ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,125, issued on June 30, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Process for heat-treating onions" was invented by Safiye Nur Sabuncuoglu (Constance, Germany), Benedikt Stiglbauer (Munich), Maria Monteiro De Araujo Silva (Singen, Germany), Petra Falck (Reichenau, Germany) and Alexander Walentin (Gaienhofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the production of heat-treated onions composition. In particularly the invention relates to a process for the production of heat-treated onions composition under vacuum between 100 to 750 mbar and wherein the moistu...