Nutritional composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11464249-B2
Application number	US-201916406235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2019
Priority date	Jun 8, 2018
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

Use of a lentil product to increase the bioavailability of non-haem iron in a composition comprising one or more anti-nutritional factors.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of maintaining or optimizing an iron status of an infant or child in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the infant or child a composition comprising non-haem iron, wholegrain, and a lentil product selected from the group consisting of a yellow lentil product, a red lentil product, and a combination thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition is an infant cereal or a nutritional composition.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-haem iron is in the form of a physiologically acceptable iron chelate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product is in the form of dehulled whole lentils, dehulled crushed lentils, dehulled lentil flour, and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises 5 to 70% of the lentil product.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises 5 to 30% of the wholegrain.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises 5 to 30% of the wholegrain, at least 1.6 mg/100 kcal of the non-haem iron, and 5 to 20% of the lentil product.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wholegrain is selected from the group consisting of wholegrain maize, wheat, rice, oat, corn, barley, rye, semolina, and combinations thereof.

9. A method of increasing the-bioavailability of non-haem iron in a composition comprising non-haem iron, wholegrain, and an anti-nutritional factor, the method comprising adding to the composition a lentil product selected from the group consisting of a yellow lentil product, a red lentil product, and a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the anti-nutritional factor is phytic acid.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the phytic acid is selected from the group consisting of myo-inositol phosphate (lnsP), myo-inositol bisphosphate (lnsP2), myoinositol triphosphate (lnsP3), myo-inositol tetrakisphosphate (lnsP4), myo-inositol pentakisphosphate (lnsPS), myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (lnsP6), and combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the non-haem iron is in the form of a physiologically acceptable iron chelate.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wholegrain is selected from the group consisting of whole grain maize, wheat, rice, oat, corn, barley, rye, semolina, and a combination of any of the foregoing.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the non-haem iron is selected from the group consisting of ferrous sulfate, ferrous bisglycinate, ferrous fumarate, and combinationa thereof.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the lentil product is in the form of dehulled whole lentils, dehulled crushed lentils, dehulled lentil flour, and combinations thereof.

16. A method of treatment or prevention of suboptimal iron levels in an infant or a child in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the infant or child a composition comprising non-haem iron, wholegrain, and a lentil product selected from the group consisting of a yellow lentil product, a red lentil product, and a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Nestle Sa

Inventors

• Mace Catherine
• Sabatier Magalie
• Shahkhalili Dulloo Yassaman
• Tudorica Carmen

Classifications

• A23L11/05

  Mashed or comminuted pulses or legumes; Products made therefrom (A23L11/30 takes precedence; tofu or soya cheese A23L11/45; soy drinks A23L11/65) · CPC title

• A23L33/165

  Complexes or chelates · CPC title

• A23L33/21

  Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres · CPC title

• A23L7/10

  Cereal-derived products · CPC title

• A61K31/6615

  Compounds having two or more esterified phosphorus acid groups, e.g. inositol triphosphate, phytic acid · CPC title