ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,661, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GREEN SPOT TECHNOLOGIES SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Process and composition for an improved flour product" was invented by Silas Granato Villas Boas (Auckland, New Zealand) and Ninna Granucci (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a food or flour composition derived from fungal fermentation of plant material, the flour composition having a total metabolizable carbohydrate level of between 0.1-50% by weight. Also described are processes for the manufacture of the food or flour compositions using fungal fermentation having a total metabolizable carbohydrate lev...