ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,818, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta).
"Dihydrochalcones from Balanophora harlandii" was invented by Bin Wang (Cumming, Ga.), Gil Ma (Atlanta) and Indra Prakash (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of isolating dihydrochalcone compounds of Formula (I) from Balanophora harlandii are provided herein. Compositions and consumables comprising at least one sweetener and at least one dihydrochalcone compound described herein are also provided. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a consumable, methods of making a consumable taste more like a sucrose-sweetened consumable and methods of prepar...