US 12,439,945 B2
Method of improving flavor of a composition of (D)-β-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 May 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/662,430.
Application 17/498,193 is a division of application No. 17/192,220, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,141,392, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 18/662,430 is a continuation of application No. 17/498,193, filed on Oct. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,985,999.
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 2024/0292876 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
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)] 33 Claims
 
1. A method of improving the flavor of a beverage or food product comprising mixing a) with b) with c):
a) 25% to 85% by weight of (D)-(β-hydroxybutyric acid;
b) 15% to 75% by weight (D)-1,3 butanediol; and
c) a consumable carrier,
wherein the flavor of the beverage or food product is improved over an equivalent weight of either (D)-β-hydroxybutyrate or (D)-1,3 -butanediol alone and over salts and esters thereof.