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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham I Bakal, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Margaret A Snyder, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AMBI, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424439 ; 424400 ; 426590 ; 426648 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and compositions for masking the taste of minerals in ingestible products. In particular, tannic acid glycyrrhizin and acesulfame potassium are added to compostions comprising minerals such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, chromium, zinc and mixtures in order to reduce or eliminate the unpleasant taste or aftertase associated with these minerals.