Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
426124000 | Package containing separate noncoated or laminated interior inedible solid material | 38 |
20090136630 | Packaged fresh food product and method for packaging fresh food products - A packaged fresh food product, particularly a meat product ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090148572 | Concentrate for preparing a bouillon, soup, sauce, gravy or for use as seasoning, the concentrate comprising particulates and gelatin and starch - Concentrates for preparing a bouillon, broth, soup, sauce, gravy or for use as a seasoning, which concentrates comprises 20-80% water, 0.5-60% (pieces of) herbs, vegetables, meat, fish or crustaceans, 3-30% salt and a gelling agent comprising gelatin and starch. | 06-11-2009 |
20090232948 | ACTIVE PACKAGING THAT INHIBITS FOOD PATHOGENS - The present invention relates to a novel, active packaging that inhibits food pathogens either by means of the generation of an active atmosphere or by means of direct contact, which comprises a support made from paper, cardboard, cork, aluminum or wood and an active coating therefore. This coating consists of a formulation of paraffin and natural plant extracts. | 09-17-2009 |
20090324784 | METHODS FOR REDUCING THE SENSORY EFFECTS OF ODOROUS COMPOUNDS - The present invention is directed to compositions containing a food product capable of developing a volatile, malodorous sulfur-containing and/or nitrogen-containing compound after packaging, and a pristine metal in an amount sufficient to minimize the sensory effects of the volatile, malodorous compounds at a time of use. | 12-31-2009 |
20100047404 | PACKAGING LAMINATE - The invention relates to a packaging laminate comprising at least one base layer of paper or paper board and at least one liquid barrier layer, said paper or paper board being sized with a formulation comprising a sizing agent selected from the group consisting of ketene dimers and multimers, succinic anhydrides, rosins and mixtures thereof, and also comprising an acrylamide based polymer The invention further relates to the production and use of a packaging laminate and a package for food or beverage products and its production. | 02-25-2010 |
20100047405 | ABSORBENT PAD TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS FOR CONSUMER FOOD STORAGE - The present disclosure is directed to an absorbent pad having an active agent to preserve food products or other perishable merchandise, that has a pad architecture, including the specific arrangement of the absorbent layers and active agents in the absorbent pad, that affects the availability and timing of release of the active agents to preserve the freshness of food products that are stored at home by a consumer in the consumer's own food storage containers. | 02-25-2010 |
20100098816 | Freshness prolonging smart beverage container - The invention is a container for liquids, such as milk, juices and wines, which are subject to spoilage enhanced by contact with air. The container may be partially filled with liquid in a sub-chamber made anaerobic by a divider plate positioned on-the surface of the liquid and fitting sufficiently snugly within the container. The divider plate prevents contact between the beverage and air and thus reduces air-induced spoilage. Various embodiments provide springs and divider pullers to place the divider at the liquid surface, easy pouring and easy cleaning. A significant intended use is prolonging freshness of beverages in environments lacking refrigeration. | 04-22-2010 |
20100166925 | FILMS COMPRISING A LIQUID-ABSORBANT INNER LAYER AND AN IMPERMEABLE OUTER LAYER - Films comprising a liquid-absorbant layer and an impermeable layer are provided. Processes for manufacturing these films is also provided. The films are suitable for preparation of tubular casings and shrinkbags, in particular, casings for smoked foodstuffs. Also described are foodstuffs processed in the tubular casings. | 07-01-2010 |
20100173047 | FOOD PACKAGE HAVING WRAPPED STACK OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING - A food package and method for forming the same are provided, where the food package includes an outer wrapper surrounding a stack of food products and a pair of end backers, one at each end of the stack, are enclosed within the wrapper. The end backers or sealing backers each provide a backing or sealing surface for use in forming the end seals in the outer wrapper. Pressure can be applied against the backers during formation of the end seals. | 07-08-2010 |
20100189848 | FOOD PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED SHELF LIFE - A packaging system for perishable food products, especially for meat products discharging residual blood and other natural fluids, comprising a tray and an outer tray closure film spanning the perimeter of the tray, wherein the tray possesses structural features for transmission of draining fluids away from the meat product extending the shelf-life of the packaged meat while avoiding the usual “browning” appearance. Instead, the natural redness and appetizing appearance or “bloom” properties of the meat product are maintained for enhanced customer acceptance. The outer film preferably incorporates at least a sufficient amount of a biostatic and/or biocidal agent. The tray includes an elevated meat supporting porous film, and a reservoir below the porous film for collecting descending fluids. The descending fluids are managed by a series of elevations and lower channels for collection/retaining the fluids in supporting relationship with the porous film. | 07-29-2010 |
