Stable nutritional powder

US8377496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Abbott Laboratories · US

Inventors

• Christine L. Clinger · New Albany, US
• Jeffrey M. Boff · Maple Heights, US
• Paul W. Johns · Columbus, US
• Gary E. Katz · Columbus, US
• Marti S. Bergana · Blacklick, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L29/10
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are compositions comprising carbohydrate; lipid, comprising from about 0.25% to about 2.5% lecithin by weight of total lipid; from about 90% to about 99.5% of intact protein by weight of total protein; and from about 0.5% to about 10% of at least one hydrolyzed protein selected from the group consisting of hydrolyzed casein protein and hydrolyzed whey protein; wherein the hydrolyzed protein has a degree of hydrolysis of between about 23% and about 90%, and wherein the compositions are nutritional powders. The nutritional powders provide improved oxidative stability and sensory performance.