 Å or more, and foods containing the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080260932 - Corn plant and seed corresponding to transgenic event mon89034 and methods for detection and use thereof: The present invention provides a transgenic corn event MON89034, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said corn event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said corn event nucleotide sequences... Agent: Monsanto Company

20080260933 - Certain plants with \"no saturate\" or reduced saturate levels of fatty acids in seeds, and oil derived from the seeds: The subject invention provides “no sat” canola oil. The subject invention also provides seeds that can be used to produce such oils. Plants that produce these seeds are also included within the subject invention. All of this was surprisingly achieved by using a delta-9 desaturase gene in canola. This technology... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080260934 - Food for preventing fatness and hyperlipemia: The present invention is related to food for preventing fatness and hyperlipidemia, which shows prominent effects capable of providing food excellent for preventing fatness and hyperlipidemiaby preparing powders or mixed powders, boiling water extracts or ethanol extracts of plants containing plenty of bioflavonoid substances, polyphenolic substances or diet fibers, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260935 - Reversitall anti-oxidant grape product, method of making, method of using, and apparatus for producing: Reversitall is a unique anti-oxidant grape product, and includes a unique combination of beneficial organic chemicals, including trans-resveratrol, trans-viniferin, and oligostuibines. This product is produced from grape cane, red wine and raw grape juice. The grape product is usable as a food supplement having beneficial anti-oxidant properties. A method of... Agent: Law Office Of Terry L. Miller

20080260892 - Animal feed: Colored animal feeds, especially red and blue feeds, promote weight gain in animals, particularly poultry and swine. Colored feeds particularly promote weight gain in the first seven days leading to much improved weight at shipping. A concentrate having from about 1 wt % to about 15 wt % of a... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080260896 - Application of crude glycerin for improved livestock production: Methods for using or incorporating glycerin in animal feeds are disclosed. Animal feeds including the glycerin are also disclosed, as well as methods of feeding such animal feeds to animals.... Agent: Archer Daniels Midland Company

20080260898 - Compositions comprising probiotic and sweetener components: t

20080260893 - Foodstuff to promote a healthy gastrointestinal tract:

20080260897 - Method of treating dehydration in large mammals: A re-hydration supplement composition particularly suitable to counteract dehydration stresses in mature bovine mammals in the form of a pelletized feed supplement is disclosed which includes relatively large fractions of carbohydrates including saccharides, cationic and anionic electrolytes and a minor amount of betaine osmolyte. A process for pelleting is also... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080260895 - Milk replacer composition and product and method for producing the same: A method for producing a milk replacer composition formulated for young livestock includes mixing glycerol with a powder base composition or a fluid base composition.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080260894 - Use of a multi-protease system to improve the protein digestibility of animal feeds containing vegetable meals: Disclosed is a method for improving the digestibility and amino acid profile of proteinaceous animal feed products by the use of a combination of acidic, alkaline and/or neutral proteases. The selection and amounts of the proteases is based on the particular animal feed product and on the conditions of the... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Davis Brown Tower

20080260899 - Chewing gum piece and process for making the same: The invention relates to a chewing gum piece comprising at least one inner filling (2) being enclosed by sugarless chewing gum substance (1), said chewing gum piece being provided with an anti-sticking agent (4), and said chewing gum piece being provided with a coating (6) at least partly encapsulating said... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080260901 - Chewing gum having modified release: The invention relates to a chewing gum having modified release, said chewing gum comprising at least one resinous polyester polymer in an amount from about 0.1% to about 70% by weight of said chewing gum, and at least one non-polyester elastomer in an amount from about ½% to about 70%... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080260900 - Degradable polymer for chewing gum: There is provided a chewing gum comprising at least one chewing gum polyester polymer, wherein at least a first part of said polyester polymer is obtainable by condensation polymerization and at least a further part of said polyester polymer is obtainable by ring-opening polymerization.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080260903 - Phospholipase: The present invention is related to a method for producing a phospholipase by processing an expressed fungal peptide and to certain specified phospholipases. Furthermore the invention provides a method for producing cheese with a phospholipase.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080260902 - Process for increasing throughput of corn for oil extraction: Corn oil is extracted from corn to form a corn meal. Processing the corn grain to obtain the oil, meal, and other product streams generally includes dividing the corn kernel by fractionating to create a higher oil fraction and a lower oil fraction, forming a solvent extractable structure from the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080260904 - Packaged powder composition for bakery: The present invention relates to a new product for bakery industry comprising a stable powdered composition, said powdered composition comprising active yeast and a bread improvement composition, and optionally a bread flavour composition. The present invention also relates to its use and a process for its preparation.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260905 - Dairy product and process: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a dairy flavour ingredient, with an intense dairy flavour and low pH especially suitable for flavouring dairy products which are produced by “rapid” dairy technologies. The process includes blending a dairy based protein with an acid producing producing bacteria, fermenting... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080260906 - Compositions comprising probiotic and sweetener components: e

20080260907 - Water purifier and cooler, bottle and cap cleaner, and water filler and nutrient mixer: An automated apparatus that sterilizes and refills beverage containers with filtered water and any number of additives or ingredients such as nutrients, health supplements, caffeine, flavorings, vitamins, sweeteners, coloring agents, medicines, etc. The apparatus allows consumers, including home consumers, to produce, customize and “bottle” their own flavored and fortified filtered... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080260910 - Compositions useful as livestock feeds: Compositions suitable for use as livestock feed mixes produced by combination of zeolites and/or activated carbons with at least one by-product of ethanol-producing or other fermentation processes. Vitamins, minerals and/or other substances may be added to the zeolites and/or activated carbons to further increase the nutritional value of the feed... Agent: Lampel & Associates, P.C.

