US 11,980,209 B2
Consumables
Zhonghua Jia, Cincinnati, OH (US); Xiaogen Yang, West Chester, OH (US); Chad Allen Hansen, Kings Mills, OH (US); Charles Benjamin Naman, Cincinnati, OH (US); Christopher Todd Simons, Wyoming, OH (US); Jay Patrick Slack, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Kimberley Gray, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to GIVAUDAN SA, Vernier (CH)
Filed by GIVAUDAN SA, Vernier (CH)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/137,783.
Application 17/137,783 is a continuation of application No. 16/586,057, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,905,140.
Application 16/586,057 is a continuation of application No. 16/182,347, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,463,063, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 16/182,347 is a continuation of application No. 15/958,612, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, abandoned.
Application 15/958,612 is a continuation of application No. 14/799,003, filed on Jul. 14, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/799,003 is a continuation of application No. 14/269,803, filed on May 5, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/269,803 is a continuation of application No. 12/663,321, abandoned, previously published as PCT/CH2008/000253, filed on Jun. 6, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/055,584, filed on May 23, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/942,736, filed on Jun. 8, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112829 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A23L 2/60 (2006.01); A23C 9/13 (2006.01); A23C 9/156 (2006.01); A23C 11/10 (2021.01); A23C 13/12 (2006.01); A23C 17/00 (2006.01); A23C 19/09 (2006.01); A23G 1/32 (2006.01); A23G 1/40 (2006.01); A23G 1/48 (2006.01); A23G 3/36 (2006.01); A23G 3/42 (2006.01); A23G 3/48 (2006.01); A23G 4/06 (2006.01); A23G 4/10 (2006.01); A23G 9/32 (2006.01); A23G 9/34 (2006.01); A23G 9/42 (2006.01); A23L 5/00 (2016.01); A23L 7/126 (2016.01); A23L 11/65 (2021.01); A23L 27/30 (2016.01); A23L 29/30 (2016.01); A23L 33/125 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 2/60 (2013.01) [A23C 9/1307 (2013.01); A23C 9/156 (2013.01); A23C 11/10 (2013.01); A23C 11/103 (2013.01); A23C 13/12 (2013.01); A23C 17/00 (2013.01); A23C 19/0925 (2013.01); A23G 1/32 (2013.01); A23G 1/40 (2013.01); A23G 1/48 (2013.01); A23G 3/36 (2013.01); A23G 3/42 (2013.01); A23G 3/48 (2013.01); A23G 4/06 (2013.01); A23G 4/068 (2013.01); A23G 4/10 (2013.01); A23G 9/32 (2013.01); A23G 9/34 (2013.01); A23G 9/42 (2013.01); A23L 5/00 (2016.08); A23L 7/126 (2016.08); A23L 11/65 (2021.01); A23L 27/30 (2016.08); A23L 27/34 (2016.08); A23L 29/30 (2016.08); A23C 2260/152 (2013.01); A23L 33/125 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A23V 2250/25 (2013.01); A23V 2250/60 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A sweetened consumable comprising
a) at least 0.0001% (w/w) of at least one sweetener, including natural and artificial sweeteners, wherein said sweetener includes sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof,
wherein said at least one sweetener or sweetener combination is present in a concentration above the sweetness detection threshold in a concentration isosweet from 2% to 15% sucrose, and
b) trilobatin in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold in said consumable wherein the concentration near its sweetness detection threshold excludes concentrations where trilobatin is perceptible as a sweetener.