Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising ubiquinone having superior dispersion-stability in an aqueous solution and high bioavailability. The ubiquinone(s) is dispersed and emulsified in an aqueous solution of a water-soluble material in the presence of an organic acid(s) to form a protective colloid, the average particle size of the suspended particles being not more than 5 ?m. The liquid composition can be adsorbed in or carried on an excipient, or dried.

Abstract: The present invention is an interactive process and system for formulating a unique digestible physical enhancer for an individual by way of a computer system by displaying one or more statements to an individual using a client's computer, wherein the statements comprise potential formula ingredients. A server device then receives one or more responses from the client computer indicating proposed formula ingredients chosen by the individual and amounts of formula ingredients chosen by the individual. An absorption ability is determined for the proposed formula based upon proposed formula ingredients chosen by individual and amounts of formula ingredients chosen by individual. The individual has the ability to tailor the enhancer by performing the following as many times as needed. Upon receiving approval of proposed unique formula by the individual, the approved unique formula is processed by server device and the approved unique formula is produced for the individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable emulsions and dry powders of mixtures of fat-soluble vitamins, and to processes for their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: Carotenoid formulations comprising a mixture of &bgr;-carotene, lycopene and lutein, and the use thereof in human and animal foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: The invention relates to an edible compositon containing both (plant) sterols (and/or sterol-containing compounds) as well as carotenoids. Preferably the carotenoids are present in another phase than the (plant) sterols.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting COX-2 biosynthesis comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula I and a pharmaceutrically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable emulsions and dry powders of mixtures of fat-soluble vitamins, and to processes for their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: This invention provides a nutritional supplement containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), antioxidants and anthocyanosides. The supplement is useful for improving night vision acuity, field of vision and adaptation to light.

Abstract: A method for protecting the activity and bioavailability of heat- and/or oxygen-labile compounds during processing, particularly processing by extrusion of a food product containing the heat- and/or oxygen-labile compounds. Beadlets are formed wherein the heat- and/oxygen-labile compound is protected by a shell of calcium alginate and an ancillary polymeric compound, such as gelatin. The beadlets are added to a food product prior to extrusion and protect the active compound against heat degradation during the extrusion process. The beadlets also provide a protected form of the compound that decreases oxidation. In an alternative embodiment, oxidizing agents and/or free radical initiators to be added to a product containing labile compounds are coated with the protective material to protect the labile compounds from degradation by the oxidizing agents and/or free-radical initiators.

Abstract: A process for the enzymatic production of vitamin B.sub.6 which includes incubating 1-deoxy-D-threo-pentulose and 4-hydroxy-L-threonine with an enzyme system that is cell free or essentially cell free and prepared from the cells of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium, Flavobacterium, Chryseobacterium, Lactobacillus, Arthrobacter, Bacillus, Klebsiella, Escherichia, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Enterobacter, Serratia, Corynebacterium, Brevibacterium, Exiguobacterium, Saccharomyces, Yamadazyma, Pichia or Candida, in the presence of NADP.sup.+, NAD.sup.+, ATP. Manganese and magnesium ions stimulate the above reaction. This process affords high yields of vitamin B.sub.6, a vitamin essential for the nutrition of animals, plants and microorganisms, and which is also useful as a medicine or food additive. In addition, an enzyme reaction system for producing vitamin B.sub.6 and a process for making the enzyme reaction system are also provided.

Abstract: A method of improving the tenderness of meat and meat products is described. The method includes administering excessive doses of vitamin D to meat producing animals prior to slaughter. The vitamin D causes greater calcium activated calpain activity which degrades certain myofibrillar proteins in the meat postmortem. The resulting meat has a significantly lower shear force in comparison to untreated meat.

Abstract: The invention is a prepackaged therapeutic meal for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition. The meal includes a plurality of separate meal components. At least one of the meal components contains a predetermined level of nutritional enhancement. The nutritionally enhanced meal component may be selected from the group consisting of meats, baked goods, sauces, starch sources, cereals, soups, desserts, and fruit juice beverages. In particular, the component supplies dietary fiber in the range of up to about 10 grams; vitamins and minerals at a range of at least about 5 to 35% USRDA; sodium in an amount less than about 2400 mg; potassium in an amount less than about 3500 mg; protein, such that up to about 30% of caloric intake is derived from protein; and fat, such that up to about 20% of caloric intake derived from fat.

