US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Feb. 17 for "Whey-based nutritional compositions fortified with calcium" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,914, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Whey-based nutritional compositions fortified with calcium" was invented by Giovanni Barone (Cork, Ireland), Alan L. Kelly (Cork, Ireland), James A. O'Mahony (Cork, Ireland) and Jonathan O'Regan (Killarney, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns whey-based nutritional compositions fortified with calcium that are suitable for infant nutrition, including infant formula (IF) and growing up milk (GUM). The nutritional compositions are based on Alpha-lactalbumin enriched whey protein concentrate that has been fortified wi...