Abstract: A process for fortifying an R-T-E cereal with beta carotene is provided. By adding the heat labile beta carotene to a cooked cereal mass prior to piece forming and finish drying, a beta carotene fortified R-T-E cereal is obtained which surprisingly not only has not lost significant vitamin activity, but even more surprisingly exhibits superior vitamin stability upon storage than when equivalent amounts are applied topically to the cereal.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an edible fat-containing product comprising two distinct fat phases (A) and (B); fat phase (A) comprising indigestible polyol fatty acid polyesters and fat phase (B) essentially consisting of digestible fat, wherein fat phase (B) contains an oil-soluble vitamin at a concentration level that is at least twice as high as the concentration level of said vitamin in fat phase (A) and in which fat phase (A) and fat phase (B) are separated from each other by a third phase which is essentially impervious to the oil-soluble vitamin.

Abstract: In one embodiment this invention provides an improved process for the production of fatty acid calcium salt. An important feature of the process is the utilization of a residual effluent byproduct stream from a sodium bicarbonate manufacturing plant as the aqueous medium of the fatty acid calcium salt-forming reaction process.A product of the invention process is a fatty acid salt dietary supplement composition which contains one or more additional biologically active nutrient or medicament ingredients.

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 liquid nutritional product for enteral feeding contains a fat source which provides desirable effects when fed to pulmonary patients. The fat source having by weight a ratio of [n-(6) to n-(3)] fatty acids from the group consisting of Linoleic acid (18:2n6), Gamma-Linolenic acid (18:3n6), and Arachidonic acid (20:4n6) to fatty acids from the group consisting of Alpha-Linolenic acid (18:3n3), Stearidonic acid (18:4n3), Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3), Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n3) and Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3) in the range of about 1.5 to about 3.0, a ratio of Linoleic acid (18:2n6) to Alpha-Linolenic acid (18:3n3) in the range of about 3.0 to about 10.0, and a ratio of the sum of Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3) to Gamma-Linolenic acid (18:3n6) in the range of about 1.0 to about 10.0. In a preferred embodiment the nutritional product contains quantities of nutrients having anti-oxidant properties in vivo, such as beta-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C, selenium, and taurine.

Abstract: A composition and method thereof for increasing milk production in dairy cattle by balancing the essential amino acids via a particular complete feed, concentrate, or blender or base mix form of the composition which delivers essential amino acids post ruminally, wherein the composition generally comprises wheat middlings; corn; soybean meal; corn gluten meal; distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles; blood meal; fat; macro-minerals, which include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chlorine and sulfur; trace minerals, which include cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc; and vitamins, which include vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E.

Abstract: Compositions comprising L-glutamine in combination with vitamins, minerals, choline, and flavonoids are disclosed. Such compositions can be administered to effect weight reduction, or to aid in weight control.

Abstract: A dairy preparation comprising a mixture of skimmed milk with vegetable oil. The animal fat contained in the milk, rich in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, is removed and largely replaced with oils rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, for instance olive, sunflower and peanut oils. The preparation obtained maintains all the advantage of skimmed milk and is added with vitamins A, D.sub.3 and C. The process of making the dairy preparation starts with the use of liquid or powdered skimmed milk, the latter being reconstituted at a controlled temperature of at least 70.degree. C., and then combined with a hot water-oil emulsion, the necessary and suitable amounts of vitamins A, D.sub.3 and C being added. The preparation is subjected to a sudden heating at temperature 150.degree. C. for no longer than 4 seconds.

Abstract: The present invention offers a method for preparing a .beta.-carotene fortified beverage to prevent loss of the .beta.- carotene therefrom, more particularly by the admixture of vitamins C, B.sub.2 and E with .beta.-carotene to stabilize the latter even under ambient conditions to minimize its loss from a beverage. The admixture of such anti-oxidative vitamins is designed in a well-balanced fashion for human nutrition.

Abstract: A liquid nutritional product is specially formulated to meet the needs of a person receiving renal dialysis. The caloric distribution, vitamins and minerals, and electrolytes are carefully controlled. The source of magnesium in the product is a calcium magnesium caseinate.

Abstract: Enzymatically degradable compositions for the coating of feed additives intended for ruminants, including zein, at least one hydrophobic substance, optionally at least one non-water-soluble polymer and at least one inorganic filler. The compositions are used to coat feed additives such as medicinal products, vitamins and amino acids.

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 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: Nucleosides and/or nucleotides are added to infant formula, both milk and non-milk based, to provide a formula having enhanced physiological properties and also closely resemble human milk. Additionally, nutritionally balanced diet formulations are described having nucleosides and/or nucleotides incorporated therein.

