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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| 7407680 | 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 vegetabl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7396555 | Method for making a low carbohydrate dough A method for making a low or reduced carbohydrate dough for making snack food products with a reduced carbohydrate content. Legumes such as soybeans are cooked near boiling, drained, and milled. Dry ingredients such as starch, fiber, and/or protein can be added to l... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7357954 | Process for preparing instant rice and product thereof Milled rice grains are primarily immersed, and at least surface layers of the grains are converted to the alpha-type. The rice grains are then preliminarily dried and consummatively polished, and are further subjected to secondary immersing and secondary alpha-type ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351439 | Process for producing high-moisture, smooth-textured shaped cereal foods The present invention provides a process for making hand-held shaped cereal and milk products having a smooth, homogenous-consistency texture and a moisture content higher than 35%, using about the same amount and ratio of cereal flour to fluid-milk as found in a tr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350961 | Agitation mixer, pasteurizer, and cleaning device Dissolution of a raw material, fusion of a raw material, or treatment for enhancing the fluidity of a raw material is completed in a short time by an agitation mixer 10 comprising a casing 20 in which a flow channel allowing the passage of fluid is mou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348036 | Flours and starch with a very high amylopectin content and methods for the production and uses thereof A full waxy wheat flour or starch characterized in that its amylose content is about 0%±about 1%, and a process for preparing a functional full waxy wheat flour including preparing an initial flour with a defined size grading starting from full waxy wheat grains, a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267833 | Apparatus and method of automatic cooking of buckwheat An apparatus and a method automatically cook food, for example, a hulled grain such as buckwheat, thereby conveniently providing the uniform and optimal cooking quality of the food to a user. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity that contains food to be c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250186 | Extrusion process, apparatus and product A process for the manufacture of cooked cereals or dry pet food by preparing a mixture of water and a dry premix mainly comprising cereal flour or semolina, and pressing the mixture, with the aid of a gear pump, firstly through a heat exchanger wherein it is cooked ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220443 | Method for making instant masa A process for the production of fresh masa, nixtamalized flour and derived products. The invention is a new process for production of corn masa (dough) to be used in the production of tortillas, fried or baked tortilla chips, tostadas, or corn chips. The new process... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217436 | Method for preparing germinated brown rice having improved texture and cookability without microbial contamination and a germinated brown rice obtained therefrom The present invention relates to a method for preparing germinated brown rice that has better texture, is easier to cook and has higher safety from microbial contamination compared with conventional germinated brown rice, by controlling the conditions for the germin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7179498 | Frozen pasta product and process The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of frozen instant cooking pasta from elongated dried pasta products that substantially retains the pre-processing length of the dried pasta comprising the steps of: (i) dividing an elongated dried pasta pr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169426 | Freezing vegetables The present invention relates to a process for the production of a frozen vegetable or part thereof, wherein said process comprises the steps: (i) heat-treating a vegetable or part thereof; (ii) under-cooling to a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148451 | Rice cooker When water temperature is high and time germinating step is short, it is hard to cook freely to individual preference, and water turbidity and bad smell are likely to occur. By germinating with immersing brown rice or rice with the germ in water at 28 to 34 degrees ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7098193 | Compositions comprising a defined polysaccharide component The present disclosure provides compositions comprising an extracted portion of psyllium seed in combination with one or more of a binder, suspending agent, or edible acid. In particular, the present invention is directed to compositions comprising: ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087262 | Process for manufacturing dehydrated precooked flaked pinto beans A process for manufacturing dehydrated precooked flaked pinto beans begins with cleaning a quantity of beans. The cleaned beans are then pressure cooked. Following cooking, the beans are deposited on a perforated conveyor for transportation through a first dehydrato... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074444 | Method for producing a dehydrated whole food product A method of preparing a reconstitutable, dehydrated whole bean product is shown. The method calls for utilizing a combination convection/microwave heating chamber to dry cooked whole beans in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the beans and, thus, significan... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029720 | Decorticated finger millet () and a process for preparing the decorticated finger millet The present disclosure provides decorticated finger millet (Eleusine coracana) and processes for preparing decorticated finger millet. In one implementation, decorticated finger millet is prepared by hydrating the millet near to its saturation moisture conten... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029716 | Method and system for producing a dehydrated whole food product A method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product, an apparatus for producing such a product, and a product produced thereby are described. The method calls for using a stationary vessel to separately hydrate at least two batches of raw beans with cir... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026303 | Compositions comprising a polysaccharide component and one or more coating layers The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a plurality of agglomerates comprising a polysaccharide component comprising xylose and arabinose, wherein the ratio of xylose to arabinose is at least about 3:1, by weight; wherein the compositions further com... