Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products inventions 10/09

20090246314 - Equine whole food supplements: Whole food equine formulations provided by the invention include well balanced nutritional supplements providing nutrients and vitamins, among other benefits. The whole food formulations generally promote, for example, better cell utilization instead of cell saturation, which results in increased overall general physiological and psychological health of subject animals including horses.... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20090246315 - Pressed agglomerates suitable for consumption having retarded aroma release: A pressed agglomerate (compacted material) which is suitable for consumption, a process for its preparation, its use for aromatizating products and products comprising such a pressed agglomerate are described.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090246317 - Acyl-coa: ethanol o-acyltransferase/esterase gene and use thereof: The present invention relates to an acyl-CoA: ethanol O-acyltransferase/esterase gene and use thereof, in particular, a brewery yeast for producing alcoholic beverages with superior flavor, alcoholic beverages produced with said yeast, and a method for producing said beverages. More particularly, the present invention relates to a yeast, whose capability of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090246316 - Esterase gene and use thereof: The present invention relates to a esterase gene and its uses, specifically, a brewery yeast producing alcoholic beverages with excellent aroma and flavor, alcoholic beverages produced using the yeast, a process for producing the alcoholic beverages. More particularly, the present invention relates to a yeast whose capability of producing ester,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090246318 - Composition: A dough is described. The dough has a high percentage of rye flour.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090246319 - Process and formulation for making an egg product with increased functionality and flavor: Treated egg products are provided for imparting the flavor of egg to foods that include egg yolk treated simultaneously with protease and phospholipase. Food flavoring composition are also provided for imparting the flavor egg that can be used in lower amounts than whole egg or egg yolk. Additionally, methods are... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090246320 - Low temperature forming of feeds: The invention relates to a method and composition for low temperature forming of starch based and/or protein based feeds. It is particularly related to human or animal feeds containing inactivated probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes, inactivated yeasts, botanical extracts and dairy components. The low temperature extrusion process provides a means for the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20090246321 - Feed supplement delivery system: Disclosed are novel feed supplements for ruminants and methods for making the same. The feed supplements include unsaturated fatty acid encapsulated by a protective coating. Through utilization of the disclosed feed supplements, dietary intake and absorption of unsaturated fatty acids can be increased, due to protection of the ingested unsaturated... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20090246322 - Trace mineral-infused beverage to provide increased athletic performance, long-lasting energy, and health benefits: The present invention relates to beverage compositions prepared using a solution of ionic trace minerals whose presence, in combination with other ingredients, provides long-lasting energy, immediate nutritional health benefits, and improved athletic performance to humans or other mammals during strenuous exercise.... Agent: John Lincoln, Ph.d.

20090246323 - Isotonic energy drink: Enriched with antioxidant nutrients, mostly liposoluble, fibre and certain micro-elements and hydrosoluble vitamins, comprises almond milk. The procedure for obtaining said drink involves a first stage of blanching the almonds; a second crushing stage; a third stage in which fruit juices or teas are added; a fourth stage in which... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.c.

20090246324 - Infusion package: An infusion device includes an infusion bag containing tea. A string is attached to the bag and a cover encloses the bag. The cover is perforated at the bottom to permit the user to remove the bag from the cover. The string is also attached to a detachable tab on... Agent: Paul And Paul

20090246325 - Instant noddles and method for producing instant noddles: The present invention provides instant noodles containing agar and curdlan, having water absorption of 250% or more upon reconstitution with water at 20° C. for 3 minutes, and being capable of reconstitution with water in a time of 5 minutes or less, and having an excellent texture with suitable hardness.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20090246326 - Coffee product and method: A coffee pill and method are provided. The coffee pill includes coffee encapsulated to prevent contact of the coffee product with the pallet during the initial stage of consumption by oral ingestion. Upon reaching the digestive tract, the encapsulant dissolves permitting the coffee product to be released from the pill.... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090246327 - Resin encapsulated high intensity sweetener: The present invention relates to confectionery compositions comprising one or more encapsulation delivery systems containing high intensity sweeteners and natural resins. The invention furthermore relates to the encapsulation delivery system as such as well as to methods of preparing the encapsulation delivery system and the confectionery composition.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090246328 - Candy holder and candy product including the same: A candy holder for receiving and securing an elongated candy therein is provided. The candy holder includes a handle portion defining an elongated cavity with a central axis. The handle portion has a plurality of protrusions extending toward the central axis and circumferentially around an inner surface of the handle... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, Llc

