US 12,256,762 B2
Sweetener composition and methods of making it
Carl R. Sahi, Coventry, CT (US); John M. Polidoro, Tolland, CT (US); Mark Ennis Ketner, Fuquay Varina, NC (US); and Dakshinamurthy Devanga Chinta, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to eBIO Nutritional Sciences LLC, Danville, VA (US)
Filed by eBIO Nutritional Sciences LLC, Danville, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,202.
Application 17/689,202 is a continuation of application No. 16/637,443, granted, now 11,304,433, previously published as PCT/US2018/045770, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/542,524, filed on Aug. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183335 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 27/30 (2016.01); A23L 2/60 (2006.01); A23L 29/00 (2016.01); A61K 47/26 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 27/36 (2016.08) [A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 29/04 (2016.08); A61K 47/26 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A sweetener composition comprising a plurality of assembled particles comprising natural, non-nutritive sweetener molecules, organic scaffold particles and at least one additive, wherein
the natural, non-nutritive sweetener molecules comprise hydrophilic moieties and hydrophobic moieties,
the organic scaffold particles comprise at least one compositional component comprising a lipid, and
the at least one additive comprises a surfactant, a stabilizer, an emulsifier, a hydrocolloidal material, a ripening inhibitor, a weighting agent, an excipient, a flavoring agent, a coloring agent, a preservative, a masking agent, a texture enhancer, or a combination thereof.