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(43) Date of publication: 13.10.1993 Bulletin 1993/41 (21) Application number: 92923192.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.10.1992

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23J 1/ 08( . ) A23J 3/ 04( . ) A23J 3/ 12( . ) A23J 1/ 20( . ) A23J 3/ 08( . ) A23J 3/ 16( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1992/009180 (87) International publication number: WO 1993/007761 (29.04.1993 Gazette 1993/11)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL SE (30) Priority: 25.10.1991 US 19910782673 (71) Applicant: THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY Deerfield Illinois 60015 (US)	(72) Inventor: BRINGE, Neal, A. Arlington Heights, IL 60004-8209 (US) (74) Representative: Blum, Rudolf Emil Ernst  c/o E. Blum & Co Patentanwälte Vorderberg 11 CH-8044 Zürich CH-8044 Zürich (CH)