ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,157, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Mars Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Heat resistant confections" was invented by Joanna Wentzel (Elizabethtown, Pa.), Barry David Glazier (Elizabethtown, Pa.) and Isabella Bernarda Maximilienne Van Damme (Slough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a heat resistant fat based confection wherein at least a portion of a natural and/or artificial sweetener or milk or cocoa solids component thereof has an average particle size of greater than 50 microns. Premixes are also provided including the unmilled sweetener or milk or cocoa solid and a polyol are also provided, and i...