US Patent Issued to FIRMENICH on June 30 for "Malonyl steviol glycosides and their comestible use" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,126, issued on June 30, was assigned to FIRMENICH SA (Satigny, Switzerland).

"Malonyl steviol glycosides and their comestible use" was invented by Wen-Juan Xiang (Shanghai), Dan-Ting Yin (Shanghai) and Yi-Chun Ding (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to malonyl steviol glycosides and the use of such compounds for various comestible uses, such as sweetening a flavored product or enhancing the sweetness of another sweetener. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such malonyl steviol glycosides, such as compositions that include such malonyl steviol glyco...