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A friend just sent me this note--yet another place that wheat may well be
turning up!

If you want to read the complete patent, go to <http://tinyurl.com/5awsb>,
or go to <www.uspto.gov> and do a quick search on "vital wheat gluten" in
all fields, and sadeleer in inventor.

Joe Ellison

><snip>
>This patent from Cargill is about using wheat gluten
>for hard candy.  This is not an area that I would have
>expected gluten to be in, so I thought you might like
>to see this.
>
>
>A gum base for chewing gums, chewable candies, and process food or feed
>is prepared from a digestible, degradable vital wheat gluten.
>
>Title: Development of vital wheat gluten in non-aqueous media
>Patent/Publication number: US 6818245
>Assignee: Cerestar Holding BV
>Inventor: Jos Willy Ghislain Corneel De Sadeleer
>Published: November 16, 2004
>Summary: The present invention relates to the development of vital wheat
>gluten in non-aqueous media. The gluten which have been developed in
>such a way can easily be stored for a prolonged period. The gluten are
>used in the preparation of chewable consumable products, or in processed
>food and feed.
>
><snip>

Joe Ellison
Chicago, IL
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