ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,169, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Preparing a blend of polysaccharide and ingredient" was invented by Nihan Ovat (Oss, Netherlands), Rudy Roland Roux (Douai, France), Dogan Sahin Sivasligil (Overijse, Belgium) and Pieter Cornelis Jacobus Van Der Graaf (Heikant, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a method of preparing a blend comprising a polysaccharide and a water soluble or dispersible ingredient. More in particular, the invention relates to the preparation of such blend using a filter centrifuge. The method of the invention comprises a. feeding a polysacchar...