US Patent Issued to HYDRITE CHEMICAL on July 7 for "Method for controlling microbial growth in sugar processing" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,654, issued on July 7, was assigned to HYDRITE CHEMICAL Co. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Method for controlling microbial growth in sugar processing" was invented by Carl Schoenfelder (Lakeville, Minn.) and Scott K. Cumming (Sun Prairie, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling microbial growth in a sugar processing system is disclosed, wherein the method comprises adding a peroxy acid into water of a flume system used for transporting a sugar-containing plant material from a delivery or storage location to a wash system. In one non-limiting example embodiment, the sugar-containing plant material comprises sugar beets, and...