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US 12,398,137 B2Granted
Compositions providing slow release of caffeine
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsYu Wang, DaSom No, Yuan Fang, Nelson Trusler, Damian Browne, George Meyer, Xin Zhao, Meng Tian, Shiyi Zhang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to complexes comprising caffeine and tannic acid as well as emulsions and beverages comprising these complexes which slow the release of the caffeine. Also described are methods of preparing the complexes and emulsions and beverages comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes.
Claims18
An emulsion comprising:
- a. an oil phase comprising at least one oil comprising a complex comprising caffeine and tannic acid;
- and
- b. an aqueous phase comprising water;
- wherein the emulsion comprises from about 2 wt % to about 30 wt % of the at least one oil.
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