20080260909 - Hydrolyzed, spray dried, agglomerated grain powder and drinkable food products: A drinkable food product comprises a liquid and a hydrolyzed, dried, agglomerated grain powder.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260908 - Stabilizer system for food and beverage products: A stabilizer system comprising blends of cellulose, lambda-carrageenan, and guar gum. Food products and beverages, such as energy drinks, are prepared with the stabilizer blends.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260911 - Method for manufacturing coffee beverage using filtered extract: A method for manufacturing a coffee beverage is provided that is capable of efficiently removing precipitating components and turbid components from a highly concentrated coffee extract 1, and that is also capable of addressing increases in the production volume of the coffee beverage without particularly large changes being made to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080260912 - Foam branding process and apparatus therefor: The present invention provides a process and apparatus for branding a foam portion formed on the surface of a liquid beverage disposed in a container. The process includes providing a heat source defining an area corresponding to the shape of a desired brand to be formed in the foam and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080260913 - Meat compositions comprising colored structured protein products: The invention provides animal meat compositions and simulated animal meat compositions. In particular, the meat compositions comprise colored structured protein products along with other ingredients.... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080260914 - Extruded ready-to-eat cereal pieces containing encapsulated flavor particles, cereal composition and method: A ready-to-eat cereal is provided. The ready-to-eat cereal product contains encapsulated flavor particles throughout the dough of the product that withstand a cooker/extruder and rupture upon human mastication. The encapsulated flavor particles provide a delayed and intense flavor to the consumer.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080260915 - Method and apparatus for producing dry food supplements from fruits, vegetables, and other sources: A method for producing a dry food supplement with a flaky, powdery, or granular consistency from a selected moist source material includes a step of providing the moist source or starting material. This starting material to be dried is suspended or floated on a heat-transfer film on the surface of... Agent: Law Office Of Terry L. Miller

20080260916 - Method for treating foodstuffs, particularly for preserving fresh sausage or meat products: The invention relates to method for the treatment of foodstuffs, especially for preserving fresh sausage or meat products, by means of a time-limited temperature and/or pressure or high-pressure influence, and for placing the product on the market thereafter, wherein the already packed product is subjected to the treatment step and... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080260917 - Self-venting composite polymeric film: The use of a heat-sealable, composite film comprising a polymeric substrate layer having a first and second surface and disposed on a surface of the substrate layer a barrier layer, wherein (i) the substrate layer has one or more venting means therein; (ii) the thickness of the barrier layer is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080260918 - Manufacturing method of three-dimensional food by rapid prototyping: This invention discloses a manufacturing method for producing three-dimensional food in a very short time without using a mold. The key technology is to establish a figure or word character in a computer-aided design (CAD) software such as CATIA, Pro/E, I-Deals, Solidwork, and AutoCAD or use a built-in figure and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080260919 - Color emulsion and emulsifying agent composition as well as use thereof: This invention relates to an emulsifying agent composition for emulsifying a liposoluble color in a foodstuff. This being, it is provided that the emulsifying agent composition comprises at least one lecithin and at least one sugar ester of fatty acids as well as an emulsifying agent composition for the emulsion.... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080260920 - Method for packaging and storing fresh meat products: A method of treating and storing fresh meat products includes applying an aqueous pH-modified solution in an effective amount to a surface of a fresh meat product at a surface penetrating force. The aqueous pH-modified solution that is applied has a pH that is compatible with the meat product and... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080260921 - Process for producing ready-to-eat chow mein (fried noodle): The present invention provides a process for producing ready-to-eat chow mein which can afford such a feeling and fragrant flavor as experienced when we eat the chow mein baked on a hot iron plate. It mixes floor, starch, table salt, water and the like to form a material and kneads... Agent: William L. Androlia Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

20080260922 - Method for treating raw and processed grains and starches: A method of decontaminating grain, nut, or seed products and a method for conditioning grain in a milling process for decontamination and to produce an improved milled product which will yield baked goods, for example, of increased size and extended shelf life. In the decontamination and/or conditioning procedure, the grain,... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080260923 - Nutritional products having improved quality and methods and systems regarding same: Nutritional formulas and methods for producing same are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a nutritional composition produced in a process requiring a heating step, the composition comprising a reduced amount of undesirable reaction products formed from chemical reactions between proteins and carbohydrates during exposure to heat. For... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080260924 - Composition comprising five kinds of processed fruit or vegetables: The present invention discloses a nutritional composition, comprising at least five kinds of processed fruit/vegetables: green processed fruit/vegetables, yellow/orange processed fruit/vegetables, white processed fruit/vegetables, red processed fruit/vegetables, and blue/purple processed fruit/vegetables. Moreover, the composition may further comprise at least one kind of artificially-added phytochemical, which is selected from the group... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080260925 - Means for replacing common sugars if foods for enhanced nutrition: A means for replacing common sugars (particularly sucrose) in a range of foods that maximizes sugar-like taste, texture and other key properties of sugar while minimizing the undesirable traits such as blood sugar response, digestive side effects, high caloric content and aftertastes. Various differing ratios and combinations of high intensity... Agent: Mark S. Hubert P.C.

