US Patent Issued to DFI USA on May 19 for "Methods for the production of calcium, magnesium, and zinc salts of sugar acids" (Washington, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,578, issued on May 19, was assigned to DFI USA LLC (Wash.).

"Methods for the production of calcium, magnesium, and zinc salts of sugar acids" was invented by Jonathan Stapley (Mercer Island, Wash.) and David Genders (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method has now been found for the preparation of calcium, magnesium, and zinc salts of sugar acids, this being the object of the present invention, which is characterized in that the method may include providing a sugar and oxidizing the sugar to a sugar acid in the presence of a noble metal catalyst, oxygen, and a heterogeneous hydroxide source. Preferably the oxidation is...