Compositions for use in rehydration and nutrition during athletic exercise and methods of making same
US6455511B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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