20090246329 - Food container with heatable insert: The present invention discloses an article of manufacture comprising an outer container suitable for containing foodstuffs, and an inner container removably disposed in the outer container, wherein the inner container is heatable.... Agent: Gearhart Law, Llc

20090246330 - Anti-scuff coating for chocolate: Provided herein are methods and compositions for forming a coating on the external surface of a solid chocolate or chocolate-coated product. The method comprises applying at least one layer of a coating composition comprising a solvent selected from water, ethanol, and isopropanol, or any combination thereof and one or more... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090246331 - Rapid development of heat resistance in chocolate and chocolate-like confectionery products: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing heat-resistant chocolate or chocolate-like confectionery products wherein (I) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass which has been mixed with a water-in-oil emulsion or (ii) chocolate mass or chocolate-like confectionery mass having an increased water content is moulded and then subjected to a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090246332 - Construct for cooking raw dough product in a microwave oven: A construct for preparing a food item in a microwave oven comprises a plurality of heating regions including an inner heating region and an outer heating region. The inner heating region comprises a susceptor including a plurality of annular microwave energy transparent areas, and the outer heating region comprises a... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc

20090246333 - Method and device for producing shaped meat portions from whole natural meat pieces: A device for producing shaped meat portions, the device including a sorting device for sorting meat into a first set of pieces having a weight which is below a desired weight, a second set of pieces having a weight which corresponds to a desired weight, and a third set of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090246335 - Method for processing ovulated eggs of aquatic animals into delicacy foods and ovulated eggs processed using the method: A method for processing ovulated eggs of an aquatic animal into delicacy foods. Ovulated eggs are harvested without harmful intervention of the aquatic animal. The harvested ovulated eggs are exogenously treated in an aqueous solution by adding at least one signal transduction molecule. Accordingly the membrane of the egg is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090246334 - Soft frozen liquid egg product: The present disclosure relates to a soft frozen liquid egg product including liquid egg, and at least one of incorporated air amount and at least one functional ingredient; wherein the soft frozen liquid egg product comprises a temperature ranging from about −25° F. to about 31° F. prior to heating.... Agent: Cargill, Inc./mh2 Technology Law Group LLP

20090246336 - Bacteriophage treatment for reducing and preventing bacterial contamination: A system and method for reducing or preventing bacterial contamination in food includes application of a bacteriophage treatment to any type of food product at any stage of processing the food product. The bacteriophage treatment may also be applied to non-food surfaces and water systems, which may be susceptible to... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.a.

20090246337 - Stabiliser system for liquid nutritional compositions: A liquid nutritional composition comprising partially hydrolysed protein, fat and from 0.1 to 10 grams per litre of an emulsifier with a hydrophilic lipophilic balance value of less than 5, from 0.1 to 10 grams per litre of an emulsifier with a hydrophilic lipophilic balance value of more than 5... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090246338 - Method for pickling ginger for shipment: A method for the bulk preparation and individual distribution of fresh ginger base from a central location involves selecting fresh ginger root and comminuting it to produce comminuted ginger. A generally liquid mixture is also prepared, which contains at least water, natural sweetener, edible acid, and salt. A predetermined amount... Agent: Bruce A. Jagger

