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Compositions for use in rehydration and nutrition during athletic exercise and methods of making same

US6455511B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1997
Grant dateSep 24, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S426/81
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides sports beverages which supply a readily metabolizable, natural carbohydrate, trehalose. The use of trehalose provides twice the concentration of glucose molecules for immediate energy compared to monosaccharide solutions of the same osmolarity.

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