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(43) Date of publication: 20.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/51 (21) Application number: 95904264.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.12.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23L 1/ 22( . ) A23L 2/ 60( . ) A23L 1/ 236( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/014053 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/017104 (29.06.1995 Gazette 1995/27)

(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 07.12.1994 US 19940350658 (71) Applicant: THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY Deerfield, IL 60015-5239 (US)

(72) Inventors: TSAU, Joseph Libertyville, IL 60048 (US) DESAI, Nitin Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 (US) BRAY, Ronald G. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (US) AKASHE, Ahmed Mundelein, IL 60056 (US) MEYER, Frederich A. Arlington, IL 60004 (US) JOHNSON, Franklin Lake Zurich, IL 60047 (US) (74) Representative: Blum, Rudolf Emil Ernst, et al  c/o E. Blum & Co Patentanwälte Vorderberg 11 CH-8044 Zürich CH-8044 Zürich (CH)