ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,706, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AAK AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Structured oil-in-water emulsion and food product comprising the same" was invented by Jeroen Demeurisse (Malmo, Sweden) and Alejandro Marangoni (Malmo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a structured oil-in-water emulsion for use in a food product, a food product, such as a bakery product, comprising the same, and a method of preparing the food product and the emulsion itself. In one aspect the present invention provides an oil-in-water structured emulsion for use in a food product; said structured emulsion comprising: i) from 1 to 8...