20080260926 - Frozen microwavable bakery products: A frozen microwavable bakery product having an open grain structure including from about 40 to about 58% by weight of a cereal grain flour having high protein content. The bakery product has a yeast leavened bread dough matrix including from about 4 to about 8 weight percent of a blend... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080260927 - Method and apparatus for preparing beverage suitable for consumption: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption from at least two ingredients and an amount of liquid such as water which is supplied to the ingredients, wherein a first ingredient comprises a substance to be extracted such as ground coffee,... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20080260928 - Flexible pad for preparing a beverage: A flexible pad for preparing a beverage comprising: a filter bag defining a storage volume; the storage volume containing a water-soluble composition or a combination or mixture of water-soluble compositions for forming a beverage; wherein the storage volume further contains a plurality of non-soluble absorbent particles having a particle size,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080260929 - Expression of fatty acid desaturases in corn: The invention relates generally to the expression of desaturase enzymes in transgenic corn plants and compositions derived therefrom. In particular, the invention relates to the production of oils with improved omega-3 fatty acid profiles in corn plants and the seed oils produced thereby. Such oils may contain stearidonic acid, which... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080260930 - Novel canola cultivars having high yield and stabilized fatty acid profiles: According to the invention, there are provided novel canola cultivars, seeds of canola cultivars, to the plants, or plant parts, of novel canola cultivars and to methods for producing a canola plants produced by crossing the novel canola cultivars with themselves or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants... Agent: Edgar R. Cataxinos Traskbritt

20080260931 - Intermolecular compounds of fatty acid triglycerides: There are provided an intermolecular compound of (a) di-saturated medium chain fatty acids mono-saturated long chain fatty acid triglyceride and (b) 1,3-di-saturated long chain fatty acids 2-mono-unsaturated long chain fatty acid triglyceride, of which a long spacing value by X-ray diffraction is 65 Å or more, and foods containing the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080260932 - Corn plant and seed corresponding to transgenic event mon89034 and methods for detection and use thereof: The present invention provides a transgenic corn event MON89034, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said corn event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said corn event nucleotide sequences... Agent: Monsanto Company

20080260933 - Certain plants with \"no saturate\" or reduced saturate levels of fatty acids in seeds, and oil derived from the seeds: The subject invention provides “no sat” canola oil. The subject invention also provides seeds that can be used to produce such oils. Plants that produce these seeds are also included within the subject invention. All of this was surprisingly achieved by using a delta-9 desaturase gene in canola. This technology... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080260934 - Food for preventing fatness and hyperlipemia: The present invention is related to food for preventing fatness and hyperlipidemia, which shows prominent effects capable of providing food excellent for preventing fatness and hyperlipidemiaby preparing powders or mixed powders, boiling water extracts or ethanol extracts of plants containing plenty of bioflavonoid substances, polyphenolic substances or diet fibers, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080260935 - Reversitall anti-oxidant grape product, method of making, method of using, and apparatus for producing: Reversitall is a unique anti-oxidant grape product, and includes a unique combination of beneficial organic chemicals, including trans-resveratrol, trans-viniferin, and oligostuibines. This product is produced from grape cane, red wine and raw grape juice. The grape product is usable as a food supplement having beneficial anti-oxidant properties. A method of... Agent: Law Office Of Terry L. Miller

20080254163 - Method for preventing defective ageing of white wines: The invention relates to a method for preparing a wine in such a way as to prevent the problems of defective ageing, according to which yeast which has been previously enriched in glutathione is introduced into the must at the beginning, during or following the alcoholic fermentation. Said enriched yeast... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080254164 - Process for packaging wine in aluminum cans: A filled two-piece aluminium can contains a wine that has less than 35 ppm of free SO2, less than 300 ppm of chlorides, less than 800 ppm of sulfates, and less than 250 ppm of total sulfur dioxide. The can is sealed with an aluminium closure such that the pressure... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080254165 - Novel manufacturing process for milk acid: The process consists of manufacturing milk acid from milk sugar by lactic fermentation process. The milk sugar is obtained as permeate from ultra-filtration of milk or from cheese or casein whey both in liquid, concentrate or dry form. The milk acid is separated and purified by a combination of membrane... Agent: Integrated Dairy Technologies

20080254166 - Food additives containing combinations of prebiotics and probiotics: Disclosed herein is a food additive containing at least one fiber source selected from the group consisting of digestion-resistant starch, digestion-resistant maltodextrin, digestion-resistant soluble fiber dextrin, digestion-resistant glucose syrup, pullulan, digestion-resistant hemicellulose, digestion-resistant corn syrup, digestion-resistant glucose syrup solids, digestion-resistant corn syrup solids, and digestion-resistant fructose oligomer syrup, wherein each... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20080254168 - Dried food compositions: The invention provides dried food compositions. In particular, the dried food compositions generally contain a structured protein along with other macronutrients and micronutrients.... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080254167 - Seafood compositions comprising structured protein products: The invention provides seafood meat compositions and simulated seafood meat compositions. In particular, the seafood meat compositions comprise structured protein products with protein fibers that are substantially aligned, along with other ingredients.... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080254169 - Pad for preparing a beverage: A pad for preparing a beverage comprising: an upper part comprising a rigid or semi-rigid upper element containing one or more apertures forming an inlet of the pad; a flexible lower element depending from the upper part and formed at least partially from filtering material, the filtering material forming an... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080254170 - multi-compartment produce container with controlled gas permeation: A multi-component produce container providing controlled gas transmission to a produce product stored within is disclosed. A base stores the produce therein and is sealed with an oxygen permeable film layer. A lid comprising multiple compartments for storing food ingredients therein for addition to the produce product has a barrier... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080254171 - Spreadable fruit preparation having a low content of solids and methods of manufacture: A spreadable fruit preparation having a low content of soluble solids contains fruit, sugar, citric acid, and pectin. The percent by weight of total soluble solids of the spreadable fruit preparation is less than 50 percent, the sugar content of one mL of the spreadable fruit preparation is less than... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080254173 - Beverage freshness monitoring system and method: A timer system for monitoring the freshness of a beverage in a plurality of carafes, and a method of use are disclosed. The timer system comprises a plurality of matched pairs of timers and signaling members, with each timer being individually actuateable and each signaling member being drivingly controlled by... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080254172 - Printing on comestible products: A method for applying a color image to a non-planar comestible may include applying a color image onto a substantially planar carrier and deforming the carrier to form a non-planar relief mold of a three-dimensional image, including deforming the color image whereby the deformed color image is proportionate relative to,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080254174 - Tea extracts: A tea extract comprising tea solids derived from an aqueous infusion of tea plant material, said tea extract comprising magnesium, manganese, calcium and potassium ions in such amounts that the Euclidean Distance calculated using Formula (I) in which [Mg] is the concentration of magnesium ions in ppm, [Mn] is the... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080254175 - Method for processing liquid-holdable material substance and processor for processing liquid-holdable material substance: A method for processing coffee beans (C), including the step of charging the coffee beans (C) in a vessel (10) and supplying water inside a vessel body (11) by spraying out water inside the vessel body (11) through an injection liquid charging channel (23) via a spray nozzle (23a) for... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080254176 - Method and device for subjecting co-extruded food products to an airflow in two phases: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing co-extruded food products, comprising the processing steps of: A) co-extruding an elongate dough strand and a casing enclosing the elongate dough strand to form a non-coagulated food product, B) bringing the casing into contact with a salt solution, and C) dividing the... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080254177 - Methods for extending the shelf-life of food compositions containing polyunsaturated fatty acids: A process for preparing a food composition by mixing a nutritive base with at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; cooking the resulting mixture at a temperature not less than about 50° C.; adding to the food composition at least one oxidatively protected long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and... Agent: Colgate-palmolive Company

20080254178 - Ice cream scoop and method: An ice cream scoop includes a scooping bowl and a handle coupled to the scooping bowl. The scoop defines a confection retention enclosure for receiving a candy confection therein. An aperture is provided for dispensing the confection out of the enclosure. A removable plug is used to cover the aperture... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080254179 - Novel tomato plants: The present invention relates to a new and distinct inbred tomato lines and hybrids. This invention also relates to plants and seeds of such inbred tomato lines and hybrids, and to parts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such inbred tomato... Agent: Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Patent Department

20080254180 - Low temperature extrusion process and device for energy optimized and viscosity adapted micro-structuring of frozen aerated masses: The invention describes a low temperature extrusion process and a respective device for an energy-optimized and viscosity-adapted microstructuring of frozen aerated systems like ice cream. Therewith a very finely dispersed microstructure is reached under optimized balance of viscous friction based mechanical energy dissipation (1) and transfer of dissipation heat and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080254181 - Anti-foaming device: An anti-foaming device (1) configured to reduce foaming of a fluid within a fluid reservoir (2, 3), the device including; a conduit (5) wherein the conduit (5) is in contact with at least a part of the exterior surface of the fluid reservoir (2, 3); a thermally conductive media wherein... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080254182 - Packaged flowable ice product, such as a milk shake: A combination of a machine for making and dispensing a flowable ice product such as e.g. soft ice-cream, ice cream slush, in particular milk shake, and a package for the flowable ice product. The machine for making and dispensing the flowable ice product comprises an ice product making assembly including... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080254183 - Use of abscisic acid to alter sensory characteristics of white grapes and wine: This invention describes the use of S-abscisic acid (S-ABA) to modify sensory characteristics such as aroma, bouquet, flavor, mouthfeel, astringency, balance, complexity or finish of white grapes and white wine.... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080254184 - Powder containing polyunsaturated fatty acids and process for making same: A powder containing particles, which particles include gum arabic and at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ester, where the ratio by weight of the quantity of gum arabic present in the particles to the quantity of the polyunsaturated fatty acid ester present in the particles is from about 1:1.4... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20080254185 - Sweetener compositions having improved taste: This invention provides a sweetener composition having improved taste. In a particular embodiment, the sweetener composition comprises at least one synthetic sweetener and at least one magnesium salt. Desirably, the at least one synthetic sweetener comprises aspartame, acesulfame-K, sucralose, or combinations thereof and the at least one magnesium salt comprises... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080254186 - Rice quality-improving agent: The present invention provides an improving agent for cooked rice, which can provide a frozen cooked rice having similar quality not only in mouthfeel and appearance but also in taste and smell to the ordinary cooked rice when the frozen cooked rice is thawed and heated by microwave heating. The... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080254188 - Formulations of lipophilic bioactive molecules: This invention provides aqueous and non-aqueous clear formulations including at least one lipophilic bioactive molecules and an amphiphilic solubilizing agent. Exemplary aqueous formulations include a water-soluble reducing agent, which diminishes or prevents chemical degradation of the lipophilic bioactive molecule. The invention also provides methods of using the formulations of the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080254187 - Seasoning having function of imparting kokumi taste: The present application provides a taste-improving glycopeptide, a seasoning containing the same, and a food or drink containing the seasoning. The taste-improving glycopeptide of the present invention has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000 and is composed of a sugar chain and a peptide linked to each other.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080254190 - Extraction of theaflavins: The present invention provides a process for extraction of theaflavins from tea including the step of contacting tea with an aqueous solution of urea.... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080254189 - Process for making tea extracts: The invention concerns a process for provising a tea extract which is rich in naturally occuring theanine. The process involves a cold water extraction followed by a specific nanofiltration step. Also claimed are the cold water extracts.... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080254191 - Multizymes and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding multizymes (i.e., single polypeptides having at least two independent and separable enzymatic activities) along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these multizymes in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080254192 - Delta-8 desaturases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding delta-8 desaturases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and using these delta-8 desaturases in plants.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080254193 - Edible emulsions with mineral: Edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a source of mineral and 15 to 95 wt % fat, wherein the mineral is present in the aqueous phase and wherein the mineral is in-homogenously distributed over the aqueous phase and a process for making such an emulsion.... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080254194 - Edible oil-and-water emulsion: i

