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

US6596702B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2002
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2022

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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