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022369 | Method of preparing nutritional legume product A nutritional convenient food product which enhances and defeats endogenous anti-nutritive factors in a whole food or base product by processing the whole food product by initially cleaning and breaking dormancy of the product, soaking and germinating, followed by a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6890579 | Reversible gel formation The invention relates to a gelling agent for production of a reversible gel. The gelling agent is a degraded root or tuber starch comprising at least 95 wt. % of amylopectin, based on dry substance of the starch. The gelling agent according to the invention is parti... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6872417 | Nixtamalization process A method of saving water, wastewater, lime, and energy while increasing productivity and enhancing product quality in a nixtamalization process. More specifically, during the grain cook and steep process, the phase-separated supernate is retained for a subsequent ba... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6844017 | Food processing method for edible and perishable plants The present invention makes it possible to kill both the cells and the microorganisms of edible and perishable plants and at the same time to cause the cellular resolution by autolytic enzymes, and to change undesirable characteristics for foods such as harshness, b... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6838108 | Production process of a new appetizer and product obtained A process for production of an appetizer is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: a) adding between about 1.0 percent to 1.5 weight percent lime to a combination of water and corn to form a mixture; b) boiling the mixture until the mixture contains between ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6818241 | Method for preparing cooked rice The invention relates to a method of preparing cooked rice, comprising steaming raw rice having a water content of less than 30% by weight and then boiling the steamed rice, to cooked rice prepared according to the present method, and to cooked rice types comprising... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6770311 | Caviar alternative and method of making same A man-made caviar alternative, including granules having a gelled center in a syrup exhibiting the same organoleptic properties as caviar from sturgeon. The granules are made from a mixture of encapsulation material, salt, coloring agents and flavoring agents, and g... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6759077 | Breakfast cereal biscuit comprising waxy grain The present invention provides an improved breakfast cereal biscuit comprising grain which includes waxy grain in an amount of at least 20% by weight of total grain content. The grain has been hydrated and cooked either sequentially or simultaneously, rolled into fl... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6733816 | Healthy drink made from azuki beans and its production method The object of the present invention is to provide a new healthy drink effectively utilizing azuki bean which is rich in mineral components and polyphenol components, and its production method. Washing a desired amount of azuki beans and extracting them under a certa... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6713115 | Asian energy soup and method therefor A soup contains natural herbs which is healthy for a consumer's diet and further helps to increase the consumer's energy level. The soup has a meat product in a range of from about 45% to about 49% by volume of total composition which provides flavoring and protein ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6685979 | Germinated brown rice with good safety and cooking property, process for producing the same, and processed food therefrom The invention relates to: germinated brown rice having a degree of starch gelatinization of from 30 to 90%, a water content of from 20 to 70%, an -amylase activity of not greater than 5 IU/g, and a population of attached microorganisms of not great... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6638558 | Masa flavored cereal germ and a process for making same The present invention provides a germ-based additive for enhancing masa flavor in food products produced from flour for dough which includes the additive. The additive includes alkaline cooked cereal germ. The additive may be milled and may be added to fo... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638554 | Continuous production of an instant corn flour for arepa and tortilla, using an enzymatic precooking Precooked and partially-debranned corn flour is continuously produced by an enzymatic precooking using a commercial xylanase as a processing aid. The low-temperature and near neutral-pH precooking with a xylanase effected a partial bran hydrolysis while a... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6602534 | Process for enhancing the starch gelation in legumes The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume resulting in reduced flatulence when ingested and the product thus prepared. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume. It is also direct... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6511697 | Method of using germinated brown rice The present invention relates to a method of using germinated brown rice, a germinated brown rice processed food, a brown rice germination apparatus and a germinated brown rice filling apparatus. Germinated brown rice is boiled and steamed. The germinated... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6482457 | Method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product A method for producing a reconstitutable dehydrated food product and an apparatus for producing such a product are described. The method calls for the use of a stationary vessel that is used as both a hydration device and a pressure cooker. A rotating mem... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6465031 | Process for reducing flatulence in legumes The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume resulting in reduced flatulence when ingested and the product thus prepared. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume. It is also direct... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6455091 | Time saving method for preparing tapioca starch balls and the product thereof The present invention satisfies the long felt need in the beverage industry of a method of preparing tapioca starch balls that moves the time consuming, equipment demanding, and labor intensive process of precooking the dried tapioca starch balls to the t... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6413557 | Soy-containing nutrition supplement and process A soy-containing nutritional supplement is disclosed which contains high amounts of soy protein, phytonutrients, and soluble and insoluble types of fiber.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6391367 | Method for the preparation of alimentary soft granular caviar A method and an apparatus for preparing an alimentary granular soft caviar similar to black (granular) caviar. The method involves the preparation of a mixture containing an albuminous colloid, water, and alimentary gelatin to form the grains, exposing th... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387438 | Processed cranberry product and process for preparing the same According to the present invention, there is provided a novel processed cranberry product which maintains the spherical form of the cranberry, and a process suitable for producing such a novel processed food. The processed cranberry product according to t... | 05/14/2002 |