20080254195 - Delta-9 elongases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and using these delta-9 elongases in plants.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080254196 - Fruit product containing sugar alcohol: A processed fruit product, for example a citrus fruit product, including a packing liquid, containing little or no sugar, and optionally containing one or more artificial sweeteners, further comprising an amount of a sugar alcohol effective to maintain integrity and/or texture of the fruit.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080254197 - Cabarb deluxe peanutchips: This abstract of the technical aspects of the Cabarb Deluxe Peanutchip represents the Quality, Nutritional, and convenience of the savvy way we're presenting a healthy and delicious snack that can and will be enjoyed by people of all ages. The Cabarb Deluxe Peanutchip will possess a natural, energy packed and... Agent: Mr. Carl L. Rogers

20080254198 - Method of preparing creatine ester salts and uses thereof: This invention discloses the method of preparation of creatine ester-salts. Creatine is an extremely popular ergogenic aid, and is found most often in the form of creatine monohydrate. Creatine monohydrate is poorly soluble in water however and while esters gain solubility, there functionality is greatly decreased. The material can be... Agent: Amin Hallihan, LLC

20080254199 - Colored structured protein products: The present invention provides a process for producing a colored structured protein product with protein fibers that are substantially aligned and the resultant product. Specifically, the plant protein is combined with a colorant and extruded, forming a colored structured protein product with protein fibers that are substantially aligned and the... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080254200 - Wheat protein and methods of production: Isolated wheat proteins that are substantially free of sulfites and compositions formed from the isolated wheat proteins are described. Methods of forming compositions which include isolated wheat proteins that are substantially free of sulfites are also described.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP Henry W. Oliver Building

20080248156 - Pet food compositions comprising two components: Pet food compositions comprising a first component comprising a source of protein, a source of fat, and a source of carbohydrate, and a second component comprising a biologic selected from the group consisting of a probiotic component; yeast; enzymes; antibodies; immunoglobulins; cytokines; and combinations thereof are useful for providing pet... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080248154 - Preparation and use of high omega-3 and omega-6 feed: A method of preparing an animal feed component by mixing at least one ground pulse product with whole or intact oilseeds is herein described. The mixture is subjected to heat of between 230 F to 350 F and pressure of between 200 to 400 psi during an extrusion process. Also... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080248155 - Use of stevensite for mycotoxin adsorption: The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising stevensite or at least one stevensite-containing component for adsorption of mycotoxins. The invention further relates to an animal feed formulation and to a process for animal feed treatment, in which this composition is used.... Agent: Scott R. Cox Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.s.c.

20080248157 - Fermenter and microwave oven having the same,their controlling method: The present invention relates to a fermenter, a microwave oven including the fermenter, and a method of controlling the fermenter and microwave oven. The fermenter of the present invention comprises a fermenter casing having one open side and defining a fermenting chamber; a fermenter door for selectively opening or closing... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080248158 - Manufacture of beer: The present invention relates to agents and processes for the improved production of beer and mixed beer beverages, wherein the main fermentation is shortened and the formation of vicinal diketones is reduced.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080248159 - Bread-making improver: A solid breadmaking improver whose dry matter consists essentially of one or two water-soluble food ingredients and at least one enzyme. The solid improver contains ascorbic acid and results, after dispersion of 10 g of improver in 100 g of distilled water, in liquid having a pH of 3.8 to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080248160 - Xylanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them: The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080248161 - Method for producing blasting fermentation-treated bagasse: The present invention is to provide a method for producing a material which contains xylo-oligosaccharides being rich in xylobiose and xylotriose, an antioxidant active substance and a dietary fiber, and which is useful as a food material and a health supplement, by a simple process, with efficiency, and at a... Agent: King & Spalding

20080248163 - Butter related food product and method: A butter related food product comprising a water component and a hydrocolloid dietary fiber component with a butter component. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the water component and the dietary fiber component are mixed to form a hydrocolloid mixture, and this mixture is in turn mixed with... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080248162 - On-demand meat tenderizing package: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a compartmented marinade package comprising a food product, such as a cut of meat, loaded into a first compartment and a frozen food additive loaded into a second compartment. The package includes a rupturable seal separating the two compartments to allow the... Agent: Sealed Air Corporation

