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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE42886 | Methods for processing vegetables The disclosed embodiments herein include methods and apparatus for processing vegetables having a root crown including applying opposing forces to the vegetables to separate the roots or portions thereof at or near the root crown from the vegetable, and packaging th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048463 | Production of high-quality protein isolated from oil seeds The present invention provides a method for processing defatted oil seeds, comprising the steps of: (a) solubilizing at least a portion of the protein contained in the oil seeds to produce suspended residual solids and a first solution comprising protein, phenolic-p... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7968136 | Apparatus and method for extracting pomegranate seeds from pomegranates Apparatus for extracting pomegranate seeds from pomegranates including a pomegranate breaker operative for breaking open pomegranates generally without cutting pomegranate seeds at the interior of the pomegranates and a pomegranate seed extractor operative to engage... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7879379 | Method of pretreating citrus waste Method of pretreating citrus waste to break cell structure, pasteurize or sterilize citrus waste solids and remove inhibitory peel oil components (e.g., limonene) involving optionally reducing the particle size of the citrus waste prior to preheating, preheating the... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7763299 | Method for processing vegetables having core and leafy ends A leafy vegetable having a core end and a leafy end is processed after being harvested. The harvested leafy vegetable is transported to a trim area on a conveyor. A first cutting implement located in the trim area trims a portion of the core end. A second cutting im... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7553507 | Corn debranning and degermination process The present invention provides a process to remove the bran and the germ from the endosperm of a corn kernel. The process includes use of an apparatus having a chamber to induce rubbing between adjacent corn kernels to remove bran and an apparatus for germ removal h... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7449207 | Method for processing tomatoes for the production of chunk tomato 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 ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449206 | Method for post-harvest processing of the green cicer bean The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for processing podded vegetables including green Cicer beans. Green Cicer beans are commonly referred to as chickpeas and come in two varieties, Desi-type and Kabuli-type. The Kabuli-type of chickpeas are comm... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7430958 | Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7378117 | Method for the production of potato juice products by means of food technology The invention relates to a method for the production of potato juice based products by means of food technology, characterized by the following steps; preparing the squeezed potato juice, filtering off the fibers or starch residues by means of a microfilter, prefera... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368140 | Nut fragments and methods of forming nut fragments Raw material nuts may be quenched using an extremely low temperature liquefied gas to produce cracks in the raw material nuts. The cracked raw material nuts may then be crumbled along the cracks to separate the nuts into small nut fragments. After returning the temp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364765 | Process for defatting coconut meat During the defatting of coconut gratings from freshly harvested coconuts, the gratings are cooled to temperatures at which crystallization, i.e., solidification of the fat components occurs, before the coconut gratings are pressed. However, this temperature must not... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7267233 | In-line classifier for powdered products A classifier for classifying particulates entrained in a flowing stream of gas is configured such that a change of direction of gas flow causes particles to impinge upon a target, heavier particles being trapped in a downwardly extending fluidized trap. The classifi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244463 | enhanced animal food product The present invention advances prior art animal food products by providing an animal food product formulated with Garicinia mangostana L., or Mangosteen fruit, from the Mangosteen plant. The addition of Mangosteen to the animal food product of the present inv... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7208189 | Low sodium salt of botanic origin The invention describes the cost effective process for the preparation of a mixture of salts having low sodium salt (health salt) contain and exclusively derived from vegetable sources which have desired sodium chloride: potassium chloride ratio and traces of micron... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7144439 | Fertilizer containing Yaeyama Aoki extract An eco-friendly fertilizer that acts as a plant growth promotion agent, soil improvement agent, bactericide and insecticide agent, disease and harmful insect prevention agent and the like, and is suitable for organic farming. The fertilizer contains extract from fru... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7115295 | Methods of preparing corn fiber oil and of recovering corn aleurone cells from corn fiber A method for preparing corn fiber oil involving separating corn fiber from corn kernels (e.g., by a wet milling process), drying the corn fiber, grinding the dried corn fiber to produce ground corn fiber having a particle size of less than about 100 microns, combini... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108883 | Procedure to obtain a product consisting in a partially low-fat flour with a high content of stabilized, polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially Ω A procedure which comprises a second step of pressing of the Salvia Hispanica L. seeds with temperature control modifying the ratio between the polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants contained as well as obtaining an expeller. The procedure compr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7074450 | Dehydrated mash potato product and process A method for making a dehydrated mashed potato product by cooking fresh potatoes including defects, ricing the cooked potatoes by urging the same through multiple openings in a ricing barrier to form riced moist potato pieces exiting the ricing barrier separated fro... