ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,930, issued on May 20.
"Process for sweet potato fermentation and dairy alternative products obtained" was invented by Shawna Lattimore (Feasterville-Trevose, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are processes to ferment sweet potatoes and the dairy alternative food products produced thereof. Sweet potatoes and water are blended to obtain a smooth sweet potato mixture and then optionally strained. The mixture is optionally pasteurized and cooled to an incubation temperature to enable the addition of live cultures of fermentation microbes which create the characteristic aroma and sour tang of a fermented dairy product. T...