A23C 20/00
Cheese substitutes
Official title: Cheese substitutes (A23C19/055, A23C19/093 take precedence; preservation of cheese substitutes A23B11/70)
A23C20/00 (Cheese substitutes) appears on 251 US grants and 405 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 251
- Published applications
- 405
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,161
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2020 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021 | 11 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 35 |
| 2023 | 12 | 49 |
| 2024 | 9 | 67 |
| 2025 | 17 | 52 |
| 2026 | 9 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rapeseed protein composition with high protein quality9 Jun 2026US 12,648,584 B2Dsm IP Assets B.V.
- Mozzarella cheese analogues and related methods26 May 2026US 12,635,703 B2New Culture Inc.
- Method for manufacturing cheese-like fermented food, and cheese-like fermented food26 May 2026US 12,635,704 B2Kikkoman Corporation
- Method for producing a preferably vegan food product particulate, preferably vegan food product particulate, and preferably vegan final food product26 May 2026US 12,635,717 B2Hochland SE
- Method for producing cheese-like snack food19 May 2026US 12,628,843 B2Fuji Oil Company, Limited
- Vegetable streched-curd cheese and method of production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305638 A1Dreamfarm S.R.L. Sb
- Method for producing plant-based cheese8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305639 A1Amano Enzyme Inc.
- Enzyme preparation for cheese analog17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275320 A1Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Edible products with improved properties10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262682 A1Alfred's Foodtech Ltd
- Plant-based cheese composition20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240184 A1Tiense Suikerraffinaderij N.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfragmented ionic polysaccharide/protein complex dispersions106US 5,104,674 AKraft General Foods, Inc. · 1992
- Carbohydrate cream substitute83US 4,911,946 AThe Nutra Sweet Company · 1990
- Imitation cheeses containing enzymatically debranched starches in lieu of caseinates76US 4,937,091 ANational Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation · 1990
- Imitation cheese composition and products containing starch56US 5,807,601 ASchreiber Foods, Inc. · 1998
- Isoflavone-enriched soy protein product and method for its manufacture49US 5,858,449 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1999