ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,593, issued on March 17, was assigned to I Cook Catering Services Pty Ltd (Australia).
"Texture modified food product" was invented by Ian William Cook (Cleveland, Australia) and Michael Andrew Cook (Blackburn, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed broadly to a method of preparing a texture modified starch-based food product, comprising the steps: (a) dehydrating a starch-based food to remove excess water; (b) grinding the dehydrated starch-based food to form a fine powder; (c) adding a carrier to coat the fine powder; (d) rehydrating the coated powder to form a paste; and (e) forming the paste into the ...