US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on May 12 for "Natural coloring agent composition" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,213, issued on May 12, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Natural coloring agent composition" was invented by Jin Hee Han (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hoon Jo (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyo Jung Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a natural coloring agent composition including a fermented plant product, wherein the composition includes nitrite in a concentration of 700 ppm or more and includes free sugar in a concentration of 1,000 ppm or less, and the free sugar includes lactose. The natural coloring agent composition may be prepared from natural raw material...