US Patent Issued to Caravan Ingredients on March 25 for "Sugar-producing and texture-improving bakery methods and products formed therefrom" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,743, issued on March 25, was assigned to Caravan Ingredients Inc. (Lenexa, Kan.).

"Sugar-producing and texture-improving bakery methods and products formed therefrom" was invented by Guohua Feng (Overland Park, Kan.), Emily Guilfoyle (Overland Park, Kan.), Jesse Stinson (Overland Park, Kan.) and Lawrence Skogerson (Mission Hills, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel yeast-raised and other bakery products and methods of making those products are provided. The products are formed from dough comprising a thermally-stable amyloglucosidase, and a raw starch degrading amyloglucosidase and/or an anti-staling amylase. The level of adde...