US Patent Issued to Amano Enzyme U.S.A., Amano Enzyme on March 17 for "Method for producing stretching cheese substitute" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,583, issued on March 17, was assigned to Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co. Ltd. (Elgin, Ill.) and Amano Enzyme Inc. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Method for producing stretching cheese substitute" was invented by Keita Okuda (Kakamigahara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique for producing a cheese substitute by which improved stretchability can be imparted to a cheese substitute which contains a plant protein and 0.6 part by weight or more, per part by weight of the plant protein, of starch. A method for producing a stretching cheese substitute, said method comprising a step for treating a s...