US Patent Issued to Tate & Lyle Solutions USA on July 14 for "Stevia blends containing rebaudioside B" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,850, issued on July 14, was assigned to Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

"Stevia blends containing rebaudioside B" was invented by John R. Bridges (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Alfred Carlson (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Penelope A. Patton (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Joshua N. Fletcher (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of sweet steviol glycoside compounds, particularly rebaudioside B, in sweetening compositions. Sweetening compositions comprising selected amounts of rebaudioside B have been shown to possess favorable flavor profiles when compared to other high ...