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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8034391 | Polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing oil product and uses and production thereof The present invention includes a solid fat composition that includes an oil having saturated fat and a microbial oil having a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and an emulsifier. In particular, the solid fat composition can have high levels of long chain polyuns... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7387808 | Persimmon vinegar powder and process for preparing the same The invention relates to process for preparing persimmon vinegar, in which persimmon extract is added to persimmon concentrate to obtain a mixture and then the mixture is spray dried; and vinegar powder having a taste and a smell convenient to eat, produced by the p... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7217435 | Cherry nutraceutical A concentrated cherry nutraceutical is prepared by extracting cherry juice from cherries and repeatedly freezing the cherry juice and separating cherry juice of increased concentration while maintaining the juice at freezing conditions. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6977092 | Process for producing acids-enriched juice and acids-reduced juice A method is described for processing fruit or vegetables, e.g., cranberries, into two different juices. One of the two juices has a relatively high level of acids. The other of the two juices has a relatively low level of acids. The method of the invention entails p... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6936173 | Carbohydrate purification using ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration The invention provides methods for purifying carbohydrates, including oligosaccharides, nucleotide sugars, and related compounds, by use of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and/or reverse osmosis. The carbohydrates are purified away from undesired contaminants such a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6875459 | Method and apparatus for separation of milk, colostrum, and whey Apparatus and method for separation of milk and milk products, e.g., involving sequential separation of milk, clostrum, and whey components by cross-flow filtration. The apparatus and method in a preferred aspect employ cross-flow filtration, chromatography and ferm... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6833149 | Method and apparatus for processing vegetable oil miscella, method for conditioning a polymeric microfiltration membrane, membrane, and lecithin product A method for processing vegetable oil miscella is provided. The method includes steps of feeding vegetable oil miscella to a conditioned polymeric microfiltration membrane, and recovering a permeate stream having a decreased weight percent of phospholipids compared ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6827960 | Method and apparatus for separation of milk, colostrum, and whey Apparatus and method for separation of milk and milk products, e.g., involving sequential separation of milk, clostrum, and whey components by cross-flow filtration. The apparatus and method in a preferred aspect employ cross-flow filtration, chromatography and ferm... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6821543 | Low acidity fermented dairy products flavored with warm flavors The invention concerns fermented dairy products whereof the Dornic acidity ranges from 20 to 80° D, the pH from 4.5 to 5.5, flavored with a warm flavour such as chocolate, caramel, vanilla, coffee, burnt almond, nougat, walnut, hazelnut, almond, peanut, cashew nut.... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6797305 | Manufacturing process of tea beverages Providing a manufacturing process of tea beverages that the secondary sediment does not occur even during the long-term storage. In the manufacturing process, determining the strictinin content in a tea extract or formulation of before-heat-sterilization, to ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6797172 | Degumming of edible oils by ultrafiltration A process for refining and degumming edible oils by ultrafiltration which produces a permeate fraction with reduced phosphatide content and retentate with increased phosphatide content, and wherein the ultrafiltration membrane is composed of a polymerical polymer of... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773601 | Method for the removal of particulate matter from aqueous suspension Method for the removal of particulate matter from aqueous suspension comprising steps of establishing value of pH and of Zeta potential of particles in the suspension; providing a porous filter having a membrane layer consisting of at least a metal-oxide with a Zeta... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6733813 | Process for producing acids-enriched juice and acids-reduced juice A method is described for processing fruit or vegetables, e.g., cranberries, into two different juices. One of the two juices has a relatively high level of acids. The other of the two juices has a relatively low level of acids. The method of the invention entails p... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6569488 | Processes for making novel inulin products The process for preparing the novel inulin products includes extracting inulin with water from subdivided plant materials, holding the inulin rich extraction water in a settling tank while maintaining the temperature from about 0° C. to 7° C. which caus... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565912 | Production of isoflavone enriched fractions from soy protein extracts The temperature sensitive differential of solubilities of various isoflavone fractions is used to initially separate the fractions, preferably by heating an aqueous soy molasses or soy whey feed stream. The temperature of the feed stream is selected accor... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6548102 | Reduced-fat soy compositions and preparative processes thereof A process including: mixing a high-fat soybean liquid with at least one demulsifier; and separating the resulting cream component from the reduced-fat liquid component.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6531156 | Aqueous solven encapsulation method, apparatus and microcapsules The present invention relates to microcapsules comprising a wall and an aqueous core comprising various active agents, and prepared by the interfacial reaction in aqueous medium of Lewis acid and base wall-forming reactants.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6506430 | Oak aged alcoholic beverage extract and accelerated whisky maturation method An extract of an oak aged alcoholic product is produced by a process using a food grade solvent or a process which does not use a food grade solvent. The process using a good grade solvent includes adding a food grade solvent, such as ethyl acetate, to th... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6468574 | Method and device for centrifugal skimming of whey The aim of the invention is to provide a method for the skimming of whey, resulting in better whey cream fat quality and allowing for automatic regulation of the concentration of whey cream. Raw whey is fed into a skimming separator and broken down into a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6426109 | Method of treating colostrum A method for treating colostrum to reduce the bioburden while retaining a high active protein content is described. The method is especially useful for recovering maximum immunoglobulin activity. The colostrum treated by the method is useful in the manufa... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6369200 | Soy isoflavone concentrate process and product A novel process for making an isoflavone concentrate product from soybeans which includes diluting solubles from alcohol-extracted hexane-defatted soybean flakes to about 10% to about 30% solids, separating undissolved solids from the diluted soy solubles... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6344226 | Process for producing an extract of an accelerated oak aged alcoholic concentrate An extract of an oak aged alcoholic product is produced by adding a food grade solvent, such as ethyl acetate, to the oak aged alcoholic product and mixing the two liquids. The resulting mixture is allowed to separate into two layers, a first layer and a ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6320028 | Soy isoflavone concentrate process and product A novel process for making an isoflavone concentrate product from soybeans which includes diluting solubles from alcohol-extracted hexane-defatted soybean flakes to about 10% to about 30% solids, separating undissolved solids from the diluted soy solubles... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312748 | Method for increasing the yield of fruit juice in the extraction of fruit juice concentrate The invention concerns in general a method for the extraction of fruit juice concentrate, to produce a higher yield of fruit juice than that achieved by known methods. For this purpose juice is first extracted from the fruits in a juice extraction unit (1... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6291000 | Method of concentrating tomato juice by reverse osmosis Tomato juice is concentrated by reverse osmosis to over 20% in Brix scale by causing low-concentration tomato juice to flow down under a high-pressure condition in a straight flow to a one-stage unit having a plurality of tubular membrane modules connecte... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6238673 | Method of producing high flavonol content polyphenol compositions Disclosed is a method of producing a polyphenol-containing composition derived from grapes, the method including: preparing a liquid grape extract which includes polyphenols; contacting the liquid extract with a separation medium which fractionates the co... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235331 | Modified fish oil type material containing highly unsaturated fatty acid and/or esters thereof, and a composition containing said material An improved modified fish oil type material which does not generate special fish oil offensive odor after long term preservation and does not generate offensive odor by heating, that is, superior at preservation stability and heat stability, a fish oil ty... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6224926 | Natural antibrowning and antioxidant compositions and methods for making the same The present invention, provides natural-source compositions having consistent, effective antibrowning and antioxidant characteristics. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for making the antibrowning/antioxidant compositions of the present... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6217926 | Aqueous extraction process to selectively remove phospholipid from egg yolks The Aqueous Extraction Process To Selectively Remove Phospholipid From Egg Yolks in general utilizes an aqueous method to separate a majority of the proteins from the egg yolk material using ionic strength, pH and gravitational centrifuge forces. The meth... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6207209 | Method for removing phospholipids from vegetable oil miscella, method for conditioning a polymeric microfiltration membrane, and membrane A method for removing phospholipids from vegetable oil miscella is provided. The method includes steps of feeding vegetable oil miscella to a conditioned polymeric microfiltration membrane, and recovering a permeate stream having a decreased weight percen... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6197357 | Refined vegetable oils and extracts thereof A method of producing unsaponifiable rich refined vegetable oils by refining crude vegetable oils with a weak acid salt, e.g., a carbonate salt, to produce a refined vegetable oil and a soapstock is described. The refined oil can be further refined with a... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6183805 | Continuous manufacture of process cheese A method for producing a cheese product directly from milk in a short period of time is provided. In the method, pasteurized milk is treated with lactic acid to provide an acidified milk product. The resulting acidified milk is then subjected to ultrafilt... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183804 | Continuous on-demand manufacture of process cheese A two stage, on-demand, commercially-viable method for producing process cheese or process cheese-type products by the direct conversion of milk is provided. This method does not require fermentation, enzymatic treatment, and/or intermediate steps of form... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6177120 | Dietary low cholesterol whole egg or egg yolk product A dietetic, chloresterol-reduced whole egg or egg yolk product and its method of preparation in which the whole egg or the yolk is dehydrated, a grain size of about 150μ to about 300μ is formed, the grains are suspended in a low-cholesterol liquid food ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177118 | Methods for producing cheese and cheese products The invention relates to a simplified, rapid method which is suitable for making a variety of cheese and cheese products, including natural and processed cheese, in a single installation with common equipment. In particular, the invention concerns a metho... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6171638 | Production of isoflavone enriched fractions from soy protein extracts The temperature sensitive differential of the solubilities of various isoflavone fractions is used to initially separate the fractions by heating an aqueous soy molasses or soy whey feed stream. The temperature of the feed stream is selected according to ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6132788 | Oak aged alcoholic beverage extract An extract of a mature oak aged alcoholic beverage is produced by adding a food grade solvent, such as ethyl acetate, to the alcoholic beverage and mixing the two liquids. The resulting mixture is allowed to separate into two layers, a first layer and a s... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6120820 | Method of modifying the color of a dairy material A method of producing a reduced color dairy product that includes separating a dairy material into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including at least about 30 weight percent, as determined by high pressure liquid chromatography at ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113800 | Treatment process for recovering components of a float material from waste water A treatment process for recovering protein, fatty and water component products from a float material produced by a waste water treatment system, wherein the protein and fatty components possess improved stability and are suitable for further processing fo... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6045842 | High throughput debittering The present invention relates to methods and materials for use in processing citrus products, and more particularly, the debittering and/or deacidifying of juices. In one preferred embodiment, the citrus juice debittered and/or deacidified by the present ... | 04/04/2000 |
