- Company Has Many Additional Applied-For Patents
Pending
- Reflection of Company's Strong Innovation and R&D On
Great-Tasting Stevia Sweeteners and Stevia-Based Flavor
Enhancers
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia,
May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and
innovator of great-tasting stevia sweeteners for the global
beverage and food industry, continues to build on its strong patent
protection, reflecting its advanced innovation, research and
development.
As a result of its cutting-edge work with stevia, PureCircle has
been granted more stevia-related patents than any other company
globally in each of the last five years.
In the year ended April 30, 2017,
the company was granted 15 new patents globally. In addition,
during that one-year period, it applied for 70 additional
patents.
Those new patents and patent applications are in addition to the
company's already significant patent protection and activity.
As of April 30, 2017, PureCircle held
a total of 72 granted patents, and had 205 applied-for patents
pending worldwide. These patents -- and applied-for patents
-- cover stevia-related products and processes.
Beyond patents, and further enhancing its broad-based
intellectual property, the company has extensive trade secrets and
know-how.
PureCircle CEO Magomet Malsagov noted: "Our intellectual
property, including the hundreds of patents we hold and have
applied for globally -- and the additional patents for which we
shall apply -- reflect the strength and depth of our R&D and
the importance of that R&D to our success."
Given the growing global concerns about increases in obesity and
diabetes, beverage and food companies are working quickly to reduce
sugar and calories in their products, responding to both consumers
and health and wellness advocates. Sweeteners from the stevia
plant are becoming an increasingly important tool for these
companies.
With PureCircle's extensive R&D on the stevia plant and on
its use and applications, the company is quickly scaling up its
ability to produce the newer, innovative and great-tasting stevia
sweeteners which will work well in a broad range of beverages and
foods and enable an even greater degree of calorie
reduction.
Notes to Editors
About PureCircle
- PureCircle is the only company that combines advanced R&D
with full vertical integration from farm to high-quality innovative
stevia sweeteners.
- PureCircle will continue to: lead in research, development and
innovation; produce a growing supply of multiple varieties of
stevia sweeteners using all necessary and appropriate methods of
production; and be a resource and innovation partner for food and
beverage companies.
- Founded in 2002, PureCircle is continually investing in
breakthrough research and development and it currently has 69
stevia-related approved patents and 200 pending.
- PureCircle has offices around the world with the global
headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- For more information, visit: www.purecircle.com.
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