US 11,730,785 B2
Beetroot-containing composition
Seiichi Noguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mission Salt, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Mission Salt, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,814.
Application 17/307,814 is a continuation of application No. 16/130,928, granted, now 11,026,986, previously published as PCT/JP2018/010668, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-057287 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2017; and application No. 2017-122074 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252091 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 36/21 (2006.01); A61P 9/12 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 36/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 36/21 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 36/48 (2013.01); A61P 9/12 (2018.01)] 25 Claims
 
1. An enhanced food composition, comprising:
a seasoning having a salt content; and
a nitrate-containing vegetable effectively mixed with the salt content of the seasoning;
wherein the ratio of nitrate-containing vegetable to salt content in the seasoning is 1:16 to 1:4 based on the dry weight of the nitrate-containing vegetable and the salt content; and
wherein the nitrate-containing vegetable comprises a mean nitrate content greater than 1388 mg/kg.