US Patent Issued to KEMIN PROTEINS on March 11 for "Brine without phosphates and either salt free or low salt" (Ohio, Minnesota, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,618, issued on March 11, was assigned to KEMIN PROTEINS LLC (Des Moines, Iowa).

"Brine without phosphates and either salt free or low salt" was invented by Dale R. Hunt (Sandusky, Ohio), William R. Fielding (Hilton Head, S.C.) and Michael Cropp (Austin, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first brine free of salt and phosphate for treating a food product by injection of the brine into the food product. The brine is formed from an emulsion consisting of water, saltless flavoring and protein. The protein is from the same type of food product as the food product being injected with the brine. A second brine especially for ham with t...