ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,857, issued on July 14, was assigned to Firmenich SA (Satigny, Switzerland).
"Smoke flavoring compositions produced from cereal bran" was invented by Christoph Cerny (Shanghai), Yi-Chun Ding (Shanghai) and Wen-Juan Xiang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various aspects presented herein relate to flavoring compositions with smoky-like aroma profile for use in flavored consumer products, and methods for the preparation of such flavoring compositions."
The patent was filed on March 15, 2022, under Application No. 18/551,398.
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