A23L 7/161
Puffed cereals
Official title: Puffed cereals, e.g. popcorn or puffed rice
A23L7/161 (Puffed cereals) appears on 731 US grants and 641 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 641
- Assignees
- 342
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 5 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Liquid oil-based fat system composition for microwave popcorn22 Sep 2026US 12,740,579 B2ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
- Liquid oil-based fat system composition for microwave popcorn18 Aug 2026US 12,708,126 B2ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
- Cooked caramel compositions and related food products28 Apr 2026US 12,610,964 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Salt carrier compositions for preparing low fat, low calorie and low sodium microwave popcorn31 Mar 2026US 12,588,695 B2
- Method for producing popcorn-containing shaped parts24 Feb 2026US 12,558,820 B2Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Öffentlichen Rechts
- Puffed grain fermented enzyme having superoxide dismutase activity and catalase activity, production method therefor, and food composition comprising same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293943 A1EcoMarine, LLC
- Extruded Puffed High Insoluble Fiber Food and High Total Fiber Pieces and Methods of Making24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283217 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Fry basket24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283404 A1
- electromagnetic heating popcorn machine with spherical pot body17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271973 A1Xdf(Hongkong) Machinery Technology Limited
- Food product and coating16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198538 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier or composition for topical application284US 6,911,211 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2005
- Pet food product containing probiotics145US 5,968,569 ANestec S. A. · 1999
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier or composition for topical application111US 6,967,023 B1Foamix Ltd. · 2005
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier and composition for topical application104US 6,994,863 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2006
- Pharmaceutical composition for topical application93US 7,682,623 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2010