ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,902, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).
"Compositions and methods for taste modulation" was invented by Feng Shi (Mason, Ohio), Moises Galano (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Laura H. Lucas (West Chester, Ohio), Yosuke Onuma (Cincinnati), Matthew Steven Roach (Cincinnati), Ioana Maria Ungureanu (Cincinnati) and Wei Yuan (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumable is provided. The consumable includes (a) at least one sweetener, and (b) a sweetness modifier comprising an extract or fraction from Viscum articulatum or at least one flavan or flavanone compound. The at least one sweetener is present is...