25 patents
Utility
Packaging station and method of operating a packaging station
12 Sep 23
An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller.
John Joseph Michels
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Processed leguminous materials
5 Sep 23
Disclosed are methods of processing raw leguminous materials, such as pea flour, pea concentrate, or pea isolate, to reduce non-volatile flavor components and in particular bound saponin compounds.
Monjur Hossen, John David Pinkston, Alina Ruxandra Tenea, George Cherian
Filed: 29 Jun 18
Utility
Dual-spray reduced sugar coating system and method
16 May 23
A system and method for applying a reduced sugar coating to a food product is provided.
Eric Joseph Homan, Tamila Rena Williams, Gabriela Perez-Hernandez
Filed: 27 Feb 19
Utility
Apparatus and method for producing flake-like cereal without the use of a flaking mill
28 Mar 23
An apparatus and method for producing flake-like cereal without the use of a flaking mill.
Norbert Gimmler, Kevin J. Laubenthal
Filed: 20 Jul 20
Utility
Method for manufacturing a food product, a food product produced by a food product manufacturing system, and food product manufacturing system
7 Mar 23
A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.
Helbert David Almeida Dominguez, Stephen Vanos
Filed: 15 Dec 16
Utility
Determining product placement compliance
21 Feb 23
A method for product compliance includes receiving, at data processing hardware, a planogram defining a representative placement of a product on a display shelf and receiving at least one image from an imaging device having a field of view arranged to capture a top surface of the display shelf.
Ganapa Sashidhara Murthy, Daniel Brian Yousef, Eric Kanagy
Filed: 20 Mar 20
Utility
Process of stabilizing and spraying a foam to mimic the appearance of frosting
30 Aug 22
A system and method for applying a reduced sugar coating to a food product is provided using a natural whitening system.
Alicia Antonio Perdon, Zarini Muhammad-Tahir, Eric Homan, Joseph George
Filed: 1 Feb 19
Utility
Snack bars and methods of making
10 May 22
Snack bars incorporating a prebiotic, probiotic and natural fibers, and methods of making such snack bars are described herein.
Guoshen Yang, Jennifer Elegbede, Vara Prodduk
Filed: 19 Mar 19
Utility
System and method for applying a fastening material to a substrate
19 Apr 22
A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided.
John Joseph Michels
Filed: 5 Aug 20
Utility
Media content tracking of users' gazing at screens
18 Jan 22
A method includes receiving a user identifier and instructing display systems to display media content based on the user identifier.
Gustav Hoffman, Ganapa Sashidhara Murthy
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Beacon based campaign management
27 Apr 21
A method for transmitting a campaign notification message to a shopper mobile computing device includes receiving a condition set from a computing device corresponding to a user for generating the campaign notification message.
Ganapa Sashidhara Murthy
Filed: 17 Jun 19
Utility
Heat recovery system
9 Feb 21
The heat recovery system includes an oven having a treatment air with a treatment air temperature and a treatment air dew point temperature to treat a product or product in process.
Nicholson Hirzel, James Breslin
Filed: 22 Sep 16
Utility
Food processing system, apparatus for testing a foreign object sensor and a method for operating the food processing system
2 Feb 21
A food processing system is disclosed.
Nicholson James Hirzel
Filed: 9 Mar 17
Utility
Merchandising system
26 Oct 20
A system for displaying merchandise includes a first tray member including a passage extending from a first end of the first tray member to a second end of the first tray member.
Jane Yu Xin Lim
Filed: 12 Feb 19
Utility
Packaging station and method of operating a packaging station
14 Sep 20
An apparatus includes a product metering device, first and second container preparation systems, and a controller.
John Joseph Michels
Filed: 4 Jan 18
Utility
System and method for applying a fastening material to a substrate
7 Sep 20
A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided.
John Joseph Michels
Filed: 30 Apr 17
Utility
Integrated carton reclose feature
7 Sep 20
A storage assembly comprises a sleeve and a container.
Travis Bernard Key
Filed: 19 Aug 18
Utility
Apparatus and method for producing flake-like cereal without the use of a flaking mill
24 Aug 20
An apparatus and method for producing flake-like cereal without the use of a flaking mill.
Norbert Gimmler, Kevin J. Laubenthal
Filed: 17 Jan 17
Utility
Acrylamide control in cooked food products
27 Jul 20
The present disclosure relates to methods of reducing the formation of acrylamide in a thermally processed food product and to cooked food products with reduced acrylamide.
Deirdre E. Ortiz, Stephen Paul Zimmerman, John David Pinkston
Filed: 7 Aug 17
Utility
High protein flakes derived from protein pellets
15 Jun 20
The present invention relates to methods for preparing high protein flakes comprising forming a protein into a protein pellet and introducing the protein pellet and a food component into a cooker.
Monjur Hossen, George Cherian, Muhammad Asif
Filed: 14 Nov 16