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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7276229 | Oral compositions comprising a viscosity modifier for reduction of tooth erosion The use of viscosity modifying polymer materials, commonly used as stabilisers, thickeners and emulsifiers, as tooth erosion inhibitors in acidic compositions for oral administration, especially in acidic beverages such as fruit drinks and oral healthcare products s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258053 | Hot dog slicer A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134958 | Method of making bird wing and breast products and products made in accordance with the method A method of cutting a whole bird to form bird meat products comprises: removing a portion of each of the wings of the bird including the wing tip sections and the center, two bone sections; removing both of the breasts and the drumettes of the wings from the remaind... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6951275 | Complex packaging device Packaging device allowing two or more products that are mixed at the time of use thereof to be expended in a single package, including a package differentiated in two or more enclosures, one of them provided with an openable stopper, separated by a movable stopperin... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942885 | Scored savory dough with toppings or fillings A ready-for-use refrigerated or frozen dough that is prepared from flour, a leavening agent, fat; has no greater than 0.5 weight percent sugar or sugar substitute; and preferably includes one or more toppings, fillings, or both. The dough has a surface that includes... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919097 | Soft, fully baked breadsticks A fully baked, soft, breadstick product is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.9 to 0.95. The breadstick product is ideally suited for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat kit. The breadstick products are of a convenient size and shape with perfo... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6878390 | Segmented rolled food item A segmented rolled food item is continuously produced using a rotating segmenting roller having a plurality of parallel circumferential lanes. Each lane contains a series of circumferentially spaced knife edges that are disposed at least substantially parallel to th... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6808727 | Meal-equivalent food bar An improved meal-substitute food bar, herein called a meal-equivalent food bar because it is divided into segments equivalent to the sequence of courses in a conventional meal, including appetizer with functional appetite stimulants; main-course with major nutrition... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6790467 | Ready to bake dough with shaped, coextruded filling and method of making same A ready to bake dough product with a shaped filling is disclosed. The filling is sized and configured so as to minimize or avoid exposure or spilling during processing, handling, or baking. The shape of the filling is configured such that it has a shorter distance v... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783782 | Grooved freezer-to-oven pizza crust A grooved, pre-proofed, freezer-to-oven pizza crust dough. The dough includes a top surface for a pizza filling, and a bottom surface opposing the top surface and contacting a pizza pan. The bottom surface of the dough defines a plurality of grooves which provide th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6726944 | Method for making cookies A method for providing individually baked products comprising the steps of providing an uncooked dough sheet or block which has separable portions of predefined shape, separating one or more portions from the sheet or block and then baking the portions to obtain ind... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6652894 | Shaped hot dog A shaped hot dog is formed by providing a wiener with cuts extending longitudinally from each end a distance selected to maintain a cylindrical middle portion intact. The cuts form distal portions which extend away from each side of the middle portion. Th... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6627239 | Sweet dough tray The invention is directed to a ready-for-use frozen or refrigerated sweet dough which is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat, and which is provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facilitate sep... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6413563 | Ready-to-brake refrigerated sweet dough A ready-for-use refrigerated sweet dough that is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat. The dough has a surface that includes grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the dough to be broken off and baked into in... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6312743 | Cookie dough A ready-for-use cookie dough which can be preserved in the refrigerator and which is prepared from flour, sugar, baking powder and fat, containing between about 0.3 and 1.5% baking powder and provided in a precut form or in a form with grooves. Preferably... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6284295 | Ready to bake refrigerated cookie dough A ready-for-use refrigerated cookie dough and which is prepared from flour, sugar, baking powder and fat, containing from about 0.1% to about 1.5% baking powder and provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facili... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280783 | Ready to bake refrigerated sweet dough A ready-for-use refrigerated sweet dough which is prepared from flour, sugar, a leavening agent and fat, and which is provided in a form that includes grooves, score lines, or a combination thereof, to facilitate separation of the dough into pieces that c... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6203828 | Method for forming a filled dough product A filled dough product having a plurality of dough sticks is provided. The plurality of dough sticks of the filled dough product can be connected by a web of dough. Each dough stick from the plurality of dough sticks can be separable from the plurality of... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6187361 | Method for making a shaped hot dog A shaped hot dog, and a method of forming a shaped hot dog from an elongated generally cylindrical wiener. The wiener is provided with cuts extending longitudinally from each end a distance selected to maintain a cylindrical middle portion intact. The cut... