US Patent Issued to The Coca-Cola on March 11 for "Mogroside biocatalysis methods and products" (Australian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,238, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta).

"Mogroside biocatalysis methods and products" was invented by Indra Prakash (Alpharetta, Ga.), Gil Ma (Atlanta), Christopher Mercogliano (Atlanta), Carol Hartley (Acton, Australia), Matthew Alexander Wilding (Acton, Australia) and Colin Scott (Acton, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Monk fruit extracts containing mogrol glycosides such as mogroside V may be treated with enzymes under specific reaction conditions to shift distribution of the Siamenoside I reaction product. Modified enzymes are also employed to shift Siamenoside I distribution to increase yi...