A23C 19/08
Process cheese preparations
Official title: Process cheese preparations; Making thereof, e.g. melting, emulsifying, sterilizing
A23C19/08 (Process cheese preparations) appears on 275 US grants and 298 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 298
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 837
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Product and method of producing dairy products comprising dairy-derived emulsifying salts17 Mar 2026US 12,575,582 B2Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Emulsifying salt-free and starch stabilized cheese6 Jan 2026US 12,514,260 B2Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
- Process recipe cheese product with improved melt and firmness and method for manufacture30 Dec 2025US 12,507,704 B2Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
- Methods and systems of making cheese forms9 Dec 2025US 12,490,752 B2Leprino Foods Company
- Cheese compositions and related methods18 Nov 2025US 12,471,606 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Artificial protein compositions30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215452 A1
- Product and method of producing dairy products comprising dairy-derived emulsifying salts2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182596 A1Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Emulsifying salt-free and starch stabilized cheese2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090558 A1Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
- Process Recipe Cheese Product With Improved Melt And Firmness And Method For Manufacture19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076382 A1Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
- Methods and systems of making cheese forms12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068899 A1Leprino Foods Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Threaded dental implant with a core to thread ratio facilitating immediate loading and method of installation141US 5,967,783 A1999
- Process for making whey-derived fat substitute product and products thereof110US 5,413,804 ACacique, Inc. · 1995
- Microfragmented ionic polysaccharide/protein complex dispersions106US 5,104,674 AKraft General Foods, Inc. · 1992
- Low calorie food products having smooth, creamy, organoleptic characteristics81US 5,011,701 AKraft General Foods, Inc. · 1991
- Nisin as an antibotulinal agent for food products56US 4,597,972 AAplin & Barrett, Ltd. · 1986