US Patent Issued to MARS on June 3 for "Flavor compositions and screening methods for identifying the same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,911, issued on June 3, was assigned to MARS Inc. (McLean, Va.).

"Flavor compositions and screening methods for identifying the same" was invented by Thomas Hofmann (Neufahrn, Germany), Mathias Salger (Ulm, Germany) and Timo Stark (Kranzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed subject matter relates to peptides and flavor compositions that include at least one, two, three, four, five or more peptide compounds, and screening methods for identifying the same. The flavor compositions can be used to enhance or modify the taste and/or flavor of various edible compositions such as human food products and pet food ...