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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Malcolm Leonard Burge, Thatcham, GB;
Zdenek Nechutny, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Tate & Lyle Ltd., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426548 ; 426656 ; 426658 ; 426804 ;
Abstract
A sweetening composition comprising a protein sweetener together with at least one taste modifier comprising a sweetener selected from L-gulose, D-fucose, xylitol, D-arabitol, lactulose, glucoheptose, D(+)-galactose and its derivative D(+)-galactosamine or a salt thereof, and saccharin possesses enhanced sweetening properties as compared with a composition containing no sweetness modifier; the sweetness profile is more rounded and unpleasant after-tastes are minimized.