US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Jan. 20 for "Foodstuff products, ingredients, processes and uses" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,333, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Foodstuff products, ingredients, processes and uses" was invented by Joselio Batista Vieira (York, Great Britain), Beatrice Kuschel (York, Great Britain) and Daniel Festring (York, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides the use of a composition obtainable from pulp from a plant in the Theobroma genus, preferably cocoa pulp, or an extract of pulp from a plant in the Theobroma genus, preferably cocoa pulp, as an ingredient in a foodstuff, preferably a confectionery product."

The patent was filed on Dec. ...