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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119179 | Grain-based food product with powder coating A grain-based food product comprising a grain-based component covered by a moisture-sensitive powder layer and a binding layer adhering the powder layer to the grain-based component. The binding layer is chosen so that the powder layer can later disperse into a liqu... | 02/21/2012 |
| D649054 | Container | 11/22/2011 |
| D645748 | Container | 09/27/2011 |
| D645742 | Lid for a container | 09/27/2011 |
| D642464 | Lid for a container | 08/02/2011 |
| 7955634 | Method and system of preventing rancidity in whole grain corn products Stabilized whole grain corn products and a method and system of preventing rancidity in whole grain corn products are provided. Whole kernels of corn are fractured into a plurality of pieces and heat treated to inactivate rancidity causing enzymes to produce whole g... | 06/07/2011 |
| D637075 | Container | 05/03/2011 |
| D637074 | Container | 05/03/2011 |
| 7870979 | Container with a scoopable and pourable spout A container for storing pourable contents having a cover with a spout wall upwardly extending from the top surface of the cover. The spout wall has a pouring section which gradually reduces in height to the front of the spout. On either side of the pouring section t... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7794774 | Long shelf-life high moisture content cereal products A long shelf-life, high moisture content cereal product is provided that can contain an acid-stable milk protein and at least about 45% total water content by total weight of the cereal product. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7740891 | Hand-held oatmeal A hand-held oatmeal product is provided that is ready to eat. The oatmeal product may be packaged in a retortable pouch. Methods of making the oatmeal product are provided. ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7661548 | Hot-fill container with improved top-load performance A plastic container comprising a base that is attached to a body section which is connected to a dome section by a circumferential ring is provided. The dome section comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced hydrostatic pressure absorption panels each locate... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7648722 | Color-changing cereal and method A ready-to-eat cereal that is capable of changing color upon immersion into an aqueous medium such as milk. The cereal base has a non-dispersible first color. The cereal base has a coating comprising cornstarch, powdered sugar, and optionally food coloring. The coat... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7621301 | Method of ionized air-rinsing of containers and apparatus therefor A method and system for cleaning containers being transposed through a container cleaning line, including an open-ended housing, a predetermined container flow path defined by the line of moving containers traversing the enclosure defined by the housing longitudinal... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7600328 | System and method for measuring flake thickness An automated system for accurately measuring the thickness of a sample quantity of small items such as oat flakes. The system picks individual oat flakes from a hopper using a vacuum and passes them between two precision rollers. One roller is fixed and has vacuum p... | 10/13/2009 |
| D581626 | Food product | 12/02/2008 |
| 7452560 | Process for preparing a hand-held snack item, and the product thereof A method for preparing a hand-held snack item is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) applying a first edible, heat-sensitive food material to an initial formed hand-held food item, thereby forming a preliminary coated hand-held food item; (b) applying a ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7413757 | Method of making a colored, flour-based food product and product thereof A method of making a color-stable, cooked, flour-based food that is, for example, a RTE cereal or snack food that can be colored red with all natural ingredients is provided. A colored flour mixture is provided that is colored with natural ingredients suitable for m... | 08/19/2008 |
| D566548 | Container | 04/15/2008 |
| D563785 | Container cover | 03/11/2008 |
| D560440 | Container | 01/29/2008 |
| D547131 | Container | 07/24/2007 |
| D542099 | Container | 05/08/2007 |
| D540669 | Lid | 04/17/2007 |
| D540123 | Container | 04/10/2007 |
| D538112 | Container | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169422 | Manufacture of granola and snack-food products A method for making a granola or snack-food product comprises (a) mixing ingredients for said granola or snack-food product with liquid binder to obtain a formable mixture, wherein the mixing is carried out at elevated temperature and the binder is liquid at elevate... | 01/30/2007 |
| D535144 | Lid | 01/16/2007 |
| D533412 | Scoop | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140292 | Device, system and method for fluid additive injection into a viscous fluid food stream An apparatus, system and method is provided for injecting a fluid additive into a viscous fluid food flow stream. A fluid additive injector device is utilized to inject the fluid additive which has structure to prevent or minimize the amount of fluid additive that c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141257 | Puffed starch snack product The present invention includes puffed food starch material snack, in particular starch material from grains, having an improved crispy texture and a more aesthetic appearance and methods for preparing them. In general terms, the products are snack chips, cakes, crac... | 11/28/2006 |
| D531862 | Scoop | 11/14/2006 |
| D529771 | Scoop | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104479 | Method for providing milling services The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is rapidly isolated and removed from the milling process flow regime at early stages. The minimization of handling and the minimization or elimination of intermixing streams of various si... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063866 | Coated oat product A coated, uncooked oat product is provided that has no added fat and comprises uncooked oat flakes having a coating adherent to the oat flakes. A coated, oat flake agglomerate is also provided, wherein each agglomerate comprises at least two uncooked oat flakes and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6953165 | Corn milling process The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is rapidly isolated and removed from the milling process flow regime at early stages. The minimization of handling and the minimization or elimination of intermixing streams of various si... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951659 | Modified oat and corn grit products and method A method of coating uncooked, flaked oats with a desired fat-free coating to form the uncoated, uncooked, flaked oats product is provided. The method involves coating the flaked oats by spraying the flaked oats with coating material, drying the coated, uncooked, fla... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929813 | Method for making a puffed food starch product The present invention provides a method of making a puffed food starch material product. A food starch material capable of volumetric expansion in three dimensions is placed into a puffing chamber. Expansion of the food starch material includes constraining expansio... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905718 | Oat and corn products containing added ingredients and method An uncooked oat groat or corn endosperm product comprising added ingredients is provided, wherein the selected ingredients are incorporated inside or adsorbed on the oat groats or corn endosperm and are resistant to chipping or flaking off. Methods are provided for ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899909 | Method for making a puffed food starch product The present invention provides a method of puffing a food starch material capable of becoming amorphous into a food starch material product. The method includes forming food starch material pellets by extruding gelatinized food starch flour in an extruder. The pelle... | 05/31/2005 |
