ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,375, issued on June 23, was assigned to FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V. (Amersfoot, Netherlands).

"Nutritional composition" was invented by Thom Huppertz (Wageningen, Netherlands), Christina Josephina Antonia Maria Timmer-Keetels (Wageningen, Netherlands), Roelof Bos (Wageningen, Netherlands) and Jeroen Margot Leon Heck (Wageningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising carbohydrates, protein and a fat composition, wherein: (a) the nutritional composition has a total calcium content on dry matter of at least 3.5 g/kg; (b) the protein comprises casein; (c) the nutritio...