US Patent Issued to Eclipse Foods on April 15 for "Functionalized non-dairy base and method for producing non-dairy analogs" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,272, issued on April 15, was assigned to Eclipse Foods Co. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Functionalized non-dairy base and method for producing non-dairy analogs" was invented by Thomas Bowman (Oakland, Calif.) and Aylon Steinhart (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a non-dairy base mixture includes: treating a volume of water with a first set of ingredients soluble in the volume of water to form a first mixture; mixing a second set of ingredients at a first speed for a first duration into the first mixture to form a second mixture, the second set of ingredients including a protein-starch blend; hydrating the...