ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,171, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Bake-stable filling composition" was invented by Silmara Franco De Godoy (Campinas, Brazil) and Jurandir Jose Goncalves (Sorocaba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a filling composition comprising an aqueous phase comprising water, glycerin and sorbitol, and a fat phase, wherein the filling composition further comprises of a dairy powder, whey and starch. The invention also relates to a method for preparing such a filling composition. When used in a baked product, this filling composition has little or no oil leaking, little or...