US Patent Issued to CLEXTRAL on Nov. 3 for "System for the continuous preparation of a food product extruded from a protein-rich and water-rich material" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,178, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CLEXTRAL (Firminy, France).

"System for the continuous preparation of a food product extruded from a protein-rich and water-rich material" was invented by Lionel Danos (St Paul en Jarez, France), Luis Asensio (Savigneux, France) and Jerome Mottaz (Saint-Maurice de Lignon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a protein-rich and water-rich raw material, a sleeve within which at least one screw is driven so as to subject the raw material to a thermomechanical treatment, and a die. The die comprises a tubular outer casing having a frusto-conical lower face which diverges downstrea...