Method for conducing concentrated cannabis oil to be stable, emulsifiable and flavorless for use in hot beverages and resulting powderized cannabis oil

• US 10,172,379 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2017
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Betterlife Pharma Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pivot Naturals, LLC (Betterlife Pharma Incorporated)
• Inventors: Franklin, Ross M, Rosenthal, Ed, Franklin, Rachel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meller, Michael V
• Application Number:
  US15/466,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20170189462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• Field of Search: 424725
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Abstract

A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.

Claims

1. A tablet or capsule consisting essentially of cannabis oil and whey protein isolate.

2. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the whey protein isolate to the cannabis oil, by weight, is at least three grams of whey protein isolate to every one-half of a gram of cannabis oil.

3. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the whey protein isolate to the cannabis oil, by weight, is at least three grams of whey protein isolate to every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil.

4. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the whey protein isolate to the cannabis oil, by weight, is at least five grams of whey protein isolate to every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil.

5. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the whey protein isolate to the cannabis oil, by weight, is no more than one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil to every three grams of whey protein isolate.

6. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the whey protein isolate to the cannabis oil, by weight, is between three grams and six grams of whey protein isolate to every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil.

7. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil is evenly absorbed by the whey protein isolate.

8. The tablet or capsule of claim 1 wherein the cannabis oil contains at least 5 milligrams of THC.

9. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil contains between about 5 milligrams and 200 milligrams of THC.

10. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil contains 10 milligrams of THC.

11. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil contains between about 40 milligrams and 80 milligrams of THC.

12. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil has been extracted from a cannabis plant material using carbon dioxide extraction.

13. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil has been extracted from cannabis sativa.

14. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil has been extracted from cannabis indica.

15. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil is decarboxylated.

16. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil is a combination of extracted cannabis oil from two different strains of cannabis.

17. The tablet or capsule of claim 1, wherein the cannabis oil has been extracted from a cannabis plant material using butane extraction.