Patent ID: 9585937
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P

Claim:
1. A taste-modifying kit for facilitating cleansing the gastrointestinal tract of a subject comprising: a gastrointestinal tract preparation composition having a salty taste, a premeasured amount of at least one pH-modifying agent wherein the amount is sufficient to adjust the pH of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition to a pH ranging from 1 to 6.9, miraculin, and instruction material indicating that the gastrointestinal tract of the subject is to be cleansed by a method comprising the steps of: (a) determining the pH of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition, wherein the pH ranges from 1 to 6.9 or is adjusted to range from 1 to 6.9 using the at least one pH-modifying agent; (b) providing miraculin to the subject; and (c) administering orally the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition or a diluted form of the gastrointestinal tract preparation composition to the subject after step (b).