US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Salt carrier compositions for preparing low fat, low calorie and low sodium microwave popcorn" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,695, issued on March 31.

"Salt carrier compositions for preparing low fat, low calorie and low sodium microwave popcorn" was invented by Daniel Perlman (Arlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the discovery of alternative carriers for adhesion of salt and flavors to popcorn during microwave popping to replace the typical unhealthy solid fat carriers, such as palm oil. Unexpectedly, water can be used as a carrier instead of fats to adhere salt and flavors to the popcorn during microwave popping. Also unexpectedly, MCT oil can be used in both high and extremely low amounts to adhere high levels of salt...