ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,087, issued on May 6, was assigned to Conagra Foods RDM Inc. (Chicago).

"Food product permeated with homogenized dispersion" was invented by Tracey Williams (Dallas), Larry Quint (Omaha, Neb.) and Brian Degner (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a food product and a method of creating the food product that satisfies the need for a homogenized dispersion that disperses throughout meat, wherein the particle size of macromolecular ingredients within the dispersion is reduced to form a more stable homogenized dispersion with increased ingredient functionality. This permeated meat offers added health benef...