ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,395, issued on May 13, was assigned to Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).
"Liquid concentrate composition" was invented by Mary Elizabeth Quinlan (London), Sven Tiedemann (Lubeck, Germany) and Chun Jenny Siegfeld (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a liquid concentrate composition having steviol glycosides, a stabiliser including xanthan and/or iota-carrageenan, and water. The steviol glycosides include rebaudioside M in an amount of about 800 ppm or more by total weight of the liquid concentrate composition. The pH of the liquid concentrate composition is less than about 7. Also pro...