NUTRITIONAL TABLETS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

• Main Authors: PATEL, Nalini, WEARLY, Douglas, EREN, Necla, LAPLANTE, Timothy
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 31.01.2019
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Nutritional tablets and methods of making nutritional tablets are provided. The nutritional tablets include a compressed nutritional powder that includes protein, carbohydrate, fat, and 0.15% to 6% by weight of a flow agent based on the weight of the nutritional tablet. The nutritional tablet has a hardness of no more than 14 N and a surface polarity of greater than 30.5%. L'invention concerne des comprimés nutritionnels et des procédés de fabrication de comprimés nutritionnels. Les comprimés nutritionnels comprennent une poudre nutritionnelle comprimée qui comprend une protéine, un glucide, une graisse et 0,15 % à 6 % en poids d'un agent d'écoulement sur la base du poids du comprimé nutritionnel. Le comprimé nutritionnel présente une dureté inférieure ou égale à 14 N et une polarité de surface supérieure à 30,5 %.