Patents by Inventor Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre
Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6607761Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Patent number: 6509045Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Patent number: 6461652Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Publication number: 20020064578Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Publication number: 20020061347Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Publication number: 20020058088Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li
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Patent number: 6358544Abstract: The present invention relates to color and flavor improvements in iron and zinc supplemented dry beverage powders having fruit and/or botanical flavor. Vitamins such as the B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E can be added to the dry beverage mix. The supplemented dry beverage mix can also contain iodine, niacin and folic acid. In particular, methods for fortifying dry beverage mixes with certain bioavailable zinc and iron compounds without producing reconstituted beverages having undesirable color or flavor are disclosed. Also disclosed are beverages and foods fortified preferably with amino acid chelated iron that do not impart objectionable color due to the inclusion of a ferric ion reducing agent such as ascorbic acid and/or an agent such as citric acid that is capable of preferentially complexing ferric ion in the presence of polyphenols or flavonoids that are typically present in these beverages or foods.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1999Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.Inventors: William John Henry, Jr., Xiaobing Xi, Michel Lucien Hubert Lannelongue Favre, Haile Mehansho, Renee Irvine Mellican, Jianjun Li