Nutritional composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11849740-B2
Application number	US-202217961218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2022
Priority date	Jun 8, 2018
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

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 composition comprising at least 1.6 mg/100 kcal of non-haem iron, 5 to 30% of wholegrain, and 5 to 70% of a lentil product, the lentil product comprising at least one of yellow lentil or red lentil,
wherein the lentil product increases bioavailability of the non-haem iron in a combination of the non-haem iron and the wholegrain, relative to bioavailability of the non-haem iron in the combination without the lentil product.

2. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the non-haem iron is physiologically acceptable iron chelate.

3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the lentil product is in the form of dehulled whole lentils, dehulled crushed lentils, dehulled lentil flour, and combinations thereof.

4. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the wholegrain is selected from the group consisting of wholegrain maize, wheat, rice, oat, corn, barley, rye, semolina and a combination of any of the foregoing.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is formulated as an infant cereal or a nutritional composition for use in a complementary feeding period.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises red lentil.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises yellow lentil.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product comprises both red lentil and yellow lentil.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the non-haem iron is selected from the group consisting of ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous bisglycinate, and combinations thereof.

10. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising ascorbic acid.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lentil product is 8 to 20% of the composition.

12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the wholegrain comprises wheat.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is formulated as an infant cereal.

14. The composition of claim 13 , wherein the wholegrain comprises wholegrain cereal flour.

15. The composition of claim 14 , wherein the wholegrain cereal flour is 10 to 55% of total flour in the infant cereal.

16. The composition of claim 1 further comprising a milk-based ingredient.

17. The composition of claim 16 , wherein the milk-based ingredient is 1 to 25% of the composition.

18. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more other legumes in addition to the lentil product.

19. The composition of claim 18 , wherein the one or more other legumes are to 40% of the composition.

Assignees

• Nestle Sa

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A23L11/01 Primary

  Pulses or legumes in the form of whole pieces or fragments thereof, without mashing or comminuting (A23L11/10 – A23L11/70 take precedence) · CPC title

• A23L7/10

  Cereal-derived products · CPC title

• A23L7/101 Primary

  Addition of antibiotics, vitamins, amino-acids, or minerals · CPC title

• A23L7/197

  Treatment of whole grains not provided for in groups A23L7/117 - A23L7/196 (preservation A23B9/00) · CPC title

• 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