221 patents
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Utility
Analogue Pizza Cheese with Improved Freeze/thaw Stability
29 Dec 22
A pizza cheese composition may include a dairy cheese and analogue cheese.
James Fudge, Matthew Larsen, Joshua Hemann, Wenyi Wang, Aaron Wlaschin, Michelle Manderfeld, Brent Wyrick, Molley Glidden
Filed: 4 Feb 22
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Producing Scored Dough Pieces
15 Dec 22
A bread product is produced by forming a dough piece, creating at least one score in the dough piece, applying an adhesive to the dough piece with the adhesive extending across the score, freezing the dough piece to produce a frozen dough piece, and baking the dough piece, causing the adhesive to melt while establishing a bread product having, in a central region of the bread product, what was once a score held together by the adhesive during the early stages of baking, an internal exposed region.
Steven J. Cox, David J. Domingues, Roger G. Fuentes, Paul Henderson, Kara M. Hobart, Olivia Murch, Vani Vemulapalli
Filed: 10 Jun 21
Utility
Hard Taco Shell and Method for Producing the Hard Taco Shell
8 Dec 22
A taco shell is produced by applying a plasticizing agent to a base or spine portion of a hard taco shell, such as by targeted spraying, rolling, brushing or dipping of the taco shells, thereby softening the base or spine portion, preferably across a strip width between 4 mm-20 mm.
Christine M. Dosch, John James Fenske, James David Nelson, Christine M. Nowakowski
Filed: 4 Jun 21
Utility
Dumpling automation machine
15 Nov 22
The present invention provides a dumpling automation machine for preparing dumpling-like food product, comprising a pressing and cutting device for dough pad, a filling injection device and a forming assembly, wherein the forming assembly comprises: a mold assembly for supporting a dough pad injected with a filling and maintaining the dough pad in an upright position; a pre-forming assembly for pre-pressing the upright dough pad to form a pre-pressed crest; and a forming assembly for pressing the pre-pressed crest to from a crest; wherein the mold assembly is configured to successively support the dough pad in different positions along a conveyor, and wherein in a pre-forming position, pre-bending portions on the two ends of the crest are formed by the pre-forming assembly, and in a forming position, the pre-bending portions are bent to form bending portion by a bending assembly.
Hao Gong, Xiaogang Xiong, Yihui Li, Gang Wang, Derong Wang, Ying Ren
Filed: 7 Nov 19
Utility
Cheese compositions and related methods
15 Nov 22
Described are cheese compositions and methods of making cheese compositions, including methods of formulating cheese compositions, wherein the cheese compositions may include combinations of casein protein, fiber, non-casein protein, non-pregelatinized, modified starch, and a fat component.
Amelia E Frazier, Nathan S Morris, Aaron P Wlaschin
Filed: 24 Jun 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for making co-extruded food product
8 Nov 22
A snack bar is produced in accordance with a method employing an extrusion apparatus to include a base or crust, a primary filling provided on the base and a second filling or topping embedded in, yet externally exposed from, the primary filling.
Ralph A Stenvik
Filed: 18 Dec 14
Utility
Packaged food product and method of packaging
1 Nov 22
A packaged food product includes a container having at least one dough product and a cup within the container.
Jason Nagy, Richard Zarnoch
Filed: 14 Apr 20
Utility
Process of providing a cooked caramel slurry for coating
18 Oct 22
Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.
Daniel R Green, Katia Severova-Epp, Jazmine N Gosey, Joel R Lafavor
Filed: 4 Jun 15
Utility
Food Safety Method
22 Sep 22
Methods for inoculating a grain suitable for use in testing methods of reducing bacterial load are disclosed.
David J Domingues, Steven R Pretzel, Yuewei Hu, Craig A Dowd, James P Michaels
Filed: 7 Jun 22
Utility
Wheat lines, plants, and grain with increased beta-glucan content
20 Sep 22
The present disclosure relates to wheat plants having grain with high β-glucan content, methods for constructing said wheat plants, grain therefrom and uses thereof.
Jesse Poland, Bernd Friebe, Titiana Danilova, Bikram S Gill, Eric Jackson
Filed: 30 Sep 20
Utility
Shelf Stable Aggregate Food and Methods
15 Sep 22
A shelf stable aggregate foods are described that include a relatively low amount of binder, such as a dairy binder or maltodextrin binder.
Linghua Ann Han, Elizabeth Lomauro Igo, Alexandra Martinez-Ropes, Olivia Murch, Emily Ryks
Filed: 8 Mar 22
Utility
Erythritol and Sucrose Coating
15 Sep 22
Dried coated food pieces are produced by applying a composition to a surface of food pieces to produce coated food pieces.
Douglas L. Goedeken, Goeran Walther, Scott K. Whitman
Filed: 21 Nov 19
Utility
Overnight Oats
1 Sep 22
Food compositions comprising a milk ingredient and steam-treated uncooked grains are described.
Steve Cheruvathoor, Kenzi Clark, Julie A. Piasecki, Jie Sun
Filed: 7 Oct 20
Utility
Reclosable frozen food packaging case
30 Aug 22
A reclosable packaging case for transporting or storing a product, such as a frozen food product, has minimal gaps upon reclosers of the packaging case.
Zachary Renk, Tal A. Tostenson
Filed: 31 Jul 20
Utility
Cereal Food Product and Method of Making the Same
25 Aug 22
Cocoa or cinnamon is mixed at least one enzyme to form a mixture, and the mixture is combined with a cereal food composition.
Pamela J. Pederson, Christine M. Nowakowski, Kyle Raney
Filed: 13 May 22
Utility
Packaged yogurt-based food product and method for packaging the yogurt-based food product
2 Aug 22
A yogurt-based food product is packaged in a container, including a bottom wall and a sidewall, by depositing a mix-in in a center of the bottom wall and then driving the mix-in from the center of the bottom wall to the sidewall with a blast of gas.
Rob G Clements, Paul Allen Grube, William R Lloyd, III, John Thomas Lund, David L Persells, Terry W Ziegler
Filed: 30 Oct 17
Utility
Dual Textured Food
28 Jul 22
Methods are described that impart a dual texture to baked goods.
Kristi L. Bahe, Kevin Haas
Filed: 13 Apr 22
Utility
Dough Product Packaging Assembly and Method of Packaging
14 Jul 22
A dough product packaging assembly includes one or more dough pieces arranged a first container having a closed, internal cavity, a second container supported upon the first container with an open top portion, a third container housing one or more additional ingredients, such as icing, within the second container, and an outer container extending across the open top portion of the second container and encapsulating each of the first, second and third containers.
Brandon Shook
Filed: 13 Jan 21
Utility
Reduced Sucrose Sugar Coatings for Cereals and Methods of Preparation
14 Jul 22
Disclosed are improved sugar coatings for topically pre-sweetened food products that are sugar reduced whether in the form of a syrup or in the form of a dried coating.
Christopher J. Barrett, Patrick C. Dreese, Daniel R. Green, Victor T. Huang, Christine Nowakowski, Fern A. Panda, Scott Whitman
Filed: 1 Apr 22
Utility
Food product with edible images and apparatus for and methods of preparation
5 Jul 22
A topical high resolution image of edible ink and having a resolution of at least 100 dots per inch is applied to a top major surface of a length of food in the form of a thin fruit based paste or confection slurry by a digital imaging printer.
Donald J Smith
Filed: 5 Oct 17