Specific eatable taste modifiers
AssigneeBioResearch Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Kurtz, William D. Fuller
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Abstract
Ingestible compounds which are substantially tasteless and which have been found to be effective reducers or eliminators of undesirable tastes for eatables.
Claims13
A composition comprising an eatable having at least one taste selected from bitter and metallic, and at least one tastand in a substantially tasteless amount of about 0.0000001 to about 300% by weight, based on the weight of the eatable, which amount is sufficient to reduce said at least one bitter and metallic taste, said tastand comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of taurine and physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
A method of reducing at least one taste in an eatable possessing at least one taste selected from bitter and metallic, which method comprises incorporating in or ingesting with said eatable at least one tastand in a substantially tasteless amount of about 0.0000001 to about 300% by weight, based on the weight of the eatable, which amount is sufficient to reduce said at least one bitter and metallic taste, said tastand comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of taurine and physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
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