ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,840, issued on July 1, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Composition suitable for the replacement of glucose-syrup" was invented by Yamam Can Saraclar (Atasehir, Turkey) and Burcak Taskin (Atasehir, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a glucose(-containing) syrup replacement composition for use in food applications, such as in bakery, beverages, ice cream, confectionery and the like. The glucose(-containing) syrup replacement composition comprises at least 80 wt % of maltodextrin having a dextrose equivalence (DE) of from 15 to 20 and up to 20 wt % of sorbitol and glycerol. The invention also c...