Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Reduction Of Vicine And/Or Convicine In Faba Ingredients And Food Products' Filed by Societe Des Produits Nestle S. A.

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517024439 A) filed by Societe Des Produits Nestle S. A., Vevey, Switzerland, on March 19, for 'reduction of vicine and/or convicine in faba ingredients and food products.'

Inventor(s) include Wooster, Timothy James; De Weert, Evelien; Merz, Michael; Vafeiadi, Christina; and Lin, Lin.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a method of reducing vicine and/or convicine content in a faba ingredient. A liquid faba ingredient is provided and then at least one vicine and/or convicine-degrading enzyme is added to the liquid faba ingredient having a pH of 6.0 or higher. The faba ingredient is then incubated with the at least one vicine and/or convicine-degrading enzyme. The invention also relates to faba ingredient, to food products prepared with faba ingredient and method for producing such food products."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 08, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/081125.

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