Liquid nutritional compositions including green tea extract and iron

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020163370-A1
Application number	US-201816627831-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 24, 2018
Priority date	Aug 3, 2017
Publication date	May 28, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A sterilized liquid nutritional composition has an off-white color and a pH of from about 6 to 7.5 and comprises a source of protein, a source of fat, a source of carbohydrate, green tea extract comprising epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), and an insoluble source of iron comprising at least one of ferric orthophosphate and ferric pyrophosphate. The liquid nutritional composition comprises, per 237 ml serving, from about 50 to 500 mg green tea extract and from about 6 to 60 mg ferric orthophosphate and/or ferric pyrophosphate, and has a Hunter L value not less than 60.

First claim

1 . A sterilized liquid nutritional composition having an off-white color and a pH of from about 6 to 7.5 and comprising a source of protein, a source of fat, a source of carbohydrate, green tea extract comprising epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), and an insoluble source of iron comprising at least one of ferric orthophosphate and ferric pyrophosphate, wherein the composition comprises, per 237 ml serving, from about 50 to 500 mg green tea extract and from about 6 to 60 mg ferric orthophosphate and/or ferric pyrophosphate, and wherein the composition has a Hunter L value not less than 60.

2 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has a Hunter L value not less than 65, not less than 70, or not less than 75.

3 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has a Hunter a value within the range of −10 to 10, and a Hunter b value within the range of −5 to 25.

4 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 25 to 300 mg EGCg.

5 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 6 to 60 mg of ferric orthophosphate and/or ferric pyrophosphate per 237 ml serving.

6 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 1.8 to 18 mg of iron per 237 ml serving.

7 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition contains less than about 1 mg/kg of soluble iron.

8 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 200 to 400 mg green tea extract per 237 ml serving.

9 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 250 to 400 mg green tea extract per 237 ml serving.

10 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising from about 300 to 400 mg green tea extract per 237 ml serving, wherein the green tea extract upon addition to the composition, comprises at least 20 wt % EGCg.

11 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 5 to 25 g protein, from about 3 to 15 g fat, and from about 15 to 50 g carbohydrate per 237 ml, or comprises from about 5 to 15 g protein, from about 3 to 8 g fat, and from about 15 to 35 g carbohydrate per 237 ml.

12 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein a source of the protein comprises whole egg powder, egg yolk powder, egg white powder, whey protein, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate, whey protein hydrolysate, acid casein, casein protein isolates, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, potassium caseinate, casein hydrolysate, milk protein concentrate, milk protein isolate, milk protein hydrolysate, nonfat dry milk, whole cow's milk, partially or completely defatted milk, coconut milk, soy protein concentrate, soy protein isolate, soy protein hydrolysate, pea protein concentrate, pea protein isolate, pea protein hydrolysate, rice protein concentrate, rice protein isolate, rice protein hydrolysate, collagen protein, collagen protein hydrolysate, beef protein isolate, chicken protein isolate, or a combination of two or more thereof.

13 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein a source of the fat comprises whole egg powder, egg yolk powder, egg white powder, coconut milk, coconut oil, fractionated coconut oil, soy oil, corn oil, butter oil, olive oil, safflower oil, high oleic safflower oil, high gamma-linolenic acid safflower oil medium chain triglycerides, sunflower oil, high oleic sunflower oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm olein, canola oil, algae oil, borage oil, marine oil, fish oil, cottonseed oil, a structured lipid, any of said oils in powder form, or a combination of two or more thereof.

14 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein a source of the carbohydrate comprises maltodextrin, hydrolyzed or modified starch, hydrolyzed or modified cornstarch, glucose polymer, corn syrup, corn syrup solids, rice-derived carbohydrate, sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactose, honey, sugar alcohol, artificial sweetener, dietary fiber, or a combination of two or more thereof.

15 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the source of protein comprises milk protein concentrate, nonfat dry milk, and/or soy protein isolate, the source of fat comprises canola and/or corn oil, and the source of carbohydrate comprises maltodextrin and/or sugar.

16 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 0.5 to 5 grams amino acids and/or branched-chain amino acids, per 237 ml serving.

17 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 0.5 to 5 grams leucine and/or metabolites of leucine, per 237 ml serving.

18 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 1 to 3 grams beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB), per 237 ml serving.

19 . The nutritional composition of claim 18 , wherein the HMB is provided as calcium HMB monohydrate.

20 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has been reconstituted from a powder.

Assignees

• Abbott Lab

Inventors

• Patel Gaurav
• Dewille Normanella
• Pereira Suzette
• Gupta Rockendra

Classifications

• A23L33/40 Primary

  Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula · CPC title

• A23L33/16

  Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements · CPC title

• A23L33/17

  Amino acids, peptides or proteins · CPC title

• A23L33/125

  containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols; containing starch hydrolysates (indigestible substances A23L33/21) · CPC title

• A23L33/115

  Fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils · CPC title