ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,388, issued on May 27, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).
"Dressing composition comprising plant protein" was invented by Luben Nikolaev Arnaudov (Spijkenisse, Netherlands), Henk Husken (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Krassimir Petkov Velikov (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Food composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising water, a first acidulant selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, benzoic acid, acetic acid, sorbic acid and mixtures thereof, structurant, selected from the group consisting of starch, flour, gum, fiber and mixtures thereof, 5 to 60 wt % of vegetable oil, non-s...