ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,984, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Prevention of MCPD formation by auxiliary degumming" was invented by Kornel Nagy (La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland), Karine Meisser Redeuil (Pully, Switzerland), Xanthippi Theurillat (Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland) and Marine Nicolas (Morges, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for preventing or reducing the formation of monochloropropanediols (MCPDs) or monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDEs) in triacylglyceride oil, comprising the steps: (a) admixing the triacylglyceride oil with (1) an auxiliary oil wherein t...