Claims
- 1. A food product, comprising 0.01-10% w/v of a soluble double metal salt of hydroxycitric acid of following formula: whereinX is a group IA metal selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and Fr; and Y is group IIA metal selected from Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra; and wherein the concentration of X in the salt varies from 1.5-51%, the concentration of Y in the salt varies from 2.0-50.9%, and the concentration of hydroxycitric acid in the salt varies from 31.0-93.0% depending on the nature of X and Y.
- 2. The food product of claim 1, wherein X is Na and Y is Ca, and the concentration of Na in the salt is 8.58%, of Ca 14.92% and of hydroxycitric acid 76.50%.
- 3. The food product of claim 2, wherein said product is a beverage or a syrup.
- 4. The food product of claim 3, wherein said food product is a beverage.
- 5. The food product of claim 4, wherein said beverage contains up to 6.5 weight % of alcohol.
- 6. The food product of claim 5, wherein said beverage is a Pilsner beer containing about 3.0-3.8 weight % of alcohol.
- 7. The food product of claim 5, wherein said beverage is a Dortmund beer containing about 2.5-4.0 weight % alcohol.
- 8. The food product of claim 5, wherein said beverage is a Munich beer containing about 2.5-5.0 weight % alcohol.
- 9. The food product of claim 5, wherein said beverage is a Munich Ale or Porter beer containing about 5.0-6.5 weight % alcohol.
- 10. The food product of claim 4, wherein said beverage is aerated.
- 11. The food product of claim 10, wherein said beverage is a cola.
- 12. The food product of claim 3, wherein said product is a syrup.
- 13. The food product of claim 12, wherein said syrup is either processed or based on honey.
- 14. The food product of claim 4, wherein said beverage is an aerated or non-aerated fruit juice.
Priority Claims (5)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
1985/MAS/97 |
Aug 1997 |
IN |
|
1987/MAS/97 |
Aug 1997 |
IN |
|
1881/MAS/97 |
Aug 1997 |
IN |
|
1880/MAS/97 |
Aug 1997 |
IN |
|
1986/MAS/97 |
Sep 1997 |
IN |
|
Parent Case Info
This appln is a Divisional of Ser. No. 09/059,354 filed Apr. 14, 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 6,160,172.
US Referenced Citations (12)
Number |
Name |
Date |
Kind |
3764692 |
Lowenstein |
Oct 1973 |
A |
3767678 |
Guthrie et al. |
Oct 1973 |
A |
3810931 |
Guthrie et al. |
May 1974 |
A |
4275234 |
Baniel et al. |
Jun 1981 |
A |
4282236 |
Broom |
Aug 1981 |
A |
T104004 |
von Rymon Lipinski |
Mar 1984 |
I4 |
4509983 |
Szabó et al. |
Apr 1985 |
A |
4643902 |
Lawhon et al. |
Feb 1987 |
A |
5536516 |
Moffett et al. |
Jul 1996 |
A |
5612039 |
Policappelli et al. |
Mar 1997 |
A |
5656314 |
Moffett et al. |
Aug 1997 |
A |
6160172 |
Balasubramanyam et al. |
Dec 2000 |
A |
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
PCTUS9606554 |
May 1996 |
WO |
Non-Patent Literature Citations (2)
Entry |
Y.S. Lewis, Isolation and Properties of Hydroxycitric Acid, Methods in Enzymology; vol. XIII, pp. 613-617 (Oct. 1, 1969). |
Abstract of FR 2754820—Caplus Doc. No. 128:278299. (Apr. 24, 1998). |