US Patent Issued to MARUKOME on Jan. 20 for "Rice-derived sweetener, food product containing rice-derived sweetener, and method for producing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,340, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MARUKOME Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Rice-derived sweetener, food product containing rice-derived sweetener, and method for producing same" was invented by Manabu Kitagawa (Nagano, Japan), Minami Yamada (Nagano, Japan), Mayu Nishitake (Nagano, Japan), Tasuku Kobayashi (Nagano, Japan) and Kozo Yamazaki (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rice-derived sweetener in which crystallization is inhibited. A rice-derived sweetener contains: a rice-derived component; glucose; and at least one saccharide selected from the group consisting of panose, maltotriose, and isomaltotriose, ...