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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120070559 | Milled Cassava Product The present invention relates to a milled cassava product comprising a certain size distribution of milled cassava particle that is especially useful as a substitute for wheat or other gluten-containing flours. The present invention also relates to methods for producing... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054887 | LETTUCE LINE RX06473469 The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated RX06473469. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line RX06473469, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line RX... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054886 | LETTUCE LINE RX06472065 The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated RX06472065. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line RX06472065, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line RX... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054885 | LETTUCE LINE RX06471911 The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line designated RX06471911. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of lettuce line RX06471911, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line RX... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110244101 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING PUREE OR JUICE FROM A VEGETABLE OR ANIMAL FOOD Method for extracting puree, or juice, from a starting product based on vegetable or animal food comprising a starting treatment step, for example a step of softening the food product obtaining a treated product (101). A deviation step lows (102), during w... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110055945 | BROCCOLI HYBRID PS05151639 The invention provides seed and plants of broccoli hybrid PS05151639 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of broccoli hybrid PS05151639 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a broccoli pla... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110016551 | INBRED BROCCOLI LINE BRM50-3906 Inbred broccoli lines, designated BRM50-3906 are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, to the plants of inbred broccoli lines BRM50-3906, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line BRM5... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100068336 | Method and System for Processing Oilseeds Methods and systems for processing oilseed meal. Oilseed meal is hydrated to provide a hydrated oilseed meal. A particle size of the hydrated oilseed meal is reduced to provide a size-reduced oilseed meal. Enhanced oilseed meal is physically separated from the size-redu... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090311386 | Method For Making A Foodstuff A method for making a food product that is suitable for human consumption, has a firm texture and is made from a mixture of protein-containing ingredients and vegetable. Finely ground vegetable is first dejuiced in a separating device, such as a decanter, a press or a c... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090274811 | Defect separation from dry pulp Defects are removed from dry pulp by providing dry pulp having less than 10% by total weight of water therein. The location of individual defect material within the dry pulp is sensed. The located defect material is relatively positioned with respect to a defect removal... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090186125 | Process for purifying compounds from tea Disclosed is a process comprising the steps of: expressing juice from fresh tea leaves thereby to produce leaf residue and juice comprising a mixture of tea compounds; fractionating the mixture; and recovering at least one fraction enriched in at least one tea compound.... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090162508 | Juice Extractor A method and apparatus is described for pulping/liquidising the edible flesh within a fruit, especially a citrus fruit. The apparatus includes a blade that is attached at its middle to a shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The blade is pivotable to the sh... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090110792 | Super critical fluid extraction and fractionation of bran extraction materials Generally, a bran processing system for the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of bran extraction material from bran and fractionation of the bran extraction material. Specifically, a bran processing system for the isolation of a bran extraction material fraction e... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090098266 | Method and apparatus for separating, purifying, promoting interaction and improving combustion An apparatus and method for separating joined components, purifying liquid, promoting interaction between two or more components and improving combustion. The apparatus has a housing, a rotor inside of the housing, a plurality of protrusions extending from the rotor, a ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098265 | Method for production of masa A method of producing masa which reduces the material and time required, including the amount of water required for processing, the amount of calcium and lime required, energy and space consumption, and processing time. The process preferably includes debranning the cor... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090038485 | Food grinding and chopping devuce & method A mortar and pestle and a chopping bowl are provided with bottom walls which can engage one another when one is placed atop of the other when the bottom unit is upside-down. The combined units provide a stable surface to either grind or chop food articles on, and provid... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080314014 | Method and Apparatus for Topping Vegetables A vegetable topping device comprises at least one rotatable blade and a plenum chamber and further comprises an outlet: characterised in that, in use, the rotating blade(s) generate an airflow which lifts the vegetable tops such that they are cut by the blade(s) and are... | 12/25/2008 |
| 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... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080032031 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEGETABLE JUICE AND THE LIKE WITH DECREASED NITRATE IONS A carrot is sliced in the longitudinal direction in such a way that the slice surface passes through the core portion, the sliced carrot fragment is blanched and the blanched carrot fragment is extracted to obtain a vegetable extract, so as to manufacture a vegetable ex... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20070264418 | Concave tapered product, method, and apparatus for producing such a product A concave tapered food product includes a cross section and a second end having a shape defined by a generally concave arc and a generally convex arc. The concave tapered food product has a first side and a second side shaped by a longitudinal cut along the foodstuff. A... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070184159 | Processes for recovery and separation of grain pericarp from endosperm An improved wet milling process is provided that allows for separation of seed coat particles from the horny endosperm particles of seed. The process uses soaking and grinding to produce seed coat flake particles and horny endosperm particles that may be separated using... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070178201 | Method for preparing hypoallergenic fruit and/or vegetable derivatives The object of the present invention is a novel transformation process of fruits and vegetables for manufacturing industrial derivatives such as hypoallergenic juices, puree and concentrates, etc. mainly intended for individuals suffering from OAS (Oral Allergy Syndrome)... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070148317 | Functional component-enriched barley malt rootlets and process for producing the same A processing method is disclosed that provides malt root of wheat, barley, oats and rye including lots of functional ingredients such as free amino acids or dietary fibers. In more detail, the processing methods provide food or food products, medical products and cosmet... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070141216 | Processed wheat product containing functional components in elevated amounts and processing method therefor It is intended to provide processed products of wheat, barley, oats and rye and its processing method, in which any functional ingredients are increased with balanced, and originally physical properties and quality that are demanded by inhibiting activity of an unnecess... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070134383 | Z-Trim combined directly with erythritol This disclosure pertains to combining the zero-calories prebiotic cellulosic fiber, Z-Trim, with the essentially zero-calories polyol, erythritol, and water to have a sweeter replacer or diluter of fats and sugars in foods than the use of Z-Trim alone. ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070110862 | System and method for extracting materials from biomass One embodiment described herein includes a method for extracting bran, endosperm, germ, and fiber from biomass comprising hydrating the biomass; extracting the bran from the biomass before extracting the germ; and extracting the endosperm, without a use of chemicals, ba... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070071858 | CRYOGENIC PEELING PROCESS The present invention relates to a method for peeling a fruit or vegetable, in particular the method is directed to a cryogenic peeling process, where the fruit or vegetable surface is cryogenically frozen and the skin is thawed before the peel/skin is removed. ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070036886 | Vegetable and fruit peeler The invention discloses a system to remove the skin, veins and seeds of a fruit or vegetable. The system comprises an inclined board with ridges to hold the fruit or vegetable to be treated and a hand tool with an edge adapted to remove the skin, veins and seeds of a fr... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070036885 | Method and apparatus for severing root of bean sprout In a method and apparatus for severing roots of bean sprouts, a severing table has a plurality of ridges formed at predetermined intervals and extending in parallel with a direction in which a cutter blade is moved. Each ridge is formed with a number of severing slits e... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060286231 | Vegetable peeling assembly and method A vegetable peeling assembly includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall and a peripheral wall. A motor is mounted in the housing. A shaft attached to the motor extends upwardly through the top wall. A container includes a lower wall and a perimeter wall that ... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060182857 | System and method for extracting materials from biomass One embodiment described herein includes a method for extracting bran, endosperm, germ, and fiber from biomass comprising hydrating the biomass; extracting the bran from the biomass before extracting the germ; and extracting the endosperm, without a use of chemicals, ba... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060147591 | Method and installation for cleaning cereal The invention relates to a method and installation for cleaning cereal grains, particularly wheat. Cleaned and moistened wheat is moistened once again on the surface thereof, and the outer hulls are removed in a hulling machine (20). Afterwards, the dehulled cere... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060141113 | Methods and systems for processing tomatoes for the production of chunk products A method of making chunk tomato pieces from tomatoes. The tomatoes are introduced into a tomato preparation system where they are cleaned, de-stemmed, peeled and chopped. This creates a mixture of tomato chucks, seeds and juice. The tomato chunks are separated from the ... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060115564 | Process of extracting citrus fiber from citrus vesicles Citrus fiber is recovered from citrus vesicles to obtain a food additive for beverages, baked goods, meat or meat emulsions, confectionary, jams and jellies, dairy products, dressings, energy bars, and the like. Citrus vesicles optionally are washed with water, and wate... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060029702 | Continuous aqueous process for the isolation of hemicellulose from corn hulls and other plant hulls Various methods of obtaining hemicellulose from plant sources are provided. In one embodiment, hemicellulose is obtained from plant hulls by first jet cooking a plant hull slurry to remove starch from the plant hulls, and subsequently jet cooking the destarched plant hu... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060003063 | Denatured carob flour (dcf) with a low content of soluble tannins and sugars, meant for human consumption and process to obtain it The present invention provides an improved denatured carob flour, which includes 2 to 15% sugars, 0.2 to 1.5% cyclitols (pinitol), 2 to 10% lignins, 10 to 30% celluloses, 3 to 20% hemicelluloses, 1 to 6% pectins, 25 to 55% condensed tannins, 3 to 9% protein and less tha... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20060003064 | Synergistic co-location of process plants Legume fodder crops, grown as soil-enhancing fallow crops for sugar cane, are processed in feed mills co-located with existing cane sugar mills to produce animal feed products, such as hay, with a positive economic value. The process uses some of the sugar mills' excess... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050276893 | Method for producing fat and/or solids from beans and compositions containing polyphenols The present invention is directed to a method of processing a fat-containing bean, e.g., cocoa beans, for producing solids comprising active polyphenols and/or fat-containing products, comprising extracting the fat to produce solids and fat-containing products. Addition... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050260312 | System for producing tomato paste and powder using reverse osmosis and evaporation System for producing tomato paste and powder using both reverse osmosis and evaporation. A tomato juice is separated into a juice and a pulp component. The juice is clarified with a centrifuge and/or micro-filter and processed with reverse osmosis to produce a pre-conce... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050260313 | Method for producing tomato paste and powder using reverse osmosis and evaporation Method for producing tomato paste and powder using both reverse osmosis and evaporation. A tomato juice is separated into a juice and a first pulp. The juice is clarified with a centrifuge and/or filter to produce a clarified juice and a second pulp component. The clari... | 11/24/2005 |
