ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,755, issued on March 25, was assigned to FLORA FOOD GLOBAL PRINCIPAL B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Process for preparing a fat slurry and for preparing a spread with said slurry" was invented by Albert Jan Bezemer (Spijkenisse, Netherlands), Johannes Jozef Marie Janssen (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Marcel Stevens (Brasschaat, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for preparing an edible fat slurry comprising 60-98% by weight (on the total slurry of oil and fat powder) of an edible oil phase and 2-40% by weight (on the total slurry of oil and fat powder) of fat powder, wherein the fat powder is sprayed directly a mixing vessel to be co...