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8182853 High pressure freezing of frozen desserts  
A method for preparing a pasteurized frozen dessert by mixing unpasteurized ingredients for the frozen dessert, the ingredients including water, cooling the unpressurized mix, pressurizing the...
8178090 Recombinant hexose oxidase  
Use of a preparation as an antimicrobial agent or as an anti-oxidant; wherein said preparation comprises a polypeptide having hexose oxidase activity, the polypeptide being in a substantially pure...
8178146 Process for producing refrigerated produce  
The present invention includes a process for producing substantially stable produce, typically vegetables and fruit that can be stored in a refrigerated environment for at least about five weeks...
8178144 Method of separating meat components via centrifuge  
A centrifuge has an inner and an outer screw. The outer screw transfers material towards a cone-shaped section that leads to an outlet of the centrifuge. A mixture of meat components, liquid carbon...
8146380 Rocker chiller with improved product moisture retention  
The rocker chiller 10 includes a semi-cylindrical tank 12 filled with heat exchanging liquid and a baffle assembly 18 that rocks back and forth across the bottom wall of the tank. The baffle 26 of...
8137730 Power spraying of agricultural products with wrinkled skins  
Raisins that have been formed by field drying of grapes and that have been exposed to rain during the drying process that has caused solids, particularly sand, to become embedded in the surface...
8124132 Method and composition for inhibition of microbial growth in aqueous food transport and process streams  
The present invention relates to compositions including peroxyacetic acid and peroxyoctanoic acid and methods for preventing microbial growth in aqueous streams including the step of applying a...
8048852 Antimicrobial compounds and formulations  
The invention relates to the use of a molecule comprising a backbone of 2 to 35 non-hydrogen atoms in length, having covalently attached thereto at least two bulky and lipophilic groups and having...
8043644 Method for exposing comminuted foodstuffs to a processing fluid  
A method includes producing a flowing sheet of comminuted foodstuff and then exposing the flowing sheet of material to a processing fluid in at least one of the major surfaces of the sheet. The...
7981452 Preparation of an edible product from dough  
The present invention is directed to mold control and extended shelf life methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface...
7955631 Process for washing and sterilizing food products, particularly vegetables, and relevant apparatus  
The present invention relates to a process for washing and sterilizing food products, particularly vegetables. The process comprises the following steps: (a) treatment of the food products by...
7923035 Humidity-dependent antibacterial powdery composition, process for producing the same, humidity-dependent antibacterial food storing article and method of storing food  
The humidity-dependent antibacterial powdery composition comprises a volatile oily antibacterial substance contained in a high ratio and a water-soluble film forming agent and the behavior of...
7919129 System and method for spraying meat products with an anti-microbial agent  
System and method for applying an antimicrobial agent, such as acidified calcium sulfate (ACS), to unpackaged meat products, in order to eliminate or reduce existing food borne bacterial pathogens...
7915223 Antimicrobial agents  
A novel class of antimicrobial polymeric agents, which include a plurality of amino acid residues, such as positively charged amino acid residues, and at least one hydrophobic residue linking...
7891209 Device for preserving meat of slaughtered poultry or parts thereof  
In a method of chilling slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, the poultry is conveyed through a chilling room, or at least through a part of said chilling room, and in the process is exposed to a...
7888304 Use of carrageenan in an enzyme flush  
The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for clearing and cleaning enteral feeding tubes. More particularly, the composition is an ingestible gel composition that comprises...
7883732 Antimicrobial salt solutions for cheese processing applications  
Antimicrobial formulations and solutions for food safety and quality applications are disclosed. Because some of these formulations and solutions contain a substantial concentration of salt, they...
7862842 Use of cationic preservative in food products  
A novel use of cationic preservatives and preparations according to this novel use. A cationic preservative derived from lauric acid and arginine, in particular, the ethyl ester of the lauramide of...
7863350 Food preservation compositions and methods of use thereof  
Described herein are food preservation compositions. The compositions are composed of an absorbent material and an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial agent can be a volatile, nonvolatile, or a...
7824556 Methods for making chlorous acid and chlorine dioxide  
Chlorous acid is generated from a chlorite salt precursor, a chlorate salt precursor, or a combination of both by ion exchange. The ion exchange material facilitates the generation of chlorous acid...
7803417 Nut butter variegate and process for preparing  
In a first embodiment, the invention is directed to a process for making a variegated nut spread comprising (a) forming an enclosure from a film, b) pumping a nut spread into the enclosure; and (c)...
7767240 Microbiological control in poultry processing  
In the processing of poultry, equipment, instruments, apparatus and/or water used in such processing, and/or carcasses and/or parts of poultry resulting from the processing of poultry, are...
7767095 Pathogen reduction using chloramines  
A method and apparatus for implementing pathogen reduction within a poultry processing or food processing plant that uses water that has been treated with chloramines at an advantageous dosage...
7763297 Disinfectant and method of use  
A non-toxic environmentally friendly aqueous disinfectant is disclosed for specific use as prevention against contamination by potentially pathogenic bacteria, fungi and virus. The aqueous...
7754262 Method of producing mixed greens  
A method is provided for preparing mixed greens. Greens are immersed in an aqueous solution containing phosphoric acid, calcium chloride and a natural antibiotic, dewatered from their surfaces,...
