Intercontinental Great Brands LLC

Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Perfetti Van Melle Benelux B.v.

Leonard S Scarola

Bharat K Jani

Vincent Daniel McGinniss

Piaras Valdis De Cleir

Marc Degady

Navroz Boghani

Jeffrey Thomas Weber

Deborah A Lyzenga

Ronald H Exner

Miles Van Niekerk

Ayse Tulay Massey

Jesse Kiefer

Sian Henson

Paul Edward Doll

Gary Joseph Albaum

Cesar Carlos Elejalde

Jo-Ann Clark

Krishna Adivi

Kate Avrial Yauk

Hendrik Eyselee

Vinay Bhatnagar

David C Masterson

Paul Anthony Zerfas

Colleen Marie Henry

Jeffrey Boyce

Karl Ragnarsson

Albert Vincent Maslowski

Louis Peter Fenech, Iii

Jane Lee MacDonald

Ann E Buck

Kelly J Jenkins

Stephen P Wilcox

Jaswinder Dhadda

Rachel Leichte

Adam Lloyd

Anny M Hierro

Jane Lee Macdonald

Robert Goldberg

Marty Golden

Enzo Vecchiarelli

Mark R Alten

Christian Makert

Mangesh Palekar

Gary J Albaum

Mangesh Palejar

Eric Mecrin

Tilo Gabler

Vincenzo Disavino

Kate Aurial Yauk

Disclosed is a system for forming and cooling gum, the system including a forming system configured to size the gum to include a substantially uniform thickness, a cooling device that is disposed in-line with the forming system and configured to continuously receive the gum from the forming system at an entry point of the cooling device, and a multi-pass conveying system configured to continuously transport the gum from the entry point to an exit point of the cooling device, the forming system and the cooling device being configured to form and cool the gum to be in a condition for stacking or collecting upon exiting the exit point of the cooling device.

System and method for forming and cooling chewing gum

A shipping carton displays two rows of packaged products stacked upon one another with package indicia facing a front opening. The carton () includes a top opening through which the packaged products are loaded in a vertical orientation. The top opening is closable by two opposing flaps () that adjoin along a top center line (), and sealable with an adhesive strip () that extends along the top and onto opposing front and back surfaces of the container. The carton also includes a removable panel () defined by a line of weakness () spanning across the front surface and an adjacent side surface. The removable panel defines two protrusions () on opposing sides of the opening on the front surface. A portion of the adhesive strip () closing the top opening extends onto one of the protrusions ().

Retail display carton

A package includes a first pouch and either a second pouch or a cover, where the pouches are configured to contain a product, such as a food product, and attached relative to each other about a hinge. The package includes at least one closure flap. The first and second pouches or first pouch and cover are movable about the hinge from a closed position where access is at least partially blocked by the closure flap toward an open position where the closure flap is separated to allow greater access. Methods of manufacturing such packages are also provided.

Packages having separable sealing features and methods of manufacturing

A package includes a first pouch and either a second pouch or a cover, where the pouches are configured to contain a product, such as a food product, and attached relative to each other about a hinge. The package includes at least one closure flap. The first and second pouches or first pouch and cover are movable about the hinge from a closed position where access is at least partially blocked by the closure flap when in the closed position and wherein the closure flap is separated to allow greater access when in an open position. Methods of manufacturing such packages are also provided.

Flexible film packages having a partial, initial seal against ambient atmosphere and are easily openable and reclosable. The flexible film packages are generally resealable to extend the shelf-life or freshness of products contained therein once the package is initially opened. By one approach, the flexible film has two opposing edge portions that meet to form a longitudinal seal extending from a first end seal to a second end seal. The flexible film may have a score that defines a package opening. An elongated closure layer may extend over the score and may extend from a first end seal to a second end seal and within the opposing edge portions that form the longitudinal seal. The elongated closure layer may have a tack-free gripping portion used to release at least a portion of the elongated closure from the flexible film to form the package opening.

Reclosable flexible packaging and methods for manufacturing same

Improvements in containers are provided, and in particular improvements in containers for preparing and dispensing foamable beverage and food products. The package may contain at least a liquid primary ingredient and a secondary ingredient and comprises at least one wall defining a chamber at least partially filled with the primary ingredient, an outlet for dispensing the prepared product, and a capsule surrounding the primary ingredient separating the secondary ingredient from the primary ingredient. The capsule may be attached to insides of opposing walls of the package such that as the opposing walls are moved further apart the capsule breaks. At least one of the ingredients may include a foaming agent such that the foamed product is produced when the capsule is broken and the primary and secondary ingredients mix.

Containers

A hybrid reclosable fastener with both mechanical mating and adhesive reclosable mating elements and a method of forming the hybrid reclosable fastener is described herein. Mechanical mating elements include mating portions having cooperating coupling parts configured to provide mechanical mating along with adhesive mating elements including an adhesive material formed on the cooperating coupling parts configured to provide an adhesive mating.

Mechanical and adhesive based reclosable fasteners

Containers and methods are provided for dispensing a liquid concentrate utilizing one or more desirable properties including a generally consistent discharge across a range of squeeze forces, a generally consistent discharge with the same force without significant dependence on the amount of liquid concentrate in the container, a substantially dripless or leak proof outlet opening, a jet that minimizes splashing when the liquid concentrate impacts a target liquid, and a jet that maximizes mixing between the liquid concentrate and the target liquid to produce a generally homogenous mixture without the use of extraneous utensils or shaking. Also provided are liquid beverage concentrates that can be cold filled during packaging while maintaining shelf stability for at least about three months at ambient temperatures. Concentrates are provided having low pH, with or without alcohol, and with buffers to allow for increased acid content at a selected pH.

Containers and methods for dispensing multiple doses of a concentrated liquid, and shelf stable concentrated liquids

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East Hanover, NJ, United States of America

Leonard S Scarola