US Patent Issued to Conagra Foods RDM on July 15 for "Food product and coating" (Nebraska, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,007, issued on July 15, was assigned to Conagra Foods RDM Inc. (Chicago).

"Food product and coating" was invented by Michael Jensen (Omaha, Neb.), Jenny Viviana Bermudez Lopez (Omaha, Neb.), Kirsten Fletter (Omaha, Neb.), Jacqueline Mathews (Auburn, Mass.) and Clinton L. Johnson (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The coating can have a low-sweetness perception. During manufacturing and processing, the coating maintains a flowability to allow a glaze state of the coating to be applied to a food. Upon cooling, the glaze state of the coating forms a glass state that provides a low-sweetness impact which facilitates application ...