US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on May 19 for "Method of improving the texture and functionality of a dry fractionated plant protein concentrate beverage" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,842, issued on May 19, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Method of improving the texture and functionality of a dry fractionated plant protein concentrate beverage" was invented by Timothy James Wooster (Orbe, Switzerland), Marina Bortolin (Gollion, Switzerland), Ludovic Penseyres (Penthalaz, Switzerland), Pierre-Alain Richon (Villeneuve, Switzerland) and Christina Vafeiadi (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates in general to a method of making a plant based liquid, said method comprising dispersing triglyceride in a plant protein mixture; forming an emulsion; ...