Abstract: This invention provides a nutritional supplement containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), antioxidants and anthocyanosides. The supplement is useful for improving night vision acuity, field of vision and adaptation to light.

Abstract: A health food product containing a first component in the form of a discrete portion from a second component provides enhanced in vivo oxidative defense indices and prevents or attenuates exercise-induced in vivo oxidative stress as indicated by cellular and/or tissue modification. The first component includes an antioxidant mixture containing a blend of antioxidants selected from all-trans beta-carotene, a mixture of cis beta-carotenes, all-trans alpha-carotene, a mixture of cis alpha-carotenes, all-trans lycopene, a mixture of cis lycopenes, all-trans gamma-carotene, a mixture of cis gamma-carotenes, zeta-carotene, phytofluene, phytoene, vitamin C, vitamin E and curcumin. The process includes co-extruding the first component and second component to deliver the first component as an internalized core within the second component or layering the components or surrounding the first component with the second component.

Abstract: A health food product containing a first component in the form of a discrete portion from a second component provides enhanced in vivo oxidative defense indices and prevents or attenuates exercise-induced in vivo oxidative stress as indicated by cellular and/or tissue modification. The first component includes an antioxidant mixture containing a blend of antioxidants selected from all-trans beta-carotene, a mixture of cis beta-carotenes, all-trans alpha-carotene, a mixture of cis alpha-carotenes, all-trans lycopene, a mixture of cis lycopenes, all-trans gamma-carotene, a mixture of cis gamma-carotenes, zeta-carotene, phytofluene, phytoene, vitamin C, vitamin E and curcumin.

Abstract: A confection includes a soft candy center containing from 5% to 40% by weight water. A first coating is applied to the candy center. A second coating is applied over the first coating. The second coating contains a vitamin, enzyme, phytochemical, or alimentary vegetable composition. The first coating seals moisture in the soft candy center to retard the biodegradation of the vitamin, enzyme, phytochemical or alimentary vegetable composition in the second coating.

Abstract: A coated chewing gum includes a gum center containing a water-insoluble gum base and a first active material, and a shell coated around the gum center, with the shell containing a second active material. The coated chewing gum may be made by homogeneously dispersing a first active material in a gum base to form a gum mass; forming discrete masses of the gum mass; and coating the discrete masses with a coating composition containing a second active material.

Abstract: An improved enteral nutritional formula containing ribo-nucleotide equivalents (RNA, mono-, di- and triphosphate nucleotides, nucleosides and adjuncts such as activated sugars) at a level of at least 10 mg/100 Kcal (kilocalorie) of formula is disclosed. The formula comprises carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals and four (4) ribo-nucleotide equivalents at specific levels and ratios. The invention also discloses novel methods of production and analytical techniques. This invention also provides a dietary formula that enhances the immune system and alleviates diarrhea.

Abstract: An oil-based vitamin A and Vitamin D preparation having a specific gravity greater than 1.0 used to fortify milk products. The preparation contains vitamin A palmitate, Vitamin D.sub.3 resin, ester gum and/or brominated vegetable oil, corn oil, polysorbate 80, and triglycerol monooleate. The preparation is added to the milk product any time during processing and remains dispersed in the milk phase during centrifugal separation. The preparation is concentrated, resists oxidation, and does not require refrigeration.

Abstract: Zeaxanthin is produced using Flavobacterium multivorum. The process and the nutrient medium used in the process provide greater zeaxanthin and cell yields per liter, at a lower cost, and more rapidly than known methods and microorganisms. Biomass compositions containing the microorganism of this invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sweet soft drink having the same .degree.Brix as a conventional soft drink but with enhanced nutrition is provided. The beverage comprises a malt-extract containing aqueous solution to which is added a quantity of "sweet sugars". The malt extract and "sweet sugars" synergistically produces a beverage having increased apparent sweetness substantially greater than the sweetness contributed by the "sweet sugars" and the malt extract by themselves, and having enhanced nutritional value.

Abstract: A composition of matter which consists of (a) from about 13.0 to about 27.5% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of linolenic acid and derivatives thereof, calculated as the free acid, said derivatives or linolenic acid being both physiologically hydrolyzable and pharmacologically acceptable, and (b) about 87.0 to about 72.5% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of linoleic acid and derivatives thereof, calculated as the free acid, said derivatives of linoleic acid being both physiologically hydrolyzable and pharmacologically acceptable, is utilized e.g. as a pharmaceutical formulation or nutritional composition, in absence of an oily carrier or diluent which comprises at least one member of the group consisting of C.sub.