20080248164 - Supply component for liquids and gases: The invention relates to a filled or unfilled supply component for gases or fluids, which is not required in order to carbonate, preferably, an upstream and downstream carbonator and which is, preferably, used therefore, preferably in at least one booster pump which allows a carbonated liquid to flow through, and,... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20080248166 - Dessert decoration system and method: A food decoration is provided that includes an image imprinted on a substrate, a support member for supporting the substrate on the food, and an attachment that affixes the substrate to the support. A system is also provided that includes an electronic apparatus adapted to store, and in some cases... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080248165 - Embossed cereal piece: A food piece with a first dough sheet having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, and a first peripheral edge. The food piece also includes a second dough sheet having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, and a second peripheral edge. The first peripheral edge of... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080248168 - Frozen microwaveable dough products: A frozen microwavable dough product is disclosed which can be placed from the frozen state directly into a baking oven, such as a microwave oven, without “slack time,” producing a baked bread product that is acceptable to consumers. Some embodiments can contain a partially or fully enrobed portion containing various... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080248167 - Processed meat products comprising structured protein products: The present invention provides processed meat compositions comprising structured protein products having substantially aligned protein fibers and reprocessed meat products. The processed meat products of the invention have improved nutritional profiles and favorable textural characteristics.... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080248169 - Multi-colored cake cones: The present invention relates to a multi-colored baked cake cone typically for holding ice cream or other confection novelties. This cone is made of a dough bi-layer that includes at least a first layer of a conventional cake dough that contains sugar and a second layer of a modified cake... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080248170 - Re-usable toy candy stick with a holding ring and a cross guard plate: A toy candy stick is provided. The candy stick according to current application is comprised of a holding ring and a cross-guard plate. A stick candy is engaged to the center of a face of the cross-guard plate. Various kind of engaging grooves are formed at the center of the... Agent: Eugene Oak

20080248171 - Ice cream package: An ice cream scoop package includes one or more recesses in a bottom portion of the package for holding a respective scoop of ice cream. A package can include several scoops of ice cream of different flavors for extremely quick and easy serving in a bowl or in a cone,... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080248172 - Nutritional support for servings: A method for substantiating servings based on nutritional guidelines and formulating food products to nutritional guidelines is disclosed. Preferably, a method for substantiating fruit and/or vegetable servings and formulating based on nutritional guidelines for fruit and/or vegetables is disclosed.... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20080248173 - Microwave cooking container with sequential venting arrangement: A device to improve microwave cooking is described. The device (10) comprises a plurality of containers (12, 22) that include a venting mechanism (15, 25) on each container (12, 22). On of the containers (12) defines a first volume (14) for holding food. Another container (22) defines a second volume... Agent: David W Carrithers Carrithers Law Office, PLLC

20080248174 - Process for obtaining a soft white milk-based coating and coating so obtained: The invention relates to a process for soft white milk-based coating of hard, soft, chewy or chocolate centres for the production of confectionery products characterised in that the coating mixture is a mixture comprising milk or milk derivative, a syrup of one or more carbohydrates selected from the group consisting... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080248175 - Kokumi flavour compounds and use: The invention relates to gamma-glutamyl and beta-asparagyl peptide compounds of formula (I) that provide a kokumi flavour to consumables and flavour compositions, and to consumables and flavour compositions comprising such compounds. Enzymatic methods to prepare the compounds are provided.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080248177 - 3- and 4-methyl dodecenal and their use in fragrance and flavour compositions: 3- and 4-Methyl-4-dodecenal, a method of their production and fragrance and flavour compositions comprising at least one of them.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080248176 - Sugar free and reduced sugar chocolate and methods of manufacture: A method of producing a sugar free chocolate composition comprising the steps of: reducing the moisture content in a predetermined amount of agave syrup to produce a reduced moisture agave syrup; thoroughly mixing at least the following ingredients: 1 to 95% by weight reduced moisture agave syrup; and 3 to... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20080248178 - Antistaling agent and methods: The present invention relates to a process for regenerating stale bread and similar baked goods to extend its edible lifetime by incorporation of microencapsulated water into the baked goods, with the aim of extending the shelf life of the baked goods by releasing the water from the microcapsules when the... Agent: Jacqueline S Larson

20080248179 - Direct expanded snack made with peanut flour and method for making: A method for making a direct expanded snack piece shaped like a peanut is disclosed. Ingredients comprising peanut flour, ground corn product, rice flour and oat flour are introduced into an extruder. The ingredients are hydrated and extruded through an orifice adapted to produce a puffed snack piece shaped like... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080248180 - Extruded legume snack food: An extruded legume snack food comprising an extruded puff product based on a dried legume powder having a shape that is a facsimile of the natural starting material, such as a pea pod. A legume powder is mixed with a starch, extruded, and then shaped. The extrudate can be shaped... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080248182 - Device with a membrane on a carrier, as well as a method for manufacturing such a membrane: A membrane on a carrier for filtration of liquids includes a carrier and a membrane. Also described is a method for manufacturing a membrane on a carrier as disclosed. Additionally described is the application of a membrane on a carrier as well as to a module including such a membrane.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080248181 - Method for conditioning milk, and the products obtained and obtainable therewith: The invention relates to a method for conditioning milk and milk products, and in particular for controlling the gas composition in the milk at any time or during the complete treatment process. Further, the invention relates to the milk and milk products obtained and obtainable from this method, which milk... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080248183 - Sugar free and reduced sugar chocolate and methods of manufacture: A method of producing a sugar free chocolate composition comprising the steps of: thoroughly mixing at least the following ingredients: 1 to 60% by weight agave syrup; and 25 to 99% by weight cacao liquor; so as to produce an aqueous solution; conching the aqueous solution; evaporating water from the... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20080248184 - Methods for inhibiting benzene formation in beverages and beverages produced thereby: Methods of inhibiting benzene formation in beverages and beverages produced thereby are provided. The beverages provided have lower amounts of preservatives than observed in the prior art, reduced rates of benzene formation, improved flavor, and adequate protection against microbial proliferation. More particularly, the beverages provided comprise a food grade chelating... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080248185 - Base composition: Base compositions, methods of manufacturing base compositions and frozen food products including a base composition are described. According to one or more embodiments, a base composition for a frozen food product includes at least one insoluble fiber, at least one soluble fiber, at least one emulsifier and at least one... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080248186 - Chocolate composition: s