Abstract: Vitamin and mineral-fortified beverages, especially carbonated beverages are disclosed. These beverages are stable and contain vitamin A in the form of encapsulated .beta.-carotene, vitamin C and riboflavin. The beverages show enhanced calcium and iron absorption.

Abstract: A stable, water-miscible emulsion comprises specific proportions of (a) a fat-soluble vitamin (b) a liquid, edible vegetable oil, (c) a modified lecithin (d) a sucrose ester (e) sorbitan monooleate (f) a sugar alcohol and (g) water. The emulsion has an average droplet size of from about 0.5 microns to about 8 microns. The emulsion does not separate into distinct phases upon standing for prolonged periods of time.

Abstract: A chocolate of good nutritional value offering improved tolerance to consumers who may be allergic to protein in cocoa or milk and/or sensitive to theobromine or caffeine and/or react to bioactive amines present in regular chocolate. It contains no cocoa liquor or cocoa powder or milk powder. Its protein source is protein hydrolysate and/or 1-amino acids, the latter being selected to give good flavor while retaining the essential qualities of the protein.

Abstract: The invention concerns compositions with antimicrobial activity.These compositions contain a benzoic acid derivative with the formula: ##STR1## in which: A represents a straight or branched alkyl chain with 3 to 4 carbon atoms,X represents the oxygen atom or a direct bond,R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, possibly substituted by an alcohol function and a salt of such a derivative.Applications: drugs, disinfectants and preservative agents.

Abstract: A stabilized vitamin powder comprises one or both of gliadin and glutenin and a vitamin(s).It is preferable that the powder comprises 100 parts by weight of gliadin and/or glutenin and 1 to 51 parts by weight of vitamins. In the invention, the vitamins may be clathrated and/or coated with gliadin and/or glutenin.

Abstract: Dietary fiber based tablets with Lactobacillus acidophilus and/or Bifidobacterium bifidus, Leuconostoc citrovorum and Propionibacterium shermanii, are prepared. To enhance the viability of L. acidophilus in the tablets, a combination of amino acid L-cystine, vitamin-C and vitamin-E are included. To protect and enhance the beneficial bacterial population in the human stomach and intestinal tract, calcium and magnesium salts have been incorporated along with the dietary fiber in the formula. Lecithin has been used as a lubricant. The minor amount of lactose sugar has been incorporated into the formula using preparations of acid whey, whey protein concentrate, and pure lactose. The proposed formula when tableted gave maximum protection to the L. acidophilus population, in comparison to the free flowing powder form. Vitamin A and D are included in the formula as nutritional supplements. Autolyzed yeast extract and enzyme digested casein have been incorporated as stimulants to the beneficial bacteria.

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: A sour milk product is composed of proteins, milk and vegetable fats, lactose, dextrin maltose, saccharose, water, bifidobacteria, ferrous sulphate and vitamins, A, D.sub.2, E, C, B.sub.1, B.sub.2, B.sub.3, B.sub.6, B.sub.c and PP with the following proportion of ingredients, in mass per cent:milk fat: 2.5-2.7vegetable fat: 0.8-1.0lactose: 2.0-2.2dextrin maltose: 1.6-1.8saccharose: 3.3-3.5ferrous sulphate: 0.00325-0.00335vitamins: 0.0064-0.0066proteins: 1.6-1.8bifidobacteria (ml): 10.sup.8 -10.sup.9water: the balance.

Abstract: Finely divided, pulverulent carotenoid preparations in which the carotenoid essentially has a particle size of less than 0.5 micron are prepared by a process in which a carotenoid is dissolved in a volatile, water-miscible, organic solvent at from 50.degree. to 240.degree. C., under atmospheric or superatmospheric pressure, in less than 10 seconds, the carotenoid is precipitated in colloidal disperse form from the resulting molecular disperse solution by rapid mixing with milk at from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C., and the resulting dispersion is freed from the solvent and the dispersing medium in a conventional manner.

Abstract: Polished rice or barley enriched with nutrients, said nutrients being fixed in and on the grain by coating an oil/fat and a wax which do not melt at ordinary temperature but melt on heating. Said enriched polished rice or barley has essential nutrients in good balance and the nutrients can be retained on the grains when washing them before cooking.

Abstract: Free flowing, substantially dust-free, dense granular amorphous precipitated silica having a principal particle size of between about 0.14 millimeters and about 0.84 millimeters are described. This material is particularly suitable as an inert carrier for water-soluble and fat soluble nutritional supplements, e.g., vitamins, which are added to feeds for livestock.

Abstract: A livestock feed block comprising a compacted mass of cotton burr and other residue produced in the process of ginning cotton. The burr is compacted in a mold apparatus including a movable power operated tamping or compacting ram fitted with a spray manifold for coating the feed block material with a settable liquid binder prior to the compaction process. Compaction is carried out in a series of steps to compact plural layers of material to build the feed block in the mold. The mold is supported on retractable transport wheels which provide for jacking the mold upward off the ground surface to release the block whereby it may be transported by motor truck from its point of manufacture to its point of use.

Abstract: An animal feed supplement that provides good nutrition is prepared as a homogenous, non-tacky, substantially solid mass. The supplement contains yeast having fermenting activity, a texturizing component selected from ground meal, ground legumes or mixtures thereof, a mineral mixture, a liquid binder, a vitamin mixture, and ground montmorillonite. The yeast is mixed with the texturizing component. This mixture is mixed with the mineral mixture followed by impregnating the resultant mixture with the liquid binder. The resultant mixture is then mixed with the vitamin mixture whereby the vitamin mixture is encapsulated, and the encapsulated vitamin mixture is mixed with the ground montmorillonite.

Abstract: A nucleotide enriched humanized milk for infant nourishment, which is manufactured as a sterilized fluid or an instant powdered milk, both of which contain nucleotides AMP, CMP, GMP, IMP and UMP at concentrations similar to those found in human milk. The remaining components of this humanized milk comply with the standards of EPSGAN and AAP. The concentrations of nucleotides referred to in powdered milk are: 1.12 mg/100 g of CMP; 1.32 mg/100 g of AMP; 1.49 mg/100 g of GMP; 3.42 mg/100 g of UMP and 0.45 mg/100 g of IMP. The nucleotidic composition of fluid milk is: 0.15 mg/100 ml of CMP; 0.17 mg/100 ml of AMP; 0.19 mg/100 ml of GMP; 0.44 mg/100 ml of UMP and 0.06 mg/100 ml of IMP. The raw materials used in the manufacture of this humanized milk, cow's milk, demineralized whey, lactose, vitamins and minerals, are mixed and pasteurized. The nucleotides are added afterwards and the new mix is UHT-sterilized or spray-dried.

Abstract: Finely divided, pulverulent carotinoid or retinoid compositions, in which the carotinoid or retinoid essentially has a particle size of less than 0.5 micron, are prepared by a process wherein a carotinoid or retinoid is dissolved in a volatile, water-miscible, organic solvent at from 50.degree. C. to 200.degree. C., if necessary under superatmospheric pressure, within the space of less than 10 seconds. The carotinoid is immediately precipitated, in a colloidally disperse form, from the molecularly disperse solution by rapidly mixing the latter with an aqueous solution of a swellable colloid at from 0.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., and the resulting dispersion is freed from the solvent and the dispersing medium in a conventional manner.

Abstract: A novel formulation and method of processing for artificially sweetened, sugar free, powdered beverage mixes containing Aspartame (an artificial sweetener) is obtained by premixing the ingredients until the blend is uniform in composition, feeding the blend through an agglomerator such that the faster dissolving ingredients form two layers around each particle of Aspartame, and drying and cooling the agglomerated particles to provide a free flowing blend.

Abstract: Protein-containing conditioning drink on the basis of a mineral- and vitamin-enriched fruit juice beverage, which consists of a content of 30 to 90 wt. % of a fruit juice or of a mixture of different fruit juices corresponding to a content of 4 to 20 wt. % of solids, a content of 2 to 20 wt. % of a liquid whey concentrate corresponding to a whey protein content of 1.2 to 5 wt. %, whose lactose content is enzymatically cleaved, and/or of partially hydrolyzed soya protein, as well as a natural flavor adjustment flavoring, plus mineral salts and added vitamins, and has a pH between 4.0 and 5.0, preferably of pH 4.2 to 4.4.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for encapsulating oils and oil-soluble substances in multi-compartmentalized, mechanically stable microcapsules. The process comprises the steps of first forming an emulsion consisting of a continuous phase comprising an aqueous solution of an alkali metal alginate and optionally a water-soluble, alcohol-insoluble filler such as a polysaccharide, and a dispersed phase of an oleophilic substance such as one or more vitamins dissolved in an oil. The emulsion is then formed into droplets which are thereafter immersed in an alcoholic solution of multivalent cations, to produce a shape-retaining alginate matrix filled with precipitated polysaccharide and enclosing plural oil droplets. The vitamins are thereby protected from oxidative degradation and can be handled like conventional crystalline solids.

Abstract: Spray dried products exhibiting improved dispersibility in solvent medium are obtained from a highly porous foraminous mat. The mat is comprised of a multiplicity of spheroidal dry particles bonded or fused together in an aggregate form. The fused particles of the mat are structurally arranged to provide a multiplicity of communicating pores and channels extending through the mat permitting the flow of a gas through the mat. The mat can be subdivided into pieces of the required size or reduced to a fine powder, if desired.

Abstract: Stable carotenoid solutions useful as colorants in foods and which are dispersible in water or soluble in oil-based products or emulsions are disclosed.

Abstract: A dry nutritious food composition adapted for mixing with water to form an aqueous dispersion having a pleasing palatable taste with improved filling characteristics which is useful as a total meal replacement and which contains protein selected from the group consisting of casein, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate and non-fat milk solids, lipids, carbohydrates and non-degradable vegetable fiber in the form of cellulose gum and cellulose gel and containing added vitamins, trace minerals and flavoring agents.

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: A food product for babies of low birth weight, particularly for premature babies and a process for its manufacture are disclosed. The product is characterized in that it contains the following substances per 100 parts by weight of dry material:21-27 parts of lipids containing lactic fat, vegetable fat and medium chain triglycerides, the latter representing 30 to 50% by weight of the mixture of fats,13-16 parts of proteins, at least 50% by weight of which are soluble proteins,50-63 parts of carbohydrates,1.5-2 parts of mineral salts and1-3 parts of water.

Abstract: A method for sorption of solids by the tissues of whole seeds to enhance the available nutritional value of the whole seeds, to provide nutritional requirements for a ruminant feed, to provide new superimposed processes, to make more effective present superimposed processes, to provide innoculation with viable organisms, to provide means to reduce explosion hazzards from grain dust, and other advantages accruing from encapsulation of solids, the method comprising contacting the whole seeds with a synergetic mixture of solid materials and an oleaginous vehicle and maintaining contact until the synergetic mixture has been sorbed by the grain.

Abstract: Lemon oil at extremely low levels is found to greatly enhance the palatability of even an extruded horse ration.

Abstract: Effective amounts of sulfur in swine feeds will limit feed intake. More particularly, the use of at least about 0.25% sulfur in the feed will negate the need for hand feeding and will accordingly allow the swine to be self-fed.

Abstract: Food supplements are prepared by mixing assimilable iron compounds, vitamins, minerals or mixtures thereof with a heated edible metabolizable fat carrier to form a homogeneous dispersion of iron compounds, vitamins, minerals, or mixtures thereof in the fat, followed by subdividing and cooling to produce a finely divided particulate composition comprising assimilable iron compounds, vitamins, minerals or mixtures thereof coated with and/or dispersed in the edible fat. The fat must be solid at room temperature, and preferably has a melting point between about 100.degree. F. and 250.degree. F.

Abstract: An encapsulating agent and a nutrient are admixed, and then the encapsulating agent is gelatinized or polymerized under high temperature and pressure so as to encapsulate the nutrient. The encapsulation allows the nutrient to be kept in a dry stabilized state for a long period of time without the loss of potency. Further the encapsulation allows the nutrients to be released into the digestive tract after a predetermined amount of time. The digestive tract solubilizes or digests the encapsulating agent thereby freeing the nutrient. Encapsulation is preferably conducted using a heated extruder or expander. The encapsulating agent may be a high protein vegetable composition, such as, wheat flour gluten, a grain flour or carbohydrate flour. The nutrients may be in particulate or liquid form and can be such things as vitamins, amino acids, lipids, enzymes, inorganic salts (minerals). Additives such as surfactants, can be incorporated into the admixture before the extruding step.

Abstract: Food-fortifying, odor and taste masking melt-emulsion coating containing vitamins, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and selected fatty plasticizers for aerosol spray-on treatment, such as doughnut glaze or cake frosting of cereals and flour-based foodstuffs. The coating stabilizes foodstuffs otherwise adversely affected by light, oxygen, moisture or temperature of the environment.

Abstract: A highly nutritional baked product, high in both protein content and vitamin content, stable against loss of protein efficiency ratio and vitamin potency, and further stable against staling and microbial growth and process for preparing same is disclosed. The product is additionally shelf stable, requires no refrigeration, is low in calories, high in nutrition, low in cholesterol and low in reducing sugars. The product contains added vitamins and minerals and protein. Water content must be maintained between 15% and 45%, and the product is stabilized by having at least about 15% by weight of sugar or sugar equivalents with at least 3% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol in the base. The product may have a sugar containing topping and has a frosting containing vegetable oil or fat coated vitamins.

Abstract: The present invention is an extruded horse feed having size, shape, surface texture, and ingredient constituency which characterize unexpectedly good palatability and increased available energy supply such that the feed is uniquely capable of improving the consistency of horses' performance.