NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CALCIUM BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYLBUTYRATE, CASEIN PHOSPHOPEPTIDE, AND PROTEIN

• Main Authors: STEPP, EMILY, WALTON, JOSEPH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.09.2014
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Nutritional compositions that include calcium ?-hydroxy-?-methylbutyrate and protein, and methods of using and making the nutritional compositions are provided. Casein phosphopeptide is utilized to sequester the calcium ?-hydroxy-?-methylbutyrate to reduce the interaction between the divalent calcium ions and protein in the nutritional composition to improve the overall stability, shelf life, and viscosity of the nutritional composition, while also facilitating the absorption of calcium. L'invention concerne des compositions nutritionnelles qui comprennent du -hydroxy- -méthylbutyrate de calcium et une protéine, et des procédés d'utilisation et de fabrication des compositions nutritionnelles. Un phosphopeptide de caséine est utilisé pour séquestrer le -hydroxy- -méthylbutyrate de calcium pour réduire l'interaction entre les ions calcium divalents et la protéine dans la composition nutritionnelle pour améliorer la stabilité globale, la durée de conservation et la viscosité de la composition nutritionnelle, tout en facilitant également l'absorption de calcium.