US Patent Issued to General Mills on Aug. 4 for "High-fat flour replacement and methods of preparation" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,905, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to General Mills Inc. (Minneapolis).

"High-fat flour replacement and methods of preparation" was invented by Douglas L. Goedeken (Blaine, Minn.), Eric T. Gugger (Plymouth, Minn.), Jeffrey T. Huber (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Michelle Manderfeld (Plymouth, Minn.), Sara Rosene (New Hope, Minn.), Kenneth Eugene Smith (North Oaks, Minn.), Goeran Walther (Plymouth, Minn.) and Scott K. Whitman (New Hope, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-fat flour replacement includes a fat, an emulsifier, a protein, a starch and a soluble fiber. In preferred embodiments, the high-fat flour replacement is a finely gro...