US Patent Issued on Feb. 24 for "Edible films and coatings employing water soluble corn prolamin and other functional ingredients" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,834, issued on Feb. 24.

"Edible films and coatings employing water soluble corn prolamin and other functional ingredients" was invented by Antonios Zografos (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing an aqueous solution of zein suitable for forming edible coatings includes combining zein with an alcohol-free, non-corrosive amphipathic carrier solvent (e.g., [1,3]-propanediol), and adding a surfactant (e.g., surfactin) thereto, forming a Phase I solution. The surfactant may be non-ionic or anionic as determined by the type of zein being used. The Phase I solution is combined with a Phase II aqueous solution ...