US Patent Issued to Suntory Holdings on Oct. 7 for "Food or beverage with increased sweetness" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,311, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Suntory Holdings Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Food or beverage with increased sweetness" was invented by Tadahiro Ohkuri (Kanagawa, Japan), Akiko Fujie (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshiaki Yokoo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food or beverage having (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X2, and (c) less than 40 mg/100 ml of sodium, wherein (1) ingredients (a) to (c) exhibit a sweetness intensity X3 is exhibited by the, and (2) energy is 50 Kcal/100 ml or less, and wherein...