Patent ID: 8604000

Claim:
A method of improving one or more of mouth feel, taste, aftertaste and smell of uridine, cytidine, and/or a deoxy-form, acetylated form, and/or a nucleotide thereof in a liquid composition, comprising adding to the composition a taste masking agent selected from the group consisting of cellulose, starch, xanthan gum, gellan gum, alginate, galactomannans, gum karaya, gum tragacanth, carrageenan, and mixture thereof, wherein the composition comprises uridine, cytidine, and/or a deoxy-form, acetylated form and/or a nucleotide thereof, and wherein the taste masking agent improves one or more of mouth feel, taste, aftertaste and smell of the uridine, cytidine and/or deoxy-form, acetylated form, and/or nucleotide thereof.