ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,851, issued on April 7, was assigned to Puratos NV (Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium).
"Leavening agents" was invented by Coralie Lefebvre (Huy, Belgium), Sylvestre Awono (Brussels) and Bernard Genot (Vieux-Waleffe, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing such compositions, the compositions comprising cereal hydrolysates fermented by one or more strain(s) of the genus Kazachstania and/or Lachancea, and in particular Kazachstania bulderi, Kazachstania exigua and/or Lachancea thermotolerans. The compositions are used in the preparation of bakery and/or patisserie products....