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US 2025/0127196 A1Published application
Compounds that modulate fatty acid receptor activity and pet food products containing the same
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsScott Joseph McGrane, Matthew Ronald Gibbs, Richard Masten Fine, Jerry Wallace Skiles
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Abstract
A flavor composition comprising at least one compound that modulates, increases and/or enhances the activity of a GPR120 fatty acid receptor that can be used to enhance the fatty acid taste and/or palatability of pet food products is described herein. Also disclosed herein are methods for identifying said compounds.
Claims9
A flavor composition comprising a compound of Formula I comprising the structure
- wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon chain having a carbon length of between about C1 and about C40,
- wherein, when the hydrocarbon chain is substituted, it is substituted with one or more of H, CH3, C1-C20, COOH, SO3H, CHO, C(O)R1, C═CR1R2, C═NOH, OP(O)(OR1)(OR2), OR1, SR1, CN, COOR1, CONR1R2, NO2, NHOH, F, Cl, Br, I, and NR1R2, where R1 and R2 are each independently selected from H and branched or unbranched C1 to C6 alkyl.
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