ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,932, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Polydextrose material" was invented by Bruno Frederic Stengel (Brussels).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a new type of water-soluble polydextrose. This new type of polydextrose contains at least 75% by weight of saccharide molecules having a degree of polymerisation (DP) of 5 or more and characterised in that the non-digestible fiber content is at least 80% by weight. Further, the present invention relates to a process for preparing this new type of polydextrose and to the use of this polydextrose in products such as food products, p...