Nutritional formula containing select carotenoid combinations
First Claim
1. A nutritional formula comprising (A) carbohydrate, (B) protein;
- (C) lipid containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid; and
(D) from about 0.25 to about 11 ppm, by weight of the total oil content of the nutritional formula, of a combination of lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene at the following weight ratios;
(i) lutein to beta-carotene of from about 0.0196;
1 to about 59;
1, (ii) lycopene to beta-carotene of from about 0.00805;
1 to about 114;
1, and (iii) lutein to lycopene of from about 0.0117;
1 to about 108;
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Abstract
Disclosed are nutritional formulas, including reconstitutable powders, comprising carbohydrate, protein and a lipid component containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid; and from about 0.25 to about 10 ppm, by weight of the total oil content of the infant formula, of a combination of lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene with preferred weight ratios of the lutein to beta-carotene of from about 0.0196:1 to about 59:1, the lycopene to beta-carotene of from about 0.00805:1 to about 114:1, and the lutein to lycopene of from about 0.0117:1 to about 108:1. Also disclosed are methods of providing nutrition using the disclosed formulas. The nutritional formulas provide improved product stability and color characteristics.
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36 Claims
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1. A nutritional formula comprising
(A) carbohydrate, (B) protein; -
(C) lipid containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid; and
(D) from about 0.25 to about 11 ppm, by weight of the total oil content of the nutritional formula, of a combination of lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene at the following weight ratios;
(i) lutein to beta-carotene of from about 0.0196;
1 to about 59;
1,(ii) lycopene to beta-carotene of from about 0.00805;
1 to about 114;
1, and(iii) lutein to lycopene of from about 0.0117;
1 to about 108;
1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 33)
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12. A powder infant formula comprising
(A) carbohydrate, (B) protein; -
(C) lipid containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid; and
(D) from about 0.25 to about 10 ppm, the total oil content of the formula, of a combination of lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene at the following weight ratios;
(i) lutein to beta-carotene of from about 0.0196;
1 to about 59;
1,(ii) lycopene to beta-carotene of from about 0.00805;
1 to about 114;
1, and(iii) lutein to lycopene of from about 0.0117;
1 to about 108;
1,wherein the formula is a powder nutritional formula. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34)
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22. An infant formula comprising
(A) carbohydrate, (B) protein; -
(B) lipid containing arachidonic acid and decosahexaenoic acid; and
(C) from about 0.25 to about 10 ppm of a combination of lutein, lycopene, and beta-carotene, by weight of the total oil content of the infant formula. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, 36)
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