US Patent Issued to HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN on July 14 for "Low alcohol beer comprising a gluconate component" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,059, issued on July 14, was assigned to HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V. (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands).

"Low alcohol beer comprising a gluconate component" was invented by Niels Gerard Adriaan Kuijpers (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands) and Tom Daniel Elink Schuurman (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of preparing a beer having an ethanol content of 0-3.0% ABV, in situ fermentative production of gluconate component selected from gluconic acid, gluconate, glucono delta-lactone and combinations thereof by: (a) subjecting the boiled wort to two successive fermentation steps, starting with a ferment...