20100221393 | Resealable, Reusable Plastic Storage Container and Lid With Gas-Permeable Membranes for Modified Storage of Food and Perishables - A system and reusable plastic container for preserving the quality of a range of fruits and vegetables are provided. The container independently maintains modified atmospheres and relative humidity within the range of 1% to 50% carbon dioxide plus 1% to 15% oxygen and relative humidity of 75% RH and 100% RH. For produce highly susceptible to mould, yeast and/or bacterial growth at RH of 75% to 80% will result in optimum quality retention. The container includes a plastic body, plastic lid and a gas permeable film membrane hermetically sealed between the lid and the container. The plastic body and lid can be polyamide (nylon 6, 11, 12, or 66 and blends thereof), polycarbonate, polyethylene, polyethyleneterepthalate, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinylchloride, and mixtures thereof. The lid can be macro-perforated for a three piece application or micro-perforated for a two piece application. The film membranes can have different oxygen and carbon dioxide permeability rates for specific package volumes and specific produce respirations. | 09-02-2010 |
20100233328 | FOOD PRESERVATION PACKAGING SYSTEM - A system for preserving food, including a substantially anhydrous food mass, a substantially vitreous layer surrounding the substantially anhydrous food mass and defining an enclosure, and a partial vacuum formed within the enclosure. The substantially anhydrous food mass is typically a freeze-dried and compacted body, and the enclosure is typically defined by a contiguous glass shell, more typically a non-porous glass shell, enveloping the food mass. | 09-16-2010 |
20100260902 | High Fiber Nutritional Emulsions - Disclosed are nutritional aqueous emulsions having high fiber content. These emulsions comprise fat, protein, and carbohydrate, which includes from 1.75% to about 4.0% by weight of diacylglycerol oil and from about 1.5% to about 9.0% by weight of fiber. These emulsions may also comprise fat, protein, and carbohydrate, which includes from 1% to about 4.0% of diacylglycerol oil by weight of the aqueous emulsion and from about 2.0% to about 9.0% of fiber by weight of the aqueous emulsion, wherein the aqueous emulsion has a viscosity of less than about 300 centipoise at 20° C. These high fiber emulsions provide beneficial features, including one or more of stability, desirable hedonics, rheology, and product performance, including a blunted glycemic response profile and or minimal or no gastrointestinal intolerance. | 10-14-2010 |
20100330237 | DENSIFIED PARTICULATE PACKAGED PRODUCTS - A packaged product comprising a container having a container volume; and a quantity of densified particulate products having a tapped bulk density ranging from 0.08 g/cc to 0.4 g/cc disposed within the container, wherein the quantity of densified particulate products occupies more than 85% of the container volume is provided. A process for producing the packaged product includes densifying a quantity of densifiable particulate products prior to forming a closing seal in its container. In one embodiment, vibrational forces are applied to a temporary container as it is being removed from a shipping container. | 12-30-2010 |
20110052762 | Package With a Food Product Therein and Machine for Manufacturing a Packaged Food Product - A package with a food product therein is provided and, in particular, with a coffee product, comprising at least an inner package and at least an outer package, and having at least one means for reclosing provided on the inner package and/or on an inner side of the outer package. Alternatively, the inner package may comprise a vacuum-packed inner package with an outer package. A machine for producing a packaged food product is also provided and, in particular, for producing a packaged coffee product. The machine comprises at least one device for applying a means for reclose to the inner package and/or to the inner side of the outer package, the device provided in the machine direction upstream of a device for providing the at least one outer package around the at least one inner package. | 03-03-2011 |
20110123685 | Packaged Food Product - A packaged food product has (i) a tray, (ii) a plurality of stackable chip snacks aligned on the tray main body, and (iii) a tubular container. The tray contains (1) a tray main body comprising a proximal tray end and a distal tray end, and (2) a cushioning space at the distal tray end. The tubular container contains a wall body, a closed container end adjacent to the wall body, an openable container end adjacent to the wall body and opposed to the closed container end, the tubular container comprising the plurality of stackable chip snacks and the tray therein. The tray is aligned so that the cushioning space is oriented adjacent to the closed container end. | 05-26-2011 |
20110206812 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING POTATO CRISPS, AS WELL AS THE PACKAGE OBTAINED - A process for packing potato crisps ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110229610 | ANTI-LEAK MEAT PACK, FOOD PACKAGING TRAY THEREFORE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The anti-leak meat pack can include a food packaging tray, meat on the tray, a film covering the meat, wrapped around the tray, and sealed against an outward-facing surface all around the tray, an anti-leak seal thereby being formed surrounding the meat. | 09-22-2011 |
