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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:

General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Bernhard H. Van Lengerich, Plymouth, MN (US);

Olaf Gruess, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Joachim Hans, Holzminden, DE;

Lars Ole Haustedt, Potsdam, DE;

Andreas Hochheimer, Regensburg, DE;

Michael Krohn, Lorsch, DE;

Jens-Peter Muller, Berlin, DE;

Christine M. Nowakowski, Plymouth, MN (US);

Suzanne Denise Pecore, Pasenda, CA (US);

Candace Michelle Rathjen-Nowak, St. Michael, MN (US);

Lia Scarabottolo, Peschiera Borromeo, IT;

Karsten Siems, Michendorf, DE;

Assignee:

General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 7/117 (2016.01); A23L 27/40 (2016.01); A23L 23/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 7/117 (2016.08); A23L 23/00 (2016.08); A23L 27/40 (2016.08); A23L 27/45 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Naturally-derived compounds having various structures elicit the perception of salty taste or enhance the perception of salty taste of a salt. Food products may include such salty compounds, which may be used to reduce the sodium content, while parting a similar level of saltiness.


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