US Patent Issued to Deutsches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik on Oct. 21 for "Process for encapsulating solid and liquid additives for foodstuffs" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,609, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Deutsches Institut fur Lebensmitteltechnik e.V. (Quakenbruck, Germany).

"Process for encapsulating solid and liquid additives for foodstuffs" was invented by Volker Lammers (Quakenbruck, Germany), Aleksandar Pajic (Quakenbruck, Germany), Matthias Rumker von Hoven (Quakenbruck, Germany) and Carolin Bommes (Quakenbruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a fat-encapsulated ingredient. A fat is metered into an extruder, the fat having a melting point of at least 50deg C. The fat is heated in in the extruder during rotation of at least one screw. At least one ingredient ...