ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,769, issued on March 25, was assigned to General Mills Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Retortable gluten-free pasta" was invented by Diana Lee Kittleson (Golden Valley, Minn.), Christine S. T. Ng (Golden Valley, Minn.) and Steven C. Robie (Golden Valley, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gluten-free pasta product that survives retort may be formed by preparing a dough mixture with gluten-free flour and water. The dough can be extruded at a temperature and with an amount of mechanical energy effective to form an extruded pasta product having a bi-continuous matrix of protein and starch. The extruded pasta product can be incorporated into a...