US Patent Issued to Manitoba Canola Growers Association on Dec. 23 for "Canola based tofu product and method" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,922, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Manitoba Canola Growers Association Inc. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Canola based tofu product and method" was invented by Susan Dorothy Arntfield (Winnipeg, Canada), Lee Anne Murphy (Winnipeg, Canada) and William Francis Ross (La Salle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The preparation of a tofu-like product from canola meal is taught, comprising placing ground canola meal in an aqueous solution to form an aqueous ground canola meal, separating insoluble materials from liquids of the aqueous ground canola meal to isolate a canola milk, heating the canola milk to induce protein unfolding, cooling ...