US Patent Issued to Mizkan Holdings on April 29 for "Food/drink containing sucrose-containing plants" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,032, issued on April 29, was assigned to Mizkan Holdings Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Food/drink containing sucrose-containing plants" was invented by Manabu Konishi (Aichi, Japan) and Junichiro Ihara (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powdery food containing a sucrose-containing plant with a sucrose content of 2.5 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, a dietary fiber content of 1 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, has a particle sizes d50 after ultrasonication of 1,000 micro metre or less and has an acetoin content of 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less, is provided. The powdery food easily controls the burnt odor derived ...