7727568 Antimicrobial composition comprising a mixture of lactic acid or a derivative thereof and an inorganic acid  
The invention relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising a mixture of at least 20 wt. % lactic acid or a derivative thereof and an inorganic acid selected from a nitrogen, sulfur, and...
7687092 Encapsulated crystalline lactic acid  
The present invention relates to encapsulated lactic acid, where lactic acid is in a solid, pure, crystalline form. The encapsulation of food acids is common practice. Many companies produce...
7662417 Preservatives and protective systems  
This invention relates to compositions comprising cationic preservatives and anionic hydrocolloids, to methods of preparing them and their application in food microbiological protection. Due to...
7588696 Antimicrobial water softener salt and solutions  
One embodiment of the present invention is a method of regenerating an ion exchange medium having a bacterial population, comprising dissolving a salt formulation in water to create a brine and...
7579030 Food products with biocontrol preservation and method  
Food products can include dried microorganisms as a biocontrol agent. The dried cultures resist inactivation during pasteurization of the food product. The microorganisms are selected to be...
7575769 Preparation of an edible product from dough  
The present invention is directed to mold control and extended shelf life methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface...
7541056 High fiber and ready-to-serve, ambient stable fruit-based composition  
High fiber and ambient stable fruit-based compositions are described. The compositions are ready-to-eat, low in fat and suitable to be beverages, fillings, dips, sauces, spreads or dressings. The...
7541045 Concentrated, non-foaming solution of quaternary ammonium compounds and methods of use  
A concentrated quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) solution comprising a QAC with a concentration from greater than about 10% by weight and at least one solubility enhancing agent, such as an...
7510721 Multi-purpose acid compositions  
The invention relates to solutions containing acidic compositions that have a pH of less than 1, are non-caustic to human tissue and are safe for human ingestion. These compositions may be used as...
7473789 9-(1′,5′-dimethyl-1′-vinyl -4′- hexenyl)-4-hydroxy-7H-furo[3,2-γ] [1] benzopyran-7-one as antibacterial agent  
The object of the present invention is to provide an antibacterial agent which has an improved antibacterial effect and a wider antibacterial spectrum than conventional antibacterial agents, and...
7465469 Microbiocidal formulation comprising essentials oils or their derivatives  
The present invention deals with a microbiocidal aqueous formulation comprising: (i) an effective amount of at least one essential oil component, or derivatives thereof, said derivatives thereof...
7435438 Disinfectant and method of use  
A process is disclosed for treating consumable food products, the process comprising the step of applying to a consumable food product an aqueous disinfectant solution comprising silver dihydrogen...
7407679 Use of cationic preservative in food products  
A novel use of cationic preservatives and preparations according to this novel use. A cationic preservative derived from lauric acid and arginine, in particular, the ethyl ester of the lauramide of...
7387736 Pathogen reduction using chloramines  
A method and apparatus for implementing pathogen reduction within a poultry processing or food processing plant that uses water that has been treated with chloramines at an advantageous...
7375080 Immobilized lactoferrin (Im-LF) antimicrobial agents and uses thereof  
Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising a defined dispersion of lactoferria immobilized on a naturally occuring substrate via the N-terminus region of the lactoferrin. Compositions...
7357956 Tea beverage with improved flavor  
The invention is directed to beverages with improved flavor. The beverages are not sour and have a monoprotic acidulant with a pKa of less than about 2.6 and/or a polyprotic acidulant with a pKa1...
7354613 Method for treating processed food products  
Contacting a processed food product with an aqueous solution containing an effective amount of an alkali silicate reduces bacterial contamination of the product or retards bacterial growth on the...
7326429 Sterilization method of rice and processed rice foodstuffs  
The present invention relates to an effective sterilization method including cooking and heating processes, which prevents the quality deterioration of rice and processed rice foodstuffs...
7322369 Methods of detaching microorganisms from, or of inhibiting microbial attachment to, animal or poultry carcasses or seafood or parts thereof  
Methods of detaching microorganisms (e.g., bacteria) from, or of inhibiting microbial (e.g., bacterial) attachment to, animal or poultry carcasses or seafood or parts thereof, wherein the method...
7323203 Process for producing pickles, and antimicrobial composition  
The process for producing pickles of the invention comprises using an oil-in-water antimicrobial composition that contains allyisothiocyanate as the active ingredient and further contains...
7307103 Sodium dodecyl sulfate compositions for inactivating prions  
An antiseptic composition useful in destroying the infectivity of infectious proteins such as prions is disclosed. The antiseptic composition is preferably maintained at either a low pH of 4.0 or...
7288274 Method for cleaning poultry  
An apparatus (10) for washing eviscerated poultry carcasses (12) has a housing (11), a conveyor (15a) for moving the shackled poultry carcasses through the housing. A guide bar (24) tilts the...
7285301 Method for producing nutritionally balanced food compositions  
This invention relates to a process for manufacturing nutritionally balanced food compositions suitable for retort sterilization which have a low pH, extended shelf life, high antimicrobial...
7276260 Inhibition of Tyrophagus putrescentiae in pet food products  
A method of inhibiting the growth of Tyrophagus putrescentiae in a pet food product includes the step of adding at least 0.3% by weight conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) to the pet food product....
7273630 Process for cleaning and disinfecting food products  
A composition and process for improving the quality of raw food product such as seafood, meat and fowl including a treatment of a bath, rinse, ice blend, steam or spray for preparing the raw food...