US Patent Issued to HEALTHY FOOD IBERICA on Feb. 4 for "Olive oil-based, solid vegetable fatty product substitute for butter or margarine and use thereof" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,495, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to HEALTHY FOOD IBERICA S.L. (Lepe, Spain).

"Olive oil-based, solid vegetable fatty product substitute for butter or margarine and use thereof" was invented by Juan Manuel Ortiz Garcia (Lepe, Spain), Sergio Ortiz Garcia (Lepe, Spain) and Vidal Blanco Dominguez (Trigueros, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a solid vegetable fatty product the fundamental ingredient of which is olive oil, preferably extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), with the rest of the ingredients being deodorized cocoa butter, liquid sunflower lecithin, liquid microcrystalline cellulose, and where appropriate, ...