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(88) Date of publication A3: 28.02.2013 (43) Date of publication: 23.10.2013 Bulletin 2013/43 (21) Application number: 11849387.3 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.2011

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C07H 15/24(2006.01) A23L 1/236(2006.01) C07H 1/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2011/064343 (87) International publication number: WO 2012/082587 (21.06.2012 Gazette 2012/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 20.12.2010 US 201061422403 P 13.12.2010 US 424798 P (71) Applicant: Purecircle USA Oak Brook, IL 60523-1492 (US)	(72) Inventors: MARKOSYAN, Avetik Yerevan 375064 (AM) PURKAYASTHA, Siddhartha Lombard, IL 60148 (US) (74) Representative: Spencer, Michael David  Bromhead Johnson Sovereign House 212-224 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8HQ London WC2H 8HQ (GB)