Patents
US 12507704 B2: Process recipe cheese product with improved melt and firmness and method for manufacture
- Granted
- 2025-12-30
- Filed
- 2016-12-30 application 16065886
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
In one form, a process recipe cheese product composition is provided with improved melt and improved firmness as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The process recipe cheese product composition includes vegetable oil, corn-derived starches, and potato-derived starches. The process recipe cheese product may have a mechanical firmness in a range of about 6.5 to about 12 Kg·s and provide a melt in a range of 1″ to 1½″ as measured by heating a disc of cheese 0.875″ in diameter and 0.25″ thick in a double boiler containing water and heated over medium heat for 4 minutes.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC 285 patents | US company or organization | Chicago, IL | KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlene Celis | Chicago, IL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Shantanu Agarwal | Schaumburg, IL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kathryn J. Horan | Deerfield, IL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jonathan L. Reeve | Glenview, IL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23C | Dairy products, e.g. milk, butter or cheese; milk or cheese substitutes; preparation thereof | A23C20/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23L | Foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for; preparation or treatment thereof | A23L29/219 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23V | Indexing scheme relating to foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages and lactic or propionic acid bacteria used in foodstuffs or food preparation | A23V2002/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HORAN, KATHRYN JEANNE signed 2017-01-27 REEVE, JONATHAN L. signed 2017-01-27 CELIS, MARLENE signed 2017-03-20 AGARWAL, SHANTANU signed 2017-04-04 | KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC CHICAGO, IL | 46194/393 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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