20080248187 - Mixture containing fatty acid glycerides: A mixture containing fatty acid glycerides which has a high percentage content of PUFA acyl groups and a low percentage content of saturated fatty acid acyl groups is described. A process which enables the PUFA acyl groups in a mixture containing fatty acid glycerides (for example a fish oil) to... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20080248188 - Monocotyledon plant cells and plants which synthesise modified starch: The present invention relates to monocotyledon plant cells and plants which are genetically modified, wherein the genetic modification consists of the introduction of an extraneous nucleic acid molecule which codes for a protein with the biological activity of an R1 protein. The present invention further relates to means and methods... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080241313 - Method of feeding young monogastric mammals and composition fed to young monogastric mammals: A method of feeding a monogastric mammal, the method including feeding the monogastric mammal a milk replacer during a feeding period and feeding the monogastric mammal a psyllium composition during the feeding period.... Agent: Law Office Of Phillip F. Fox

20080241314 - Compositions of polyvinylacetate and vinylacetate-vinyl laurate copolymer: m

20080241315 - Process for treating vegetable material with an enzyme: The enzymatic effect on an intracellular substrate present in vegetable cells with a membrane can be increased by pre-treating the vegetable material with a pulsed electric field.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080241316 - Soy sauce containing 5'-nucleotides and method for producing the same: The present invention relates to a method for producing a 5′-nucleotide-containing soy sauce characterized in that, in a soy-sauce producing method, malt, germinated rice, or a processed product thereof is added to soy sauce moromi mash with phosphatases derived from microorganisms being inactivated, thereby producing and accumulating 5′-nucleotides; and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080241317 - Process to obtain a food supplement and the product thus obtained: A PROCESS TO OBTAIN A FOOD SUPPLEMENT AND THE PRODUCT THUS OBTAINED. A new process for obtaining a food supplement and the food supplement compound itself, extracted from the Azadirachta Indica A. Juss. tree that belongs to the Meliaceae family. The product is an effective food supplement whose properties help... Agent: Trask Britt

20080241319 - Novel protein layering masses, processes for the manufacture thereof, and related products: A layering mass comprising protein and carbohydrate, where between 10% and 55% by weight of the layering mass is protein, is described together with methods of making the same. Also described are confectionery type bars and nutritional bars comprising the confectionery layering material of the present invention.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080241318 - Nutritional beverage formulation: A nutritional beverage formulation for achievement of optimum health in an individual.... Agent: Leander F. Aulisio

