US Patent Issued to TCICo. on July 28 for "Prebiotic compositions and method for promoting growth of Hafnia alvei by using the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,156, issued on July 28, was assigned to TCICo. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Prebiotic compositions and method for promoting growth of Hafnia alvei by using the same" was invented by Yung-Hsiang Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Di Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prebiotic composition includes a black tea ferment and a bioactive substance. The bioactive substance is soybean peptide powder, pea protein, rice protein, corn oligopeptide powder, or a combination thereof. The black tea ferment is prepared by the following steps: extracting tea leaves of Camellia sinensis with water at 50deg C. to 100deg C. for 0.5 hours to 3 hours...