"Senomyx has two significant discovery and development efforts related to sweet taste, our Sweet Enhancer Program and our High Potency Sweetener Program," said Kent Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Senomyx. "The assays covered by the company's new and previously issued patents enable us to screen our expansive libraries of nearly half a million natural and synthetic compounds and extracts using proprietary techniques to identify new flavor ingredients that enhance or impart sweet taste."
Senomyx's Sweet Enhancer Program is intended to provide novel flavor ingredients that enhance the taste of natural and artificial sweeteners and enable a significant reduction of added sweeteners in foods and beverages. The company's complementary High Potency Sweetener Program is focused on identifying novel low- or non-caloric natural high potency sweeteners that provide improved taste and physical properties compared to currently available products. The flavor ingredients resulting from these programs may have applications in multiple product categories, such as confectioneries, cereal, ice cream, beverages, yogurt, desserts, spreads and bakery products, each of which represents a sizable commercial market opportunity.