Preparation in the form of a powder containing at least one carotenoid, at least one modified starch, and sucrose

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11337925-B2
Application number	US-201615145337-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2005
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A preparation in the form of a powder containing: (a) at least one carotenoid, (b) at least one modified starch, and (c) sucrose; wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the powder in an amount of 1 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:2 to 1:80.

First claim

We claim:

1. A preparation in powder form comprising:
(a) β-carotene,
(b) at least one modified starch, and
(c) sucrose;
wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the powder in an amount of 1 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:2 to 1:80 and
said at least one modified starch is present in an amount from 5 to 30% by weight, based on the powder, and
wherein the β-carotene has a degree of crystallinity in the range from 90 to 99% determined by X-ray diffraction.

2. The preparation according to claim 1 , which further comprises component d) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of an antioxidant based on the total mass of the preparation in powder form.

3. A composition comprising: an additive amount of the preparation according to claim 1 ; and a component selected from the group consisting of human foods, dietary supplements, animal feeds, pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetic preparations.

4. The preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the β-carotene is present in the powder in an amount of 2 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the α-carotene and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:3 to 1:40.

5. The preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the β-carotene is present in the powder in an amount of 5 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the β-carotene and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:4 to 1:18.

6. A preparation in powder form comprising:
(a) at least one carotenoid,
(b) at least one modified starch, and
(c) sucrose;
wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the powder in an amount of 1 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:2 to 1:80 and
said at least one modified starch is present in an amount from 5 to 30% by weight, based on the powder, and
wherein the carotenoid has a degree of crystallinity in the range from 90 to 99% determined by X-ray diffraction,
wherein the at least one carotenoid is present in the powder in an amount of 8 to 13% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the at least one carotenoid and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:5 to 1:10.

7. The preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the β-carotene is present in the powder in an amount of 8 to 13% by weight, based on the weight of the powder; and wherein the β-carotene and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:5 to 1:10.

8. The preparation according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one modified starch is present in an amount from 8 to 26% by weight.

9. The preparation according to claim 7 , which further comprises component d) from 1 to 2% by weight of an antioxidant based on the total mass of the preparation in powder form and said at least one modified starch is present in an amount from 8 to 26% by weight.

10. The preparation according to claim 1 , which further comprises component d) from 1 to 2% by weight of an antioxidant based on the total mass of the preparation in powder form.

11. A composition comprising: an additive amount of the preparation according to claim 9 ; and a component selected from the group consisting of human foods, dietary supplements, animal feeds, pharmaceutical preparations and cosmetic preparations.

12. The preparation according to claim 9 , wherein the β-carotene and the sucrose are present in the powder in a ratio by weight of 1:6.6 to 1:7.2.

13. The preparation according to claim 12 , wherein the β-carotene has a degree of crystallinity in the range from 95 to 99% determined by X-ray diffraction.

14. The preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the preparation is prepared by the process which consists essentially of:
i) suspending said β-carotene a) in an aqueous molecular dispersed or colloidal solution of said at least one modified starch b),
ii) grinding the suspended particles,
iii) mixing the ground suspension with said sucrose c), and
iv) subsequently converting the suspension optionally in the presence of a coating material into a dry powder,
where the suspension comprises after process step iii), based on the dry matter of the aqueous suspension, from 1 to 25% by weight of β-carotene, and the ratio of β-carotene a) to sucrose c) is from 1:2 to 1:80 by weight.

Assignees

• Basf Se

Inventors

• Musaeus Nina
• Jensen Carsten Ninn

Classifications

• A61K9/1623 Primary

  Sugars or sugar alcohols, e.g. lactose; Derivatives thereof; Homeopathic globules · CPC title

• A61K47/26

  Carbohydrates, e.g. sugar alcohols, amino sugars, nucleic acids, mono-, di- or oligo-saccharides; Derivatives thereof, e.g. polysorbates, sorbitan fatty acid esters or glycyrrhizin · CPC title

• A23L33/105

  Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives · CPC title

• A61K47/36

  Polysaccharides; Derivatives thereof, e.g. gums, starch, alginate, dextrin, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, inulin, agar or pectin · CPC title

• A61K31/015

  carbocyclic · CPC title