"despite including" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that something includes something else, while not being affected by it: "Despite including the added sugar, this muffin recipe is still healthy."
My local library provided me with the works of Judy Blume, including Forever, which, despite including a penis called Ralph, carried the faint antiseptic tang of Sex Education.
Signs of his balance and realism were everywhere, for example his insistence that the new Bosnia, despite including a Serbian republic, should be a properly multi-ethnic state.
The name was assigned by the International Olympic Committee for the 1908 Summer Olympics along with the IOC country code GBR despite including athletes from Ireland, which was part of the UK, but not part of Great Britain".
Despite including all competitions in that period, we couldn't come up with anyone who'd equalled or bettered Bent's four goals, though there were plenty of players to have notched up three.
In a report entitled The Borrowers, the organisation said the sum, which equates to almost £200 a household, has been ignored by official debt figures, despite including the type of borrowing that was most likely to be detrimental to consumers.
Despite including exhibits explaining why "apes are not related to man", CLOtC awarded the zoo a Quality Badge, which apparently helps to ensure that young people are accessing good quality educational experiences.
Two casualties of the World Cup have been Dani Alves and Marcelo, and despite including Maicon last month, Dunga is experimenting with younger full-backs, such as Dodô, of Internazionale, who is 22. Maicon did not help his cause when he was sent home last month for returning late to the team hotel.
In the family tree, attached to an updated edition of Portrait of a Marriage, Nigel Nicolson managed to reduce her to a vestigial stump by omitting any mention of her marriage or daughters, despite including these details for his own children.
I remember only too well turgidly boring stories in reading schemes when I was learning to read as well as a number of brilliant books which, despite including easy to read text and being aimed at young readers, were unforgettable in the quality of their language.
However, the Spanish political and media establishment have constructed a supposed majority rejection by including in the "no" figure the 11% that backed Podemos's coalition (CSQP), which remained agnostic over independence (despite including support for an independent Catalan constitutional process in its manifesto).
Despite including new features like a fireplaceand a den, the young builder struggled to find a buyer.