20090246339 - Crystallization apparatus and process for molten fats: Methods and apparatus are described for the production of a crystal slurry during the crystallization step of fractionation processes of edible oils and fats and related oil derivatives. The crystallization process for edible oil and fats is carried out in a crystallizer with stationary heat exchange elements, wherein the contents... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20090246340 - Synthetic ligands able to bind ochratoxin a and uses thereof: The present invention concerns synthetic ligands, in particular peptides, able to bind to the mycotoxin ochratoxin A and the uses thereof for the determination and the separation of the ochratoxin A from a food matrix, preferably wine.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090246341 - System and method for brewing tea: A method for brewing tea comprises filling a first tank with water, transferring a volume of the water from the first tank to a second tank, and heating the volume of the water in the second tank. The method further comprises placing a plurality of tea leaves in a receptacle,... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20090246342 - Method for processing fluid dairy, fruit or vegetable juices and beverage concentrates formulated for beverage products intended for human consumption to protect against deliberate contamination with pathogenic agroterrorism agents: A method for purifying fluids without compromising the components of the fluid is disclosed. Fluid dairy, fruit, vegetable and/or beverage concentrates are processed using pasteurization and filtration steps selectively applied to separate phase-separated components of the fluid to eliminate contaminants including agro- and biological terrorism contaminants such as bacteria and... Agent: Lorusso & Associates

20090246343 - Stable natural color process, products and use thereof: A method of preparing colored products from edible materials comprises processing Genipa americana fruit juice, which contains genipin, genipin derivatives, or pre-genipin compounds, with other edible juices or extracts which contain nitrogenous compounds such as amino acids, polypeptides, or proteins. The generated natural colored products have excellent stability and can... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, Llc

20090246344 - Antioxidant agent and beverage using same: An antioxidant agent capable of easily enhancing the intake of ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) is proposed. The antioxidant agent includes tealeaf as an active ingredient for enhancing ORAC. The tealeaf is preferably plucked from tea Camellia sinensis, decaffeinated or in a powdery form having a median diameter equal to... Agent: Peters Verny , L.l.p.

20090246345 - Foamable oil-in-water emulsion: Disclosed is a foamable oil-in-water emulsion which has excellent feeling in the mouth, meltability in the mouth, and flavor and taste when whipped into a whip cream and also has high emulsion stability and whipping property. The foamable oil-in-water emulsion comprises an oil-and-fat component, a non-fat milk solid and water,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20090246346 - Aerated frozen desserts comprising more than eighty percent tofu puree: The frozen desserts include aerated “ice-cream-like” frozen desserts, comprising more than 80.0 percent, preferably 80.5 to 87.1 percent, by weight of tofu puree, containing particles. Such frozen desserts include, but are not limited to, products that contain, per 100 grams of product, 3 grams or less of fat, 130 or... Agent: Kai-kong Ng

20090246347 - Mate beverage: A process for preparing a maté extract, a maté beverage base formulation and a maté beverage are disclosed. The maté extract is rich in natural caffeine, theobromine, theophylline and antioxidant compounds without the addition of preservatives and synthetic materials and is used to make a maté beverage base formulation. The... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090246348 - Non-hydrogenated hardstock fat: Non-hydrogenated hardstock fat wherein the combined amount of saturated fatty acids having a length of C12 and C14 is 12 to 24 wt %, the combined amount of saturated fatty acids having a length of C16 and C18 is 28 to 50 wt %, the amount of saturated fatty acids... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20090246349 - Wheat pigment: The present invention relates to genes, and markers therefor, involved in lutein production in cereal plants such as wheat. In particular, the invention characterizes ε-cyclase and phytoene synthase genes from wheat. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the manipulation of ε-cyclase and/or phytoene synthase expression to alter colour traits of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090246350 - Corn seed comprising novel opaque modifiers and related methods: Novel corn opaque modifier loci, associated molecular markers and methods for obtaining the loci, markers, and resultant seed are provided. Vitreous seed with reduced alpha-zein storage protein content that contain the opaque modifier loci are also described. Processes for obtaining milled corn seed products from the vitreous seed with reduced... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20090246353 - Soybean cultivar 7535357: A soybean cultivar designated 7535357 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 7535357, to the plants of soybean 7535357, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 7535357 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 7535357 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090246351 - Soybean cultivar s070158: A soybean cultivar designated S070158 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070158, to the plants of soybean S070158, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070158 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070158 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090246352 - Soybean cultivar s070160: A soybean cultivar designated S070160 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070160, to the plants of soybean S070160, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070160 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070160 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20090246354 - Method and device for melting sugar: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for melting sugar, referred to in the following as solid matter. The apparatus includes at least one melting tube (1) configured as a direct heat exchanger for melting the solid matter with an inlet (2) for the solid, an outlet (3)... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus