ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,359, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ARLA FOODS AMBA (Viby J, Denmark).

"PH neutral beta-lactoglobulin beverage preparation" was invented by Soren Bang Nielsen (Herning, Denmark), Tanja Christine Jaeger (Kibaek, Denmark), Kasper Bogelund Lauridsen (Silkeborg, Denmark), Kare Sondergaard (Holstebro, Denmark), Guilherme De Moura Maciel (Herning, Denmark), Hans Bertelsen (Videbaek, Denmark) and Behnaz Razi Parjikolaei (Herning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a new packaged, heat-treated beverage preparation having a pH in the range of 5.5-8.0. The invention furthermore relates to a method of p...