Nutritional Or Dietetic Supplement, Including Table Salt Patents (Class 426/648)
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Publication number: 20140186324Abstract: This invention provides methods of isolating ferritin from plant and animal material. The isolated ferritin can be administered to humans or animals in need of iron, and can be used to treat or supplement iron deficiency. The isolated ferritin can be used in industrial applications, such as increasing the iron content in heat-processed food or beverages. The methods of the invention also include quantitation of iron derived from plant or animal ferritin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Slo-Iron, LLCInventor: Elizabeth C. Theil
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Publication number: 20140161928Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific protein and/or peptide fractions having a high aspartate content for regulating plasma glucose concentrations and increasing insulin sensitivity in a mammal. The invention relates to a complete food fortified with aspartate equivalents as well as a supplement rich in aspartate equivalents that is given simultaneously with or even minutes up to an hour prior to the consumption of a meal comprising glucose. The nutritional or pharmaceutical composition contains at least one protein having a high aspartate content, preferably of soy or dairy origin, which is further enriched with aspartate equivalents from another protein and/or free aspartate equivalents. The protein fraction comprises glutamate equivalents in a weight ratio of aspartate equivalents to glutamate equivalents (asp:glu) between 0.41:1 and 5:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventor: Robert Johan Joseph Hageman
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Publication number: 20140161955Abstract: This invention relates to liquid dietary supplement formulation compositions that provide dietary minerals and additional optional ingredients beneficial for health; methods of design and manufacture of such compositions; and methods to enable convenient oral ingestion of the formulation ingredients, by adding the formulations to drinking water, beverages, foods, or meals. The formulation compositions of this invention generally include water, water-soluble calcium compound(s), water-soluble magnesium compound(s), and additional optional ingredients, wherein the sum of the concentrations of the calcium and magnesium compounds is most preferably 2 molar or more, up to the point of saturation. The formulations of this invention possess inherent resistance to microbial growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventor: Manpreet S. Wadhwa
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Patent number: 8747939Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that the volume-based median size (d50) of particles in the nutrient composition is 5 to 100 ?m and water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition, or a nutrient composition which contains at least a carbohydrate, a lipid, a protein, and a mineral, and is liquid or semisolid, characterized in that water-insoluble particles having a protein insolubilized by a divalent cation are contained as a major component of the nutrient composition and the mass of the protein with respect to the total moles of divalent ions forming the water-insoluble particles is 1.5 to 3 g/mmol.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.Inventors: Itaru Kon, Naoki Hayashi, Tatsuro Tanaka, Hisayuki Uneyama, Shinji Somekawa
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Publication number: 20140154355Abstract: Disclosed is a food supplement including at least the amino acids leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine and lysine and Chromium. Also disclosed are food compositions including the food supplement as well as uses of both.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: INNOVAFOOD ABInventors: Rickard Oste, Elin Ostman, Inger Bjorck
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Patent number: 8741375Abstract: A mixed amino acid metal salt complex of the mixed amino acids, lysine and glutamic acid associated with trace metals selected from the group consisting of iron, manganese, copper and zinc to provide highly bioavailable sources of the iron, manganese, copper and zinc and as well to take advantage of the different amino acid transport pathways of lysine and glutamic acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Zinpro CorporationInventor: Peter A. Stark
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Patent number: 8741355Abstract: Highly compactable granulations and methods for preparing highly compactable granulations are disclosed. More particularly, highly compactable calcium carbonate granulations are disclosed. The granulations comprise powdered materials such as calcium carbonate that have small median particle sizes. The disclosed granulations are useful in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tableting and provide smaller tablet sizes upon compression than previously available.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Delavau L.L.C.Inventors: Kevin W. Lang, James W. Dibble, Raya Levin, Gregory B. Murphy
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Publication number: 20140148488Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: NuSirt Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Michael Zemel, E. Douglas Grindstaff, II, Antje Bruckbauer
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Publication number: 20140147574Abstract: The invention relates to reduced-calorie and digestion-promoting foods that have a calorific value-containing portion and are mixed with talc. Calorific value-containing components of the calorific value-containing portion are selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Sugars are to be subsumed under carbohydrates. The invention relates to a food that has a calorific value-containing portion, wherein talc composes at least 15 wt % and no more than 40 wt % of the food relative to the total weight of the food.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventor: MONDO MINERALS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
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Publication number: 20140147556Abstract: The present technology provides, in one aspect, an edible or inhalable composition including an isolated “antagonist ligand” or an isolated “antagonist antibody” or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, which specifically binds a taste receptor ligand or an olfactory receptor ligand. Foods and intranasal formulations containing the above-described compositions are described, as are methods of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Maxime J. J. Bilet, Ilya Fushman, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Vinod Khosla, David Mann, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Christopher C. Young
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Publication number: 20140147548Abstract: Milk replacers include a fat component in which least about 10 percent of the total fat content is formed of medium chain triglycerides. Young animals consuming the milk replacer ingest the medium chain triglycerides at a rate of at least about 13.5 grams per head per day and exhibit improved animal performance. The milk replacers with the modified fatty acid profiles may include a reduced level of fat and protein compared to traditional milk replacers without negatively affecting performance of young animals, and may even enhance performance of the young animals. These milk replacers may be produced by adding the medium chain triglycerides during milk replacer formulation, and at least about 9 grams of medium chain triglycerides are provided per pound of milk replacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLCInventors: Bill L. Miller, Robert Musser, Madhu Kakade
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Patent number: 8735631Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing methylmercaptopropionaldehyde (MMP) including at least the following steps: (a) dehydrating glycerol to acrolein from an aqueous solution of glycerol in the presence of an acid catalyst; (b) purifying the aqueous flux from step (a) to obtain a flux of acrolein containing at least 15 wt % of water relative to the acrolein; (c) causing a reaction of the acrolein flux obtained in step (b) with methylmercaptan in the presence of a catalyst; (d) optionally purifying the product obtained in step (c). The method of the invention can also include a reaction of the product obtained in step (c) or (d) with hydrocyanic acid, or sodium cyanide during a step (e) followed by a subsequent transformation to produce methionine or methionine hydroxyanalogue, which can then optionally be purified.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Jean-François Devaux, Jean-Luc Dubois
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Patent number: 8728538Abstract: Highly compactable granulations and methods for preparing highly compactable granulations are disclosed. More particularly, highly compactable calcium carbonate granulations are disclosed. The granulations comprise powdered materials such as calcium carbonate that have small median particle sizes. The disclosed granulations are useful in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tableting and provide smaller tablet sizes upon compression than previously available.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Delavau L.L.C.Inventors: Kevin W. Lang, James W. Dibble, Raya Levin, Gregory B. Murphy
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Patent number: 8728553Abstract: A method for maintaining, optimizing, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, wherein an amount of menaquinone has been added to a food product such that the level of menaquinone is 5 to 5000 ?g per 100 g of food product.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nattopharma ASAInventors: Paul Thomas Quinlan, Cees Vermeer
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Publication number: 20140134308Abstract: A ruminant mineral feed additive for dairy cattle and ruminant animals includes a unique combination of zeolite, dolomitic hydrate lime, and dolomite mineral fines that are prilled and hydrothermally reacted to produce a valuable dietary supplement for control of acidosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Inventor: Stephen L. Peterson
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Publication number: 20140127288Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that enables extension of the concentration range in which pyrroloquinoline quinone exerts cell growth-promoting function, and an efficient method of producing the composition. According to the present invention, there is provided a liposome composition comprising liposomes individually containing pyrroloquinoline quinone or a salt thereof and sugar, 50% or more of the liposomes having a particle diameter in the range of from 1 to 10 ?m, and a method of producing the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Kazuto Ikemoto
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Publication number: 20140127385Abstract: A method of preparing a water nanodispersion of one or more nutritional compounds, comprising: (1) dissolving the one or more compounds in one or more lipophilic ingredients to form a dissolute; (2) combining the dissolute with a liquid and one or more nandispersion matrix ingredients to form a dispersion; and (3) reducing the size of particles in the dispersion to form the nanodispersion. Also, a water nanodispersion of one or more nutritional compound, comprising: (a) the one or more nutritional compounds; (b) one or more lipophilic ingredients in which the nutritional crystalline compound is dissolvable; and (c) one or more nanodispersion matrix ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Ingredient Innovations InternationalInventor: Scott E. Peters
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Publication number: 20140128461Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a low-polyamine-content food composition for use in the treatment and/or prevention of neuropathic pain induced by a platinum salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventors: David Balayssac, Mathilde Bayet-Robert, Jérémy Ferrier, Jacques Moulinoux
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Publication number: 20140120239Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides dietary fiber compositions comprising effective amounts of glucomannan, xanthan gum, and alginate to produce a desired viscosity. The invention also provides food products comprising an effective amount of a dietary fiber composition. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for preparing a dietary fiber composition or a food product comprising a dietary fiber composition and methods for promoting satiety, promoting weight loss, lowering blood glucose levels, or lowering blood cholesterol levels in a mammal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: INOVOBIOLOGIC INC.Inventors: Roland Gahler, Michael Lyon, Nicole Lee
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Publication number: 20140120238Abstract: Systems, techniques and methods for estimating the metabolic state or flux, e.g., the body energy state (“BES”) of a patient, are disclosed. The BES provides deep insight into the nutritional needs of the patient, thus allowing for a sort of exquisite glycemic control with regard to the patient. The invention discloses systems and methods for estimating fractional gluconeogenesis, which is the % of glucose production that comes from gluconeogenesis (“GNG”), as opposed to glycogenolysis (“GLY”), the other form of glucose production. Nutritional formulations, materials, cocktails and methods for feeding patients by parenteral and other means are disclosed. The amount, type and rate of such nutritional feeding are typically based upon the above estimating. The invention discloses formulations that contain labels, such as deuterium, for medical diagnostics, such as for estimating BES and fractional gluconeogenesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Run Them Sweet, LLCInventors: Michael A. Horning, George A. Brooks
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Publication number: 20140113015Abstract: The invention relates to a novel strain of Schizochytrium sp. that can produce large quantities of squalene, the methods for the production of lipid compounds of interest using said strain and the products and compositions prepared with said strain.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: Bernard Pora, Jie Zhou, Sophie Defretin, Xavier Vandewalle
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Publication number: 20140113826Abstract: A method for producing a polysaccharide ester microsphere may include forming a polysaccharide ester product from a polysaccharide synthesis, wherein the polysaccharide ester product comprises a polysaccharide ester and a solvent; diluting the polysaccharide ester product, thereby yielding a polysaccharide ester dope; and forming a plurality of polysaccharide ester microspheres from the polysaccharide ester dope. Suitable polysaccharides may include, but are not limited to, starch, cellulose, hemicellulose, algenates, chitosan, and any combination thereof. Esters thereof may be organic esters (e.g., acetate and the like), inorganic esters (e.g., sulfonates and the like), or combinations thereof. Further, the solids conent of the polysaccharide ester dope, in some instances, may be greater than about 16 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Celanese Acetate LLCInventors: Denis G. Fallon, Thomas S. Garrett, Lawton E. Kizer, Karen L. Zazzara, Michael T. Combs, Richard K. Johnson, Gary Dehart
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Patent number: 8703818Abstract: One embodiment described herein is related to methods and compositions, such as nutraceutical formulations and dietary supplements, comprising C16:1n7-palmitoleate or derivatives thereof. The methods and compositions comprising C16:1n7-palmitoleate, or derivatives thereof, safely and effectively prevent or mitigate manifestations of cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease and the accumulation of cholesterol or lipid deposits in the blood vessels of a subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Tersus Pharmaceuticals, LLCInventor: Jeffrey Green
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Publication number: 20140106025Abstract: The invention concerns a method to treat and/or prevent childhood obesity comprising administering a nutritional composition containing fat, digestible carbohydrates and protein, wherein the protein comprises at least 25 wt. % peptides with a chain length of 2 to 30 amino acids based on dry weight of protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: N.V. NutriciaInventors: Christopher BEERMANN, Katrien Maria Jozefa VAN LAERE, Eline Marleen VAN DER BEEK, Gunther BOEHM
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Publication number: 20140106051Abstract: The present invention relates to microalgal flour granules, and optionally, lipid-rich microalgal flour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis, Damien Passe, Samuel Patinier, Marilyne Guillemant, Dan Dueppen, John Piechocki, Leslie Norris
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Publication number: 20140106057Abstract: Calcium additives useful for fortifying baked goods, such as bread products, with calcium are disclosed. The calcium additives are particularly useful for fortifying leavened baked goods with calcium. Methods for preparing the calcium additives and using the calcium additives to fortify baked goods are also disclosed. Generally, the calcium additives comprise intimate admixtures calcium carbonate and an acid such as citric acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: DELAVAU LLCInventors: Kevin W. Lang, James W. Dibble, Gregory B. Murphy
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Patent number: 8696568Abstract: Methods for evaluating and treating patients for dysphagia are provided. In a general embodiment, the method comprises screening the patient for dysphagia symptoms, diagnosing and categorizing the dysphagia if the patient exceeds a threshold of dysphagia symptoms, choosing the proper dysphagia treatment product based the patient's dysphagia, and giving the patient preparation instructions for the dysphagia treatment product.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Michael Rueben Jedwab, Zamzam Kabiry Roughead, Kala Marie Kaspar, Armando Sanchez, Christoph Hartmann, Chrystel Loret, Nathalie Martin, Jan Engmann
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Patent number: 8697158Abstract: This document provides complexes comprising a mineral-amino acid compound and a polysaccharide. For example, the document provides compositions containing such complexes and methods of making and using such complexes.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Melaleuca, Inc.Inventors: Alexander B. Rabovsky, Jermey Ivie
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Publication number: 20140099388Abstract: A primary composition comprising all essential nutrients of a fruit or a plant material, which has an increased stability, bio-availability and miscibility, and a process of forming same are provided. An oral composition containing the primary composition in a foodstuff, food supplement, cosmetic preparation or a pharmaceutical preparation is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: NESTEC S.A .Inventors: Junkuan Wang, Raymond Bertholet, Herbert Johann Watzke, Pierre Ducret, Peter Bucheli
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Patent number: 8685682Abstract: An engineered strain of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica capable of producing greater than 5.6% docosahexaenoic acid acid (DHA, an w-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid) in the total oil fraction is described. This strain comprises various chimeric genes expressing heterologous desaturases, elongases and acyltransferases and optionally comprises various native desaturase and acyltransferase knockouts to enable synthesis and high accumulation of DHA. Production host cells are claimed, as are methods for producing DHA within said host cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Howard Glenn Damude, Peter John Gillies, Daniel Joseph Macool, Stephen K Picataggio, James John Ragghianti, John E Seip, Zhixiong Xue, Narendra S Yadav, Hongxiang Zhang, Quinn Qun Zhu
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Patent number: 8685483Abstract: This invention relates to electrolyte formulations and methods of use thereof to treat or prevent dehydration and taste fatigue. The electrolyte formulation of the invention addresses the needs of a broad population, particularly the needs of an older population. The electrolyte formulation of this invention comprises a dietary fiber source, such as Acacia Gum, a sodium ion source, a potassium ion source, a calcium ion source, a chloride ion source, and a citrate ion source.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Inventor: Philip M. Knight
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Publication number: 20140086986Abstract: The present invention is concerned with Capsicum plants producing greater than about 0.4% zeaxanthin, by weight in the dried, ripe fruit pod flesh, which plants have been developed from commercially grown Capsicum cultivars by plant breeding techniques. Zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, when measured in non-esterified forms. Alternatively, these plants may be characterized as exhibiting a high pigmentation measured as an ASTA value and further characterized by the predominant presence of zeaxanthin. The zeaxanthin derived from these Capsicum plants can be used in applications that include nutritional supplements, foods, functional foods, cosmetics, animal feeds, aquaculture feeds, and pharmaceuticals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: KALAMAZOO HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Paul H. TODD, JR., Carrie Young, Anthony Van Den Hombergh, Donald Berdahl
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Publication number: 20140088201Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of squalene from microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp., preferably at concentrations of between 2 and 12 g per 100 g of dry biomass. The method is characterised in that it comprises steps consisting in: culturing microalgae belonging to the family of Thraustochytriales sp. at a temperature of between 25 and 35° C., preferably between 28 and 32° C., and more preferably of the order of 30° C.; and adding between 1 and 1000 ?g of vitamin B12 per litre of culture medium to said culture medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: Bernard Pora, Yun Qian, Bernard Caulier, Serge Comini, Philippe Looten, Laurent Segueilha
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Publication number: 20140087056Abstract: The present invention provides a composition of dietary fiber supplements for satiety enhancement and appetite suppression in treatment of overweight, obesity, or eating disorders. The composition of the dietary fiber supplements consist of at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer. The cationic polymers and the anionic polymers in the composition can be dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous solution. When the pH of the aqueous solution is lowered, such as the solution is ingested into the stomach with a gastric pH environment or the aqueous solution is added with some acidifying agents, the aqueous solution will turn into a gel. The formation of a gel from the aqueous solution after it being ingested into the stomach before a meal would provide a satiety enhancement and appetite suppression effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventor: Guang Yan
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Patent number: 8680161Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing plant gums and one or more fat-soluble active ingredients, wherein the composition comprises less than 40 weight-% oil, based on the total composition in dry matter. These compositions can be used for the enrichment, fortification and/or coloration of food beverages, animal feed, cosmetics or pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention also refers to the preparation of such compositions. The present invention furthermore refers to a process for the manufacture of a beverage by mixing the compositions with ingredients of beverages. The present invention also refers to beverages obtainable by this process.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Andrea Hitzfeld, Bruno H. Leuenberger, Olivia Vidoni
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Patent number: 8679550Abstract: Fortified food and dietary supplement products may be administered to produce desirable physiological improvement. In particular, embodiments of the invention relates to the administration of products enhanced with plant products and iridoids. A study was performed to evaluate the iridoid content, as well as the in vitro and in vivo bioactivities, of a beverage containing noni fruit, Cornelian cherries, and olive leaf extract. The major iridoids present were identified as asperulosidic acid, deacetylasperulosidic acid, oleuropein, morroniside, loganic acid, and loganin In the 2,2-Diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay, remarkably high in vitro antioxidant activity was observed, with an IC50 of 3.8 ?L/mL. In vivo bioactivities were evaluated in type 2 diabetic Sprague Dawley rats.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Tahitian Noni International, Inc.Inventors: Brett Justin West, Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu, Shixin Deng, Jeffery A. Wasden
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Publication number: 20140082761Abstract: The present invention describes an approach to increase plant growth and production. The invention describes methods for the use of functional sulfinoalanine decarboxylase (SAD) or the promiscuous enzyme activity of SAD in plants or algal cells. Transgenic plants will have increased plant growth, biomass, yield, and/or tolerance to biotic and/or abiotic stresses and could be used as a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or as a supplement in animal feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: PLANT SENSORY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Frank J. Turano, Kathleen A. Turano
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Publication number: 20140079833Abstract: A rye extract as well as food compositions including the extract. The use of the extract for the manufacture of a food composition, a dosage product, a pharmaceutical or a medicament. The extract is useful as a food composition, dosage product, pharmaceutical or medicament for the treatment, controlling or prevention of diseases or conditions related to metabolic syndrome, diabetes or obesity or in the promotion of satiety, weight loss or maintenance of desired body weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: RYEFACTOR ABInventors: Elin Ostman, Liza Rosen, Inger Bjorck, Anne Nilsson, Margareta Nyman
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Publication number: 20140079850Abstract: A coffee cherry is harvested, preferably in a sub-ripe state, and quick-dried to provide a basis for numerous nutritional products. Such coffee cherries and portions thereof may be particularly characterized by their extremely low concentration of mycotoxins, including various aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, and/or vomitoxin (DON, deoxynivalenol).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: VDF FutureCeuticals, Inc.Inventors: Dusan Miljkovic, Brad Duell, Vukosava Miljkovic
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Patent number: 8663953Abstract: Methods for production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms, including the heterotrophic marine dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium, using low levels of chloride ion are disclosed. Specifically, methods of increasing production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine microorganisms while growing in low chloride media by manipulating sodium ion and potassium ion levels. The invention also relates to methods of production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by marine organisms at low pH levels, and includes methods for generation of low pH tolerant strains.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Paul W. Behrens, John M. Thompson, Kirk Apt, Joseph W. Pfeifer, III, James P. Wynn, James Casey Lippmeier, Jaouad Fichtali, Jon Hansen
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Patent number: 8663679Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and corresponding methods for treating fibrocystic breast disease or other breast-related disease or condition. The compositions comprise, per serving or dose, from zero to about 400 ?g selenium, from about 100 mg to about 6000 mg gamma linolenic acid, and about 0.15 mg to about 5 mg iodine, with nutritional embodiments further comprising one or more of protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, and minerals and providing from about 50 to about 1000 kcal of energy per severing or dose. Also disclosed are in-vitro studies showing that certain combinations of gamma linolenic acid, iodine, and/or selenium may 1) inhibit breast cancer or fibrocystic cell proliferation, 2) reinforce the function of tight junctions of endothelial cells and of mammary epithelial cells in estrogen-sensitive conditions, and 3) reduce the risk of vascular invasion by breast cancer cells.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Keith E. Rushlow, Robert A. Shalwitz, Terrence B. Mazer, Normanella T. Dewille, Tapas Das, Anand Seth
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Publication number: 20140057843Abstract: This invention relates to a plurality of compositions for dietary health management and its use in the prevention or treatment of any one of the disease states in the group consisting of cardiovascular disease, inflammation and diarrhoea. Human evolution has been a very slow process in contrast to the relatively recent, rapid changes in our diet since the Neolithic revolution which marked the switch from hunter-gatherer to agricultural life-style around 10,000 years ago. Moreover our genome has not had time to evolve at the same pace and therefore it is postulated that our bodies will work more efficiently with an ancestral diet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Mark John Berry, Heather Frances Jennifer Bligh, John Casey, Karl John Hunter, Rober Antoine Kemperman
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Publication number: 20140057014Abstract: The present disclosure provides a premature infant formula fortifier comprising a protein component, a fat component, and a carbohydrate component, wherein about 10 to about 30% of the caloric content of the fortifier is from protein. Also provided is a composition for administration to premature infants, comprising i) a premature infant formula fortifier comprising a protein component, a fat component, and a carbohydrate component, wherein about 10 to about 30% of the caloric content of the fortifier is from protein, and ii) a premature infant formula. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a method for promoting the growth of a premature infant, comprising administering to the infant a composition comprising i) a premature infant formula fortifier comprising a protein component, a fat component, and a carbohydrate component, wherein about 10 to about 30% of the caloric content of the fortifier is from protein, and ii) a premature infant formula.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Carol Lynn Berseth, Kelly Walsh, Deborah Schade, Ana Cecilia Munoz-Espada
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Publication number: 20140057022Abstract: The invention is directed to a potassium containing preparation or potassium bolus for the prevention or treatment of potassium deficit and optionally other deficit of minerals in ruminants, a process for the production thereof as well as the use thereof. The present invention makes it possible to provide a potassium containing preparation or potassium bolus with a high content of up to 70 wt.-% of potassium salt, based on the total weight of the potassium containing preparation, by adding only a relatively small amount of calcium chloride (15 to 40 wt.-%) and water (10 to 22 wt.-%) to the potassium salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBHInventor: Leif HOEJVANG-NIELSEN
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Patent number: 8658237Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an anti-obesity agent which contains a tea-derived component and which is safe and does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverages. According to the present invention, a safe and palatable anti-obesity agent can be provided by incorporating a benzotropolone ring-containing compound which has tea-derived, high inhibitory activities against lipase and alfa-glucosidase. The anti-obesity agent of the present invention does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverage, has palatability, and can be used in various use applications including foods and beverages intended for health enhancement such as reduction in triglycerides.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Suntory Holdings LimitedInventors: Yuko Fukui, Sumio Asami, Mitsuru Maeda
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Patent number: 8653040Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a means of enhancing the bodily absorption of sesamin-class compounds. By using sesamin-class compounds and quercetin glycosides in combination, the bodily absorption of the sesamin-class compounds can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Suntory Holdings LimitedInventors: Namino Tomimori, Yoshiko Ono
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Patent number: 8652550Abstract: Described herein are beverages that provide a number of heath benefits associated with elevated or high blood sugar levels. For example, the beverages are useful in potentiating insulin activity, treating hyperglycemia, and maintaining blood sugar levels in a subject afflicted with diabetes. The beverages are composed of distilled water, cinnamon extract, and sweetener. Vitamins, minerals, and nutrients can be added to the beverage to provide additional health benefits.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Hydro One, LLCInventors: Babak Baban, Mark Anthony Fields
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Patent number: 8652508Abstract: Dietary formulations in the form of an oil emulsion providing total enteral or parenteral nutrition, or in the form of food oil suitable for oral administration is provided. The formulations include about 2-60% by calories of a C20 or longer omega-3 fatty acid and about 0.05% to 1% by calories of arachidonic acid, where the formulation provides less than 1% of total calories from linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid, and where the fatty acids provide 5-60% of the total calories of said dietary formulation. Methods for treatment of diseases and disorders using the dietary formulations are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.Inventors: Mark Puder, Bruce Bistrian
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Publication number: 20140044834Abstract: The invention relates to a feed additive comprising a clay material and at least one saponine deposited thereon, a method for producing the feed additive as well as its use as additive to livestock feed and a feed product comprising the feed additive,Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbHInventors: José Antonio Ortiz Niembro, Erik Thomassiny Villaurrutia
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Publication number: 20140044691Abstract: An improved dietary and/or therapeutic supplement composition comprising a quantity of a dietary and/or therapeutic supplement agent having a pH that upon ingestion with food or a beverage would limit the effectiveness of the agent and a sufficient amount of an alkaline electrolyte additive is provided in combination with the agent to raise the pH of the composition to a level of from about 8 to about 12.5 to increase the effectiveness and functional utilization of the agent while the composition is in the person's stomach.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Janmarie Hornack, Lawrence E. Dorman