Patents Assigned to Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5605698
    Abstract: The present invention provides auxiliary food having the effects of decreasing food intake as an external factor by suppressing the sensibility to sweetness in eating food, and the effect of decreasing a desire for eating as an internal factor by increasing the number of times of chewing.The auxiliary food is used as chewing gum for helping diet and abstinence from drinking and preventing obesity, containing 0.3 to 130 mg of gymnemic acid as an effective ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gaku Ueno