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060312 | Methods and apparatus for processing vegetables The disclosed embodiments include methods and apparatus for processing vegetables having a root crown including applying opposing forces to the vegetables to separate the roots or portions thereof at or near the root crown from the vegetable, and packaging the veget... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052450 | Silicone rolling pin A rolling pin including a core, a silicone-containing jacket over the core defining a rolling surface. The jacket may be of such length and so positioned on the core as to define end regions of the jacket extending beyond the ends of the core; the jacket end regions... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047690 | Agronomic method for commercial production of the green Cicer bean An agronomic system is disclosed for the commercial production of green Cicer beans wherein a relative risk of caramelization is determined based on geographical data, macro climate data, and micro climate data for a given locale. Relative risk of caramelization hel... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048957 | Method and apparatus for processing vegetables According to certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus relating to an infeed for positioning the green onions in a generally horizontal position on a conveyor and a transition conveyor for transporting the horizontally dispose... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022368 | Process for producing sugars and acids-rich juice and phytochemical-rich 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 phytochemicals and a relatively low level of sugars and acids. The other of the two juices has a relatively l... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020968 | Fruit and vegetable coring machine A coring tool is designed to first pierce the skin of a fruit and/or vegetable such as a pepper. A second phase blade of the coring tool preferably has a pair of oval blades, each with a sharpened leading edge to core the inside of the pepper. Thus, the two phase to... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007449 | Onion harvester with leaf topper An orientation system for vegetables includes a plurality of rotating rollers that both pull the vegetable into an inverted position, with leafy top down, and advance the vegetable along the length of the rollers to deliver the vegetables to a cutting system. The or... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6988622 | Venturi-driven flotation separator for chili peppers Mechanically harvested chili-pepper plants are sized into chunks and introduced into a water flotation system. Water is added at the top of a flotation vat and, for the most part, is withdrawn at the bottom using a venturi unit. The balance of the water is recovered... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6951168 | Vegetable delivery device for vegetable cutting apparatus The present invention discloses a vegetable delivery device for use in trimming roots and tops from bulbs such as onions. The device comprises a frame, a bottom conveyance means and a top conveyance means composed of a chain and gear system with a common synchronize... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905715 | Cocoa solids having a high cocoa procyanidin content 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. Addi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902649 | Enhanced fiber additive; and use The disclosure provides a process of modifying a seed based fiber (SBF) to form an enhanced fiber additive (EFA). The process includes an acid treatment step and optionally at least one fiber modification step. Preferred EFA products and uses are described. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902067 | In-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly An in-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly for removing debris including empty shells and sorting out unacceptable in-shell nuts includes multiple spaced belt sorting assemblies to removed materials having desired size characteristics and send them into a c... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887501 | Alkalized cocoa solids 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. Addi... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6861083 | Process and apparatus for the integral utilization of oil-producing drupes, particularly olives, and specific products obtained A process and an apparatus for the processing of oil-producing drupes, notably olives, is described comprising at least one device (20, 24) for the processing of whole drupes which effects a physical destructuring with incipient detachment of the drupe pulp f... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6855359 | Soluble isoflavone compositions The present invention provides isoflavone compositions exhibiting improved solubility (e.g., light transmittance), taste, color, and texture characteristics, and methods for making the same. The isoflavone compositions are useful for incorporation in a variety of fo... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6824804 | Pecan processing method and system A pecan processing method and system is described that increases the efficiency of pecan processing. In particular, pecan parts that fall beneath the cracker, secondary cracker product, are conveyed to an air separation device which removes dust and shells for dispo... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6824803 | Method of rolling oil-containing agricultural or grain products A method of using a rotatable roll for rolling oil-containing agricultural products or other types of cereals or foodstuffs. The roll has a roll body of metal and an outer covering of a non-metal material, especially synthetic material or a mixture of synthetic mate... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6797307 | Method for preparing an oat product and a foodstuff enriched in the content of β-glucan The invention relates to a method for preparing an oat product enriched in the content of β-glucan as well as a method for preparing a foodstuff incorporating such an enriched oat preparate. The invention uses dehulled or naked oats, which are subjected to dry mill... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6780451 | Citrus juice vesicle separation method and system A method for separating juice vesicles from a citrus fruit includes the step of forming a plurality of generally circumferential scores between a stem end and a stylar end of a citrus fruit. Preferably each score extends at least through a flavedo of a peel of the f... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6777005 | Foods containing a cocoa polyphenol additive Disclosed and claimed are cocoa extracts such as polyphenols or procyanidins, methods for preparing such extracts, as well as uses for them, especially as antineoplastic agents and antioxidants. Disclosed and claimed are antineoplastic compositions containing cocoa ... | 08/17/2004 |
