ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,924, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE (Paris).

"Compositions comprising whey protein and Gum Arabic" was invented by Celine Valentini (Chatillon, France), Olivier Noble (Orsay, France) and Florian Bonnaud (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compositions comprising a high amount of whey protein. The compositions further comprise Gum Arabic. Such compositions have a good processability and/or texture."

The patent was filed on Dec. 30, 2015, under Application No. 16/067,401.

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