US 11,985,999 B2
Method of improving flavor of a composition of (D)-beta-hydroxybutyric acid and (D)-1,3 butanediol and use as a nutritional supplement and therapeutic agent
Devon Price, Columbia, MD (US); and Peter Bayne, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to VITANAV, INC., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by VitaNav, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,193.
Application 17/498,193 is a division of application No. 17/192,220, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,141,392.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,671, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,388, filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095664 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 33/10 (2016.01); A23F 5/24 (2006.01); A23G 3/36 (2006.01); A23L 2/54 (2006.01); A23L 2/56 (2006.01); A23L 2/60 (2006.01); A23L 7/126 (2016.01); A23L 27/20 (2016.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A61K 31/047 (2006.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); C12G 3/00 (2019.01)
CPC A23L 33/10 (2016.08) [A23F 5/24 (2013.01); A23G 3/368 (2013.01); A23L 2/54 (2013.01); A23L 2/56 (2013.01); A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 7/126 (2016.08); A23L 27/2026 (2016.08); A23L 27/2028 (2016.08); A23L 33/40 (2016.08); A61K 31/047 (2013.01); A61K 31/19 (2013.01); C12G 3/00 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A beverage or food product comprising, per serving, 3 to 7 grams of (D)-β-hydroxybutyric acid and 0.5 to 8 grams of (D)-1,3 butanediol and 100 to 250 grams of a consumable carrier.