US Patent Issued to Intercontinental Great Brands on Oct. 21 for "Methods and systems for reducing acrylamide concentration in heat-processed products" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,601, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Intercontinental Great Brands LLC (East Hanover, N.J.).

"Methods and systems for reducing acrylamide concentration in heat-processed products" was invented by Robert Magaletta (East Hanover, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for reducing acrylamide concentration in heat-processed products, and products produced by such methods and systems are provided. The baked products may be sprayed with a riboflavin solution and then irradiated with a UV light source to initiate monomer reactions of acrylamide and reduce the concentration of the acrylamide in the baked product. In addi...