U.S. Patent Number 12,439,938 – Potato Protein Powders
Every Tuesday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office publishes newly granted patents. This blog post is part of a weekly series in which I pick an interesting new patent that has Idaho connections and briefly describe it.
Inventors: Jeffri Curtis Bohlscheid (Boise, ID), Katrina Marie Fletcher (Palmerston North, New Zealand), Lee Meryl Huffman (Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Assignee: J.R. Simplot Company (Boise, ID)
Some patent titles make it difficult to ascertain the subject matter of the patent. Not this one; it discloses exactly what “potato protein powders” sounds like: protein powder made from potatoes.
In one of the patent claims, the powder’s ingredients include “crude protein extracted from potato fruit juice (PFJ)” and “about 1-about 20 wt. % ash from the PFJ.” The powder can be used to make sports bars and dry mix powders.
If I see this on the grocery store shelf, I will buy it. Way to go, Idaho!