Reduced sodium food products

US10159268B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Mills, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bernhard H. van Lengerich · Plymouth, US
• Olaf Gruess · Maple Grove, US
• Joachim Hans · Holzminden, DE
• Lars Ole Haustedt · Potsdam, DE
• Andreas Hochheimer · Darmstadt, DE
• Micheal Krohn · Lorsch, DE
• Jens-Peter Muller · Berlin, DE
• Christine M. Nowakowski · Plymouth, US
• Suzanne Denise Pecore · Hidden Hills, US
• Candace Michelle Rathjen-Nowak · Saint Michael, US
• Lia Scarabottolo · Peschiera Borromeo, IT
• Karsten Siems · Michendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: May 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

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