Abstract: The invention is directed to color-stable syrup and beverage compositions fortified with vitamin C (ascorbic acid) which contain an azo food dye, such as FD&C Yellow #6. Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is employed as a color stabilizer and effectively prevents decoloring of the compositions, even upon prolonged periods of storage. The syrup and beverage formulations may optionally contain a glassy sodium polyphosphate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, niacinamide, folic acid, calcium pantothenate, biotin, flavoring agents, sweeteners, acidic agents, etc.

Abstract: 5-O-.alpha.-D-Glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid is a novel derivative of L-ascorbic acid which has a direct reducing activity and a satisfiable stability, as well as being readily hydrolyzed in vivo to form L-ascorbic acid. The 5-O-.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid is prepared by allowing a saccharide-transferring enzyme together with or without .alpha.-glucosidase to a solution containing an a-glucosyl saccharide and L-ascorbic acid, and suitably used in food products, agents of anti-susceptive diseases and cosmetics containing thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides for a cereal composition, particularly in a ready-to-eat cereal, that contains beta-carotene (BC) in an amount ranging from about 0.001% to about 0.02% based on the dry weight of the cereal composition. The beta-carotene may be incorporated in the form of water insoluble beadlets or may be added in a soluble form with a sweetening agent during manufacture of the composition. The cereal composition containing BC retains good stability, and normal color, flavor and aroma characteristics as compared with analogous cereal compositions without beta-carotene.

Abstract: A powdered nutritional product has an oil blend which contains soy oil and/or marine oil. In order to minimize oxidation of the product an antioxidant system of natural ingredients is incorporated therein. The antioxidant system is made up of ascorbyl palmitate, beta carotene and/or mixed tocopherols, and citrate.

Abstract: A coated vitamin C preparation for animal feed comprises a particulate core containing vitamin C and a coating material composed of one or more fine powdery lipids having a melting point of at least 40.degree. C. and containing vitamin E. The coating material is present as an agglomerated coating layer surrounding the entire circumference of each particle of the particulate core.The coated vitamin C preparation is produced by a process, which comprises a step of bringing particles of a particulate core containing vitamin C into colliding contact with particles of a coating material composed of one or more fine powdery lipids having a melting point of at least 40.degree. C. and containing vitamin E, so as to form a coating layer of agglomerated particles of the coating material surrounding the entire circumference of each particle of the core.The coated vitamin C preparation is useful as a supplement to feeds for animals, such as, livestock, poultry and marine animals, by admixing same with the feed.

Abstract: An additive for aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish, which contains L-ascorbic acid-2-glucoside as an active ingredient, an aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish containing said additive, and an aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish, which has been added with said additive and granulated. The additive for feed of the present invention, namely, L-ascorbic acid-2-glucoside 1) does not have reducing ability by itself, and extremely stable, 2) can be decomposed into L-ascorbic acid and D-glucose when taken in fish and shellfish, and can exhibit physiological effects inherent to L-ascorbic acid, and 3) is greatly improved in heat resistance and light resistance in comparison with L-ascorbic acid, and shows markedly small loss of L-ascorbic acid activity during the production and storage of feed.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing a soya food product including the steps of providing a soya concentrate, and pre-mixing the soya concentrate with a composition including organic flavorants, an amino acid supplementation, an extract of a spice and vitamins. The pre-mixed product is then mixed with water at a temperature below 15.degree. C. and then allowed to soak for a period of time sufficient to allow the soya concentrate substantially to absorb the composition. The process may further include a par-cooking step where the product is partially cooked by frying in an oil or fat medium at a temperature above 170.degree. C. The process may also include a cooling step where the product is crust frozen at a temperature below -100.degree. C.

Abstract: It has been discovered that dried extruded pasta shapes prepared in certain ways display a high toleration for exposure to water at temperatures of less than boiling. This toleration is conveniently evaluated by cooking in a microwave over and then extracting with room temperature water to determine if the starch loss is less than 7.0 weight percent. This toleration is obtained by exposing the extruded pasta shapes to temperatures of about 180.degree. F. or greater, temperatures of about 165.degree. F. or greater if the pasta contains a low temperature coagulatable protein such as egg whites or simple room temperature aging if the pasta contains both a low temperature coagulatable protein and a sulfhydryl reducing agent such as 1-cysteine hydrochloride. This toleration makes the pasta amenable to a number of cooking procedures such as presoaking in cold water prior to cooling (thus dramatically reducing the cooking time), and cooking in a microwave oven.

