US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on June 10 for "Beverages having clear appearance, shelf stability, high protein, and neutral pH" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,450, issued on June 10, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Beverages having clear appearance, shelf stability, high protein, and neutral pH" was invented by Seyhun Gemili (Bedminster, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a beverage includes adding one or more other ingredients to hydrolyzed protein to form the beverage, which is clear, shelf-stable, and high protein and has a neutral pH and an energy content of at least about 100 kcal per 240 ml of the beverage. Optionally the hydrolyzed protein is obtained by subjecting protein to a protease. In some embodiments, the high protei...