Reduced sodium food products

US11540539B2 · 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
• Michael 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: Feb 7, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 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 or enhance the perception of salty taste of a salt. Food products may include such salty compounds, which may be used to reduce the sodium content, while parting a similar level of saltiness.