Patents Assigned to Nofima AS
  • Sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice and juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, methods of producing the same and the use thereof to maintain health and to treat and prevent medical ailments
    Patent number: 10786452
    Abstract: Described herein is a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (ii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NOFIMA AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • Sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice and juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, methods of producing the same and the use thereof to maintain health and to treat and prevent medical ailments
    Patent number: 10471009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (iii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NOFIMA AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance
  • IMPROVED SUGAR-DEPLETED FRUIT OR VEGETABLE JUICE AND JUICE-RETAINING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE DERIVED MATTER, METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND TO TREAT AND PREVENT MEDICAL AILMENTS
    Publication number: 20170296468
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (iii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nofima AS
    Inventors: Jurgen Schrezenmeir, Svein Halvor Knutsen, Simon Ballance