Flavor-enhancing compositions, method of manufacture, and methods of use
OwnerDeborah Levenson, Paula Elejaldeinventors
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Abstract
A flavor-enhancing composition for an ingestible product includes a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom; a physiological cooling agent; and a high intensity sweetener. An undesirable flavor associated with the medicament, such as bitterness, is reduced when it is combined with the physiological cooling agent and the high intensity sweetener.
Claims40
A flavor-enhancing composition for a comestible product, comprising:
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
A flavor-enhancing composition for a comestible product, comprising:
- about 1 to about 50 weight percent sucralose;
- about 0.01 to about 15 weight percent neotame;
- about 0.1 to about 50 weight percent sodium citrate;
- about 1 to about 50 weight percent acidulant;
- about 1 to about 90 weight percent menthol;
- about 0.01 to about 20 weight percent N-ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide, menthyl glutarate, or a combination thereof;
- and
- about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent dextromethorphan;
- wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the flavor-enhancing composition.
A method for the manufacture of a flavor-enhancing composition for a comestible product, comprising:
- combining
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
A flavor-enhanced comestible product comprising:
- a comestible composition,
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
A method for the manufacture of a comestible, comprising:
- combining
- a comestible composition,
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
A method for improving patient compliance with medicament dosing by enhancing the flavor of a comestible product, comprising:
- providing to a consumer a comestible product comprising
- a comestible composition,
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener;
- and
- instructing the consumer to apply the comestible product to the oral cavity of an individual and allow the comestible to dissolve.
A method for enhancing the flavor of a comestible product comprising:
- adding to a comestible composition
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
A method for enhancing the flavor of a comestible product comprising:
- applying to the oral cavity of an individual a comestible product comprising
- a comestible composition,
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener;
- and
- allowing the comestible to release the above-described flavor-enhancing composition from the comestible into the oral cavity, thereby enhancing the flavor of the comestible product.
A method for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom, in a subject in need of such treatment, the method comprising:
- administering to the subject a flavor-enhanced comestible product comprising
- a comestible composition,
- a medicament for the treatment of a cough, or a cold or flu symptom,
- a physiological cooling agent, and
- a high intensity sweetener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.