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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman A Greenberg, New Hope, MN (US);
Candis Kvamme, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Mary K Schmidl, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Assignee:
Novartis Nutrition AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424400 ; 424455 ; 424489 ; 426 98 ; 426534 ; 426656 ; 426800 ; 426801 ;
Abstract
An orally-ingestible nutrition composition having improved taste comprises a low pH (<7.0) form of an amino acid selected from arginine, valine and compounds associated with the synthesis of polyamines. Preferred low pH forms are salts such as arginine phosphate and mixtures thereof with arginine citrate. Preferred nutrition composition also comprise encapsulated polyunsaturated fatty acid.