20120015081 | OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION IN A SINGLE USE CONTAINER - The invention provides for an extended shelf life package comprising a material for mammal ingestion that degrades by oxidation, comprising an oxygen scavenger comprising a transition metal oxygen scavenger, a container substantially impervious to oxygen, wherein the container has a filter suspended in the container, the filter holds the material for mammal ingestion, and the container also holds the oxygen scavenger. | 01-19-2012 |
20120148710 | Combination condiment packet and stirrer - An apparatus and method for a combination condiment packet and stirrer. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an extendable stirrer is disposed within a sealed condiment packet, the stirrer being detachably affixed to the packet. | 06-14-2012 |
20130011527 | Resealable Packaging For Food Products And Method Of Manufacturing - Resealable packaging for food products is provided with a flexible container having a top, bottom and side faces, a container aperture having lateral edges extending within the top face, and a flexible closure flap covered of repositionable adhesive on the lateral margins, which are peelable from a closed position in which they adhere around the aperture. The container having a supporting insert including a frame extending along the side faces and having a lower peripheral edge laying against the bottom face of the container. The frame may include foot portions and may have a top peripheral edge situated adjacent the top face and may have head portions between which two top panels extend. The insert covers the inner face of the container in the area on which the lateral margins adhere, to support it during the resealing. A method of manufacturing is also disclosed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130078343 | Kitchen Tool Apparatus and Method - A kitchen tool applies texture to gnocchi or gnocchetti. The kitchen tool has a bottom surface defining a plurality of parallel longitudinal ridges. Serrations on the longitudinal ridges help the longitudinal ridges to grip a ball of dough. A cross ridge is generally normal to the longitudinal ridges and depends below the longitudinal ridges. Sides depend below the cross ridge and the longitudinal ridges. The kitchen tool may be a part of a kit that also includes a dry dough mix. A method of using the tool also is provided. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095215 | FOOD PACKAGE FOR CUT PRODUCE - The present disclosure provides a food package system for cut or sliced produce. The food package system includes a food tray, tray insert, closure, and an absorbent food pad positioned directly below the tray insert that absorbs exuded liquid from the cut or sliced produce, and contains active agents that modify the atmosphere in the food package system and have antimicrobial activity. The absorbent food pad absorbs liquids from the cut or sliced produce and keeps the absorbed liquids separated from the produce to extend shelf life, preserve appearance and other organoleptic features, and reduce spoilage of the cut or sliced produce in the food package system. | 04-18-2013 |
20130115341 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRESERVATION AND REGENERATION OF PRE-BAKED BREAD - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for the preservation and regeneration of pre-baked bread. The method comprises a preservation phase including the steps of enclosing the pre-baked bread in a receptacle capable of withstanding high temperatures, and hermetically enclosing the receptacle in an atmosphere conducive to the preservation of the pre-baked bread. The method may further include the step of heating the receptacle containing the pre-baked bread. The system comprises a packaging for preservation of pre-baked bread, including a receptacle for containing the pre-baked bread, the receptacle being capable of withstanding high temperatures. The packaging also comprises an enclosure for hermetically enclosing the receptacle, the enclosure containing a gas conducive to the preservation of pre-baked bread, such as CO | 05-09-2013 |
20130243912 | Food Package - A food package having a tray, an absorbent pad formed with a surface-treated carboxyalkylated polysaccharide, a wrap, and a food product is disclosed. The absorbent pad can be substantially compostable. In certain embodiments, all components of the food package are substantially compostable. | 09-19-2013 |
20130302480 | Antimicrobial Compositions and related methods of use - Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical and/or personal care products and, applications. | 11-14-2013 |
20140087033 | BIOGENIC AMINE ABSORBER - The invention relates to a package for protein containing foods comprising a sealable food covering and, in the interior of the covering, a permeable container wherein an absorbent is in the permeable container and the absorbent comprises an acid that substantially irreversibly reacts with biogenic amines within the covering to form a salt or an amide that is without objectionable odor or toxicity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087034 | BIOGENIC AMINE OXIDIZER OR UNREACTIVE ABSORBER - The invention relates to a package for protein containing foods comprising a sealable food covering and, in the interior of the covering, a permeable container wherein an oxidizer is in the permeable container oxidizer substantially irreversibly reacts with biogenic amines within the covering to form compounds without objectionable odor or toxicity; in another embodiment the invention provides a package for protein containing foods comprising a sealable food covering and, in the interior of the covering, a permeable container wherein an unreactive absorbent is in the permeable container and the unreactive absorbent absorbs, but does not react with biogenic amines within the covering to largely remove the biogenic amines from the package. | 03-27-2014 |
