US Patent Issued to Cabosse Naturals on June 16 for "Cacao pod husk powder, method of its preparation and its use in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions" (Belgian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,207, issued on June 16, was assigned to Cabosse Naturals NV (Halle, Belgium).

"Cacao pod husk powder, method of its preparation and its use in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions" was invented by Herwig Bernaert (Halle, Belgium) and Gabi Kopp (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention relates to cacao pod husk powder, obtainable by processing cacao pod husks, comprising at least 50.0 wt % of dietary fiber, wherein at least 7.0 wt % is water soluble dietary fiber and further characterized by an ash content of not more than 15.0 wt % and a protein content of not less than 4.0 wt %. The invention also relate...