US Patent Issued to Conopco on July 15 for "Treatment of bran from the seeds of black mustard or brown indian mustard and use of the treated bran in food products" (Dutch, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,011, issued on July 15, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Treatment of bran from the seeds of black mustard or brown indian mustard and use of the treated bran in food products" was invented by Krassimir Petkov Velikov (Vlaardingen, Netherlands) and Francesco Donsi (Fisciano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a suspension of mustard bran particles comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous dispersion of mustard bran particles originating from the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra) and/or the seeds of brown Indian mustard (Bras...