20140199444 | LONG LIFE DOUGH PACKAGE - This invention relates to a packaging material for unbaked dough products which includes a container that is impermeable to water vapor transmission, a relative humidity control device in the container, dough, and a water permeable sheet forming a cover for the container wherein the relative humidity control device includes a water vapor permeable container containing a solidified humectant composition which further includes a humectant salt, water and carrier. | 07-17-2014 |
20140272021 | ETHYL ALCOHOL EMITTING PACKAGE FOR BAKED GOODS - The invention relates to a food package comprising a container having moisture barrier properties and containing a product subject to mold growth and further containing stabilized ethyl alcohol emitting composite material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140322399 | Long Life Dough Package - This invention relates to a packaging material for unbaked dough products which includes a container that is impermeable to water vapor transmission, a relative humidity control device in the container, dough, and a water permeable sheet forming a cover for the container wherein the relative humidity control device includes a water vapor permeable container containing a solidified humectant composition which further includes a humectant salt, water and carrier. | 10-30-2014 |
20140356489 | PACK FOR FOOD, SET FOR FORMING SUCH A PACK, AND MATERIAL SHEET FOR SUCH A SET - Pack for food, in particular for an item of confectionery, comprising an originally flat material sheet ( | 12-04-2014 |
20150093478 | ABSORBENT PAD TO REDUCE CONFINEMENT ODOR IN FOOD PACKAGES - An absorbent pad that contains activated carbon to reduce confinement odor in a vacuum-packaged food product is provided. An embodiment of absorbent pad contains activated carbon and an antimicrobial agent that further reduces confinement odor by two mechanisms of action: reducing bacterial counts in the liquid purge that cause breakdown of carbohydrates and proteins in food products; and trapping of confinement odor-causing breakdown products by the activated carbon. The absorbent body in the absorbent pad actively draws in liquid purge and dissolved volatile breakdown products in the vacuum package that produce confinement odor, which produces greater and more rapid contact of odor-causing compounds with the activated carbon. | 04-02-2015 |
20150291303 | PACKAGE FOR CUSHIONING FOOD PRODUCT - A perishable food package having a semi-rigid or rigid bottom tray and a flexible top portion is provided for storing a perishable food product therein. The food product can be vacuum sealed within a first layer of film, such as an inner film layer, inside the tray. The vacuum sealed food product can be tightly sealed such that any loose food particles can be restrained from moving around during storage and transportation. The tray can then be sealed at an opening by a second layer of film, such as an outer layer. A space filled with gas is present between the first and second layers of film and can aid in conserving the freshness of the food product and minimizing or preventing damage to the product. Additionally, the package can have support features positioned at an exterior of the package that aid in standing the package in an upright position. | 10-15-2015 |
20150297036 | CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION FOR POWDERED MATERIAL - A packaging for a powdered material includes a tub for receiving the material, the tub having a base and a peripheral wall with a top edge; an outer sleeve around at least the peripheral wall of the tub, thereby supporting the tub; a removable membrane for separating the powdered material in the tub from the environment; and a lid assembly having a peripheral rim for connection over the top edge of the peripheral wall of the tub and defining a wide access opening and a lid, hingedly attached to the rim for reclosing the access opening. A method of manufacturing such a package for a powdered material includes sliding the tub in the sleeve, such that at least the peripheral wall of the tub is enclosed by the sleeve, whereby sleeve supports the tub and the tub and sleeve form a container for the powdered material. | 10-22-2015 |
20150314939 | FOODSTUFFS PACKAGING CONTAINING A FILM WITH PROPERTIES PROVIDING A BARRIER TO MINERAL OILS - The present invention relates to foodstuffs packaging containing a polyolefin-based film with properties providing a barrier to mineral oils. | 11-05-2015 |
20160000269 | THERMOFORMED CONTAINER WITH LID - A container assembly includes a thermoformed tub of relatively thin plastic material having a peripheral wall extending to an upper edge and defining a product containing space. A lower rim is connected to the upper edge of the tub, the lower rim defining an opening giving access to the product containing space and being formed of a relatively thicker plastic material. An upper rim is connectable to the lower rim and a lid is provided for selectively closing the opening. By the use of a thin walled thermoformed tub, the amount of material required for forming the body of the container is limited. Furthermore, the lower rim of relatively thicker plastic material provides the required support to the relatively thin material of the peripheral wall, allowing effective connection to the upper rim. | 01-07-2016 |
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