US Patent Issued to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 1 on March 25 for "Solid composition containing oleogel" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,754, issued on March 25, was assigned to NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 1 LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Solid composition containing oleogel" was invented by Roja Ergun (Midland, Mich.), Asim Syed (Midland, Mich.) and Anne Adden (Bomlitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a composition that is solid at 23deg C. comprising, by weight based on the weight of the composition, (a) 0.4% to 12% one or more ethylcellulose polymers; (b) 0.5% to 8% stearic acid; (c) 15% to 90% one or more unsaturated oils; and (d) 6% to 70% one or more saturated fats. Also provided is a method of making a baked pastry composition comprising verticall...