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(43) Date of publication: 22.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/47 (21) Application number: 95905867.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.12.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23L 2/ 00( . ) A23L 1/ 307( . ) A23L 1/ 236( . ) A23L 2/ 60( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/014080 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/015697 (15.06.1995 Gazette 1995/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 07.12.1993 US 19930163163 (71) Applicant: THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY Deerfield, IL 60015-5239 (US)	(72) Inventors: TSAU, Josef Libertyville, IL 60048 (US) DESAI, Nitin Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 (US) BRAY, Ronald, G. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (US) (74) Representative: Blum, Rudolf Emil Ernst, et al  c/o E. Blum & Co Patentanwälte Vorderberg 11 CH-8044 Zürich CH-8044 Zürich (CH)