US Patent Issued to HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN on Dec. 30 for "Sweet tasting starch-derived beverage and method of making" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,715, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HEINEKEN SUPPLY CHAIN B.V. (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands).

"Sweet tasting starch-derived beverage and method of making" was invented by Ikechukwu Victor Ofodu (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands) and August Cornelius Aldegonde Petrus Albert Bekkers (Zoeterwoude, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a starch-derived beverage comprising 4-20 wt. % carbohydrates, said beverage containing, calculated by weight of carbohydrates: 5-65 wt. % of glucose; 0-65 wt. % of fructose; 0-50 wt. % of sucrose; 0.1-30 wt. % of maltose; 0.03-8 wt. % of maltotriose; 3-35 wt. % of oligoglucose havin...