20080241320 - Protective hydrocolloid for active ingredients: Partially deamidated rice endosperm protein or rice endosperm protein which is partially conjugated with mono-, di-, oligo- or polysaccharides is used as novel protective hydrocolloid for fat-soluble active ingredients and/or fat-soluble colorants. The present invention further includes compositions comprising that rice endosperm protein and at least one fat-soluble active ingredient/colorant,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080241321 - Method and device for sorting and packaging of foods: A method for packaging of food products of varying sizes, in which at least two food products are to be packages in the same packing, is disclosed. The method includes making an estimate of the quantity of each food product, registering the location of each food product on an object... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080241322 - Process and apparatus for making caffe latte macchiato: A process for making caffe latte macchiato from coffee, milk and frothy milk, may include loading at least part of the frothy milk with oscillations in the ultrasonic range before the addition of coffee. An apparatus for making caffe latte macchiato from coffee, milk and frothy milk, may include a... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080241323 - Agricultural product disinfecting system: Disclosed herein is a system for sanitizing objects, particularly food products such as fruits and vegetables. The system includes two or more tanks for generation and storage of chlorine dioxide. The system provides for the simultaneous use and generation of chlorine dioxide so that the system avoids undesired down-time.... Agent: Timothy H. Van Dyke Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080241324 - Extrusion apparatus and method for extruding high protein foodstuffs: There is described a twin-screw extruder in which there are provided a pair of die hole sets which are aligned with the extrusion paths from each screw. This arrangement allows all the extrusion path lengths from a plane perpendicular to the screw ends to the outer ends of the die... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080241325 - Device and method for removing liquid from a food strand: The invention relates to a device for removing liquid, and more particularly a salt solution, from the surface of a food strand, such as for instance a sausage strand, during displacement of the food strand. The invention also relates to a method for removing liquid from the surface of a... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080241326 - Apparatus, system, and method for a bread cutter and impression devices: A sandwich sealing crust removing method and apparatus also include bread marking and imaging mechanisms for one or more of indenting, embossing, coloring, cutting, and forming. The apparatus is capable of cutting the crust from a prepared sandwich having filling ingredients between at least two slices of bread in the... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080241327 - Extrusion die with extrusion ports having a shaped extrusion outlet: A cutter assembly for an extruder includes an elongated extrusion member having an open feed end. The open feed end is attachable in fluid communication with a manifold of the extruder for supplying a mash thereto. An extrusion die is supported on the elongated extrusion member. The extrusion die includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080241328 - Passive heater: A passive heater including a carriage actuatable to move along a cooking surface and a cover. In one exemplary embodiment, the carriage may be positioned on a guide bar to direct movement of the carriage along the cooking surface. The cover may be connected to the carriage and positionable near... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080241329 - Antimicrobial composition and its use in ready-to-drink beverages: An antimicrobial composition for food applications includes a chelating agent and a lauric acid derivative. The antimicrobial composition optionally includes one or more carboxylic acid derivatives. The chelating agent, the lauric acid derivative, and if present, one or more carboxylic acid derivatives are collectively present in an amount that is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080241330 - Ready-to-eat gelatin noodle and process for producing the same: The present inventions provides a process for producing ready-to-eat gelatin noodle which can inhibit the dissolution during the boiling step as well as the extension and the swell-up after cooking to result in producing ready-to-eat gelatin noodle which makes us feel suitable elasticity and comfortable chewing on eating it and... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20080241331 - Foods comprising healthy combinations of tofu and flour, or tofu and meat and methods of producing the same: Specific and unique proportions of ingredients, including tofu, are used to make inventive foods in which tofu replaces a significant percentage of ingredients of animal origin. Among the inventive foods incorporating tofu in a simple process are dough balls designed to form fresh pasta or pizza, batters designed to form... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080241332 - Process for producing nut-based expandable pellets and nut-based snack chips: A method is disclosed for producing an intermediary product in the form of a nut-based pellet that is capable of being stored for up to about six months. To form the nut pellets, a nut dough is passed through an extruder. The extrudate produced is then cut into pellets and... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080241333 - Foamy coating or topping compositions: The invention relates to a reduced fat foamy coating or topping composition for ice confections or hot or cold beverages. This composition includes a sweetener, a whipping agent, no more than about 10% fat, an emulsifier, a starch and milk or milk derivative, buffering agents, natural or artificial flavorings, and... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080241334 - Method of freezing ice cream: Presented is a method of freezing ice cream. The method includes mixing a plurality of ingredients to produce soft ice cream, cooling the soft ice cream to a preliminary temperature between 19°-24° F. using a brine solution, pumping the cooled soft ice cream into a tube and then sealing the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080241335 - Low-fat confectionery product being a water-in-oil emulsion: The present invention covers a low-fat confectionery product comprising at most 20% fat phase, at least 60% aqueous phase, cocoa particles, and a structuring agent, the product being a water in oil emulsion. The invention further relates to processes of manufacture of said low fat confectionery product.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080241336 - Extrusion-stable poly-unsaturated fatty-acid compositions for food products: The invention relates to the use of encapsulated particles containing PUFAs embedded in a protein matrix for the preparation of extruded food, to the PUFA-supplemented extruded food and to the process for the preparation thereof.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080241337 - Method of preparing a powdered product: The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of a powdered product from a product in the liquid state in the form of a solution-, suspension- or emulsion-type mixture in an aqueous medium. According to the invention, during the first step (E1) of the method, the product in... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080241338 - Methods for extending the shelf life of partially solidified flowable compositions: The present disclosure relates a method for extending a shelf life of at least one packaged composition within a consumer accessible cooling device adapted to cool the at least one packaged composition to a composition temperature which is a first supercooled temperature. The method comprises storing the at least one... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080241339 - Hemp food product base and processes: A food process comprises starting with hemp (Cannabis sativa) seeds that have been cultivated to have low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) alkaloid, e.g., less than 0.3%. The hemp seeds are dehulled to produce split seed kernels, mixing the split seed kernels with hot water to hydrate them into a slurry,... Agent: Robert Charles Hill

20080241342 - Heat resistant confectionery: The present invention provides a confectionery product, a component of the confectionery product, or a coating for the confectionery comprising cocoa butter improver (CBI) at 50% by weight or more of added vegetable fat, its use for coating, moulding or preparing confectionery products, and a method for its production.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080241340 - Promoter molecules for use in plants: The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to promoters that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080241341 - Seed specific usp promoters for expressing genes in plants: The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the same.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080241345 - Faux peanut butter: A novel non-allergenic composition is disclosed comprising about 20% to about 60% by weight of peas, from about 4% to about 10% by weight palm oil, from about 1% to about 10% by weight powdered sugar, and from about 20% to about 40% by weight Canola oil flavoring component, which... Agent: William J. Crossetta, Jr.

20080241344 - Free flowing vegetable powder and method for its manufacture: 5-95% by weight of vegetable dry matter of intensely colored vegetable selected from the group consisting of tomato, red bell pepper, red beet, radicchio, swiss chard, rhubarb, peppers, yam, Adzuki beans, carrot, green pea, green bell pepper, asparagus, spinach, Brussels sprouts, kale, egg plant and combinations thereof. The vegetable powder... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080241343 - Lupin food product base and processes: A food making process comprises starting with Lupin legumes with minimum levels of alkaloids, dehulling the Lupin legumes to produce split seed kernels, mixing the split seed kernels with hot water to hydrate them into a slurry, grinding the slurry to blend and smooth it into a product base, cooking... Agent: Robert Charles Hill

20080241346 - Dog or cat food bar containing ellagitannin complexes or compounds from natural sources to reduce or prevent tumor development (benign or malignant) in cats or dogs: A cat or dog food bar containing ellagitannin compounds to reduce or prevent a dog or cat's chance of developing a benign or malignant tumor.... Agent: Robert D. Bibb, M.d.

20080241347 - Modulating plant carbon levels: Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carbon levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carbon-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased carbon levels.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080241348 - Z-trim mixed with water and erythritol or fos: This disclosure is about making low calorie food with the use of a zero calories, zero glycemic, cellulosic dietary fiber gel called Z-Trim which is ordinarily used as a powder by itself to reduce fat in cooking but has been used in this disclosure, when combined with zero calories erythritol... Agent: Keith E. Kenyon, M.d.