US Patent Issued to Cargill on Sept. 8 for "Non-grain compositions comprising thermally inhibited and/or heat moisture treated waxy tapioca" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,610, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Non-grain compositions comprising thermally inhibited and/or heat moisture treated waxy tapioca" was invented by Joseph Purl (Jordan, Minn.) and Varatharajan Vamadevan (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is non-grain composition, comprising at least a thermally inhibited or HMT waxy tapioca starch having a post-retort viscosity of less than 1500 centipoise. Such composition can be used for retort food applications; shelf-stable, thermally processed food applications; canned food applications; and/or aseptic packing and ultra-heat trea...