ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,156, issued on April 14, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).
"Colouring compositions" was invented by Luciana Andreia De Souza Cunha (Botucatu, Brazil), Altieres Almeida (Botucatu, Brazil), Alexandre Ferreira Costa (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Reginaldo Guilherme (Botucatu, Brazil), Fabio Magalhaes De Mello (Campinas, Brazil) and Mathieu Tenon (Avignon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to novel food colouring compositions that are able to change their colour upon heating mimicking the colour appearance of meat changing from raw state to cooked or to fried meat in plant-based foodstuffs or beverages...