A23C 19/082
Adding substances to the curd before or during melting
Official title: Adding substances to the curd before or during melting; Melting salts
A23C19/082 (Adding substances to the curd before or during melting) appears on 198 US grants and 203 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Cheese compositions and related methods18 Nov 2025US 12,471,606 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Dairy product and process27 May 2025US 12,310,382 B2Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited
- 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
- Cheese-like food and method for manufacturing same22 May 2025US 2025/0160357 A1Meiji Co., Ltd.
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