ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,859, issued on April 7, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"High load flavor particles" was invented by Donald Snyder (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Jian Zhang (Plainsboro, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method for making an extruded particle comprising: a. mixing a modified starch and less than equal to20% water wherein the water content is such that said mixture has a glass transition temperature Tg above room temperature; b. heating the mixture at a temperature sufficient to form a molten mass; c. adding less than=12% flavor to the mixture or to the molten mass or both to form a flavored molten ...