ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,833, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Caking resistant salt compositions" was invented by Janice Marie Johnson (Maple Grove, Minn.), Robert Scott Koefod (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Julie R. Schuette (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Salt compositions with reduced caking tendency and improved clean label acceptability comprise a blend of dry ingredients comprising a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, iodized sodium chloride, iodized potassium chloride and mixtures thereof; and a dry particulate flow agent selected from the group consisting of flou...