Abstract: Poultry feed premixes and finished poultry feeds which contain particles comprising a Vitamin D.sub.3 metabolite and Vitamin D.sub.3 in a weight ratio ranging from about 1:2.5 to about 1:125 are described. These premixes and feeds are useful for promoting egg shell strength and bone strength in older egg laying hens as well as to provide to such hens the usual benefits of Vitamin D.sub.3 in a diet. The invention also relates to methods for improving egg shell strength in older egg laying hens which comprise administering to hens such particles.

Abstract: A liquid-containing component containing a dissolved or dispersed solid ingredient is frozen to provide ice like granules which are then mixed or kneaded with flour to form a uniform blend of the flour and granules in a macroscopically homogeneous system. The system is further mixed or kneaded and the granules melted to cause melting of the flour and thereby produce a homogeneous mixture of the flour and liquid-containing component.

Abstract: A stable, food-compatible liposome is prepared by dissolving a lipophilic material in a phospholipid followed by the addition of water or an aqueous solution and mixing by sonicating to producing a liposome having the lipophilic material encapsulated in the lipid bilayer. The preferred lipophilic materials include any readily oxidizable lipid and in particular the omega-3 fatty acid containing fish oils. Other lipophilic materials which can be encapsulated in the lipidic bilayer include flavorants, acidulants, preservatives and antioxidants. The resulting liposomes provide a stabilizing vehicle for the lipophilic materials to reduce the occurrence of oxidation and rancidity. Liposomes prepared according to the disclosed method exhibit none of the unpleasant odor and flavor characteristics normally associated with oxidized or rancid oils.

Abstract: Granules containing feed additives for ruminants are coated with an enzymatically degradable composition, consisting of: zein in combination with a non-water-soluble polymer and optionally a plasticizing agent, or zein in combination with a hydrophobic substance and optionally a non-water-soluble polymer.

Abstract: A method for molding lactitol-containing food inclusive of food additives which comprises heating a mixture of a solid food material and lactitol which contains not less than 30% by weight of lactitol, molding the mixture in a semi-molten state and optionally pulverizing the molded product.

Abstract: A process for supply of low concentrations of biologically active materials to base materials such as a processed foodstuff or an animal food, in which the biologically active material is slurried in an inert carrier, where it is insoluble, to form a homogeneous suspension, after which the suspension is applied to the base material by means of a device converting the suspension to an easily applicable form, the suspension coating the surface of the base material in an even layer. The suspension is maintained homogeneous by stirring and at an even temperature before being applied to the base material at such a rate than an even and predetermined concentration of the biologically active material is obtained per weight unit distributed on the surface of the base material.

Abstract: A low-dust, free-flowing choline chloride powder based on natural carriers or silica, the choline chloride content on natural carriers being from 30 to 60% by weight and that on silica being from 30 to 80% by weight, based on the choline chloride powder, is prepared by a process in which(a) choline chloride solution is mixed with the carrier in the desired ratio within the stated range,(b) the resulting mixture is sprayed continuously into a fluidized bed already containing dry choline chloride powder and is dried there at from 90.degree. to 180.degree. C., and(c) the dried end product is removed from the fluidized bed and cooled to below 50.degree. C.

Abstract: Described is a method for enriching milk with vitamin A and/or D by adding to raw milk an aqueous emulsion of edible oil, e.g., soybean oil, a source of vitamin A and/or D, and an emulsifying agent that is a combination of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate and glycerol monooleate.

Abstract: This invention is a method for distributing a dry, multi-vitamin premix into a cereal grain which is, used for making a milled cereal product. In the preferred embodiment the milled cereal product is shredded wheat. The product of the method is also included in this invention.

Abstract: A strengthened gelling material containing dried egg albumen and one or more vitamin C compounds selected from the group consisting of vitamin C and vitamin C salts, and methods for manufacturing the strengthened gelling material including addition of vitamin C compounds to dry egg albumen, additional heat treatment of the above mixture, addition of vitamin C compounds to liquid egg white followed by drying, and additional heat treatment of the above dry mixture.

Abstract: A tasty dietary nutritional composition useful in the administration of diets of predetermined caloric intake adapted to weight control regimens and method of making wherein the composition comprises three pre mixed components. The first component comprises a blend of flavors mixed with a suitable vehicle. The second component comprises a blend of d-calcium pantothenate and B-Vitamins. The third component comprises an invert sugar, protein isolate, yeast and a binder.

