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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas Howard Catron, Des Moines, IA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 74 ; 426807 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to metal carboxylates and more particularly to chromium(III) and manganese(II) salts of short chain fatty acids. A method of making the same such that there are only sub part per billion amounts of these metals in other valent forms present in the resultant salts, and the salts are suitable for use as nutritional supplementation of living organisms with the organic metal salts.