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6177663 | Food mold for microwave oven use A molding tube for the production of a bread product formed around a skewer (37). The skewer (37) is used in piercing ingredients used for flavor. The skewer (37) then organizes where chosen ingredient flavors will appear in the final food product. The sk... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6024997 | Cookie dough A ready-for-use cookie dough which can be preserved in the refrigerator and which is prepared from flour, sugar, baking powder and fat, containing between 0.3 and 1.5% baking powder and provided in a precut form or in a form with grooves.... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5976585 | Method of making hot dog based food product and food product thereof A food product is provided and includes a hot dog having a generally elongate shape with a cylindrical midsection and first and second generally curved ends; and a plurality of cuts extending longitudinally through the entire width of the hot dog from a f... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5962050 | Pizza-type product having an increased length of exposed crust edge, and method of making A compound pizza arrangement includes an inner shell section and an outer shell section. A gap is formed between the outer edge of the inner shell section and an inner edge of the outer shell section, to prevent the shell sections from contacting each oth... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5906833 | Chronological food bar A nutritional supplement contains plural parts. Each of the plural parts is chronologically appropriate for its scheduled time of consumption. The nutritional supplement is contained in a palatable base, for example, a food bar which masks any unpleasant ... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5869459 | Frozen rehydration formulation and delivery system therefor A rehydrating freezer pop provides a convenient and effective way of replenishing lost fluid and electrolytes. The frozen formulation masks unpleasant tastes of electrolyte and is readily consumed children.... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5855937 | Water-in-oil type emulsifying fats and oils food having split section layers and method of manufacturing same A conventional water-in-oil type emulsifying fats and oils food is extruded from a nozzle at a particular shear rate to provide therein split section layers composed of thin water film layers and the like. Accordingly, the food can be readily split even w... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5652005 | Method of making sandwich cookies for ice cream, and product A method of producing filled sandwich cookies to be fed by an auger into an ice cream stream to produce ice cream with filled cookies comprising baking dough in units of multiple cookie elements, of substantially round shape, applying filling to each cook... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5510135 | Apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material An apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material having a form (12). The form (12) includes at least two molds (14) connected to each other by a web (16). The introduction of material into the form (12) results in the mate... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5415881 | Animal muscle strip product A food product which is formed from a breast cut of poultry or other animal muscle material having a core area and a plurality of strips of breast formed integrally with the core area and extending outwardly therefrom in a random manner. The food product ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5349759 | Slicing guide marker A slicing guide marker for marking impressionable food products with an elongated cantilever arm rotatably attached to a support shaft. The cantilever arm having a marking roller adjacent one end and a counterweight slidably carried by the arm. The markin... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5069914 | Food product having reduced likelihood of choking A hot dog or other elongated food product having generally longitudinal slits extending along the entire length of the hot dog. The slits are preferably spaced around the circumference and extend radially from the outer surface toward, but not completely ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5045329 | Perforated pita bread After pita dough has been rolled and prior to baking of the dough to form pita bread, the flat pancake-like dough form is weakened along a perforation or score line on at least one side of the dough form. In the baking process the dough form seals and inf... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4975291 | Spiced meat product A meat product having the flavor, aroma and texture of a common frankfurter fabricated as a patty for easier cooking and use. A process for fabricating the meat product where molds are filled with the meat product for producing the desired shape while mai... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4874618 | Package containing a moisture resistant edible internal barrier Disclosed are two-compartment food packages which includes a first lower compartment housing a first food material, e.g., ice cream, and a second upper compartment housing a second food material, e.g., chocolate sauce with the second material being suppor... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4820533 | Edible barrier for composite food articles Disclosed are edible barriers useful in composite food articles to separate one food phase from another which differ in such properties as water activity, protein concentration, etc. The ebible barriers are especially useful in wrapped or packaged food it... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4472440 | Package containing a moisture resistant edible baked container A merchandising package for prolonging holding and serving periods for food products served in edible baked containers is provided in which an edible baked container is provided with an internal moisture barrier and nested snugly in a conformally shaped e... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4215104 | Multi-fractionable tablet structure The invention disclosed provides a multi-fractionable tablet structure initially configurated in a unitary dosage while having readily severable sub-dosage units as components thereof. Score markings are positioned variously about the tablet both along th... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4158064 | Meltable hard candy article A flat bar of precooked stable hard candy having a low moisture content which is rapidly meltable to form a brittle, non-sticky glaze coating on a confection or food item and having good shelf life and packaging characteristics with the hard candy bar hav... | 06/12/1979 |