Abstract: A beverage that may be consumed as a substitute for bovine milk or that may be stabily mixed with bovine milk in any proportion up to 10 days prior to consumption, and a process for making the same.Soy beans are ground in the presence of an acidified water solution that has a pH that optimizes protein extraction from ruptured bean cells and that insures that the amino acids so extracted will be in cationic form and therefore electrically associated with negatively charged ions supplied by the acidified water solution so that the protein is maintained in suspension and so that the solution is otherwise stabilized. The low pH also inhibits the enzymatic development of "painty", "fishy", and "beany" off-flavors.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve the palatability of soy-containing dog foods.It is difficult to make foods which are both low in cost and palatable to dogs. Soybeans provide a range of economical proteinaceous materials and are widely used in dog foods. When made under normal processing conditions, these soy-containing dog foods are less palatable than is desired. The present invention improves these foods by selectively treating the soybean proteinaceous material to improve its contribution to the overall palatability of the dog food, thereby improving the overall product palatability. According to a preferred aspect of the invention, soybeans are selectively treated by roasting followed by quenching with a fat, such as soybean oil, added in an amount of about 2 to 15% of the weight of the soybeans.

Abstract: A method for preparing animal feeds wherein a multi-element mixture is subjected to disk pelletizing resulting in a unique animal food product.

Abstract: Wheat germ oil is treated by degumming with phosphoric acid and water, bleaching with activated clay and distilled in a centrifugal molecular still at 140.degree.-200.degree. C. at pressures below 50 milli-torr. The free fatty acids which are removed by the distillation step may be recovered as valuable by-products. The phospholipids removed in the degumming step may be recovered as valuable by-products. A vitamin E concentrate may be prepared by further distilling the purified wheat germ oil at 220.degree.-300.degree. C. at pressures below 25 milli-torr.

Abstract: Biochemically degradable organic material, for example, animal waste matter, such as manure produced by hogs, sheep, cattle, chickens and humans is aerobically digested at thermophilic digestion temperatures to produce various digested products, including single cell proteinaceous material suitable for feeding to animals as part of the animals' nutritive diet. Biodegradable material is introduced into a digesting zone that is sufficiently insulated to prevent any substantial heat loss from the digesting material during the digestion process. An oxygenating gas such as air is introduced into the digesting material during all phases of the digestion. The digesting material is simultaneously vigorously agitated. The waste material is placed into the digester at ambient temperatures and is contacted with the oxygenating gas at a rate and is agitated at a level effective to cause thermogenic microbial digestion of the materials present in the waste matter.

Abstract: A matrix comprising starch, fat, polyhydric alcohol and water results in a soft, pliable, and stretchable composition having an excellent palatability. To this matrix may be added sufficient protein and other nutritional ingredients to form a suitable food. An especially suitable food which may be thus formed is a soft dry pet food. This soft dry pet food may be mixed with a hard dry pet food.

Abstract: Dental-care Aid Products are formulated to contain Biotin-antagonists. Biotin is an essential nutrient for many microorganisms involved in tooth decay; restricting Biotin availability for the microflora by means of Biotin-antagonists interferes with their ability to develop dental caries.

Abstract: A method for effectively encasing an active agent such as a chemical compound, a seasoning, a flavoring, or a nutrient such as vitamins and minerals, including liquids, as a time-stable but releasable dispersion in a homogeneous polymeric encapsulating matrix of a modified starch, a gum or a protein material such as gelatin and casein to provide a concentrate of the active agent. The method is characterized in that the agent to be encased is mixed with the encapsulating material under conditions of rigorous and intimate mechanical working with applied high shearing stress but without phase-separating mechanical compression and compaction forces and in the presence of a limited quantity of water and sufficient heat to ensure the formation of a viscous, semi-solid, homogeneous paste constituting a mobile mass or plastic melt.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a nutrition composition suitable for human use, especially as a dietary supplement for obese and/or diabetic persons. The main composition includes about 5-90% of sugar hydrolyzable to glucose and/or fructose; about 5-90% of glucose and/or fructose; about 0.5-60% of dietary protein; and about 0.5-10% of edible yeast. Optionally one or more B Vitamins are included. Another composition includes glucose and/or fructose, about 60-80%, and dietary protein, about 20-40%, and optionally one or more B Vitamins. Each of the named components in each composition total to 100%.