ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,608, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NSTX INDUSTRIES INC. (Toronto).

"Process of producing a food analogue precursor comprising of a plurality of phases" was invented by David Moscoe (Toronto), Auke De Vries (Toronto), Jeffray Behr (Toronto), Christopher Bryson (Toronto), Chris Gregson (Princeton, N.J.) and Rebecca Miller (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes processes of producing a multi-phasic edible gel that resembles the appearance of a whole-cut muscle, such as steak, fish filet and the like. This edible gel is further processed into a plant-based meat or seafood alternative product."

The ...