Liquid nutritional compositions containing unsaturated fatty acids

• US 20070048405A1
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: DeWille, Normanella, Wearly, Douglas, Ogilvie, Allison, Rodgers, William
• Granted Patent: US 9,179,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/72
• CPC Class Codes: A23C 11/04 containing non-milk fats but no non-milk proteins A23C11/08, A23C11/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/52 Adding ingredients adding preservatives A23L2/44
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/13 from citrus fruits
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/12 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/19 Dairy proteins
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/16 Taste affecting agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/30 Foods, ingredients or supplements having a functional effect on health
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/1882 Polyunsaturated fatty acids
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/54252 Whey protein

Abstract

Disclosed are liquid nutritional compositions comprising: carbohydrate; lipid having from about 0.1% to about 20% of an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, or combinations thereof by weight of the composition; a protein matrix having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the composition; and a limonene-containing material, cranberry oil, or combinations thereof. The compositions are preferably aseptically packaged, and provide enhanced oxidative stability, flavor, and aroma, especially when formulated with relative high polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations.

Claