Food for diabetics

US7498318B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• N.V. Nutricia · NL

Inventors

• Bernd Stahl · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Michael Kliem · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Sandra Farwer · Erlangen, DE
• Gunther Sawatzki · Kandern, DE
• Günther Boehm · Echzell, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y204/01024
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided is a carbohydrate mixture comprising at least one modified carbohydrate from a base body and a carbohydrate residue coupled therewith. The base body concerned is either a digestible glucose-containing carbohydrate in the form of a digestible glucan or a non-digestible reserve carbohydrate, skeletal carbohydrate or a low-molecular component thereof. By coupling the base body with a carbohydrate residue, the glucose release from the inventive carbohydrate mixture is reduced by at least 10%, determined in an in-vivo digestion system on the basis of pancreatine and compared with a carbohydrate mixture containing the same amount by weight of non-modified carbohydrates. By means of the inventive carbohydrate mixture, the postprandial blood glucose concentration after eating can be moderated. The glucose can thus be metabolized by diabetics in spite of the existing lack of insulin. The inventive carbohydrate mixtures can be used in food for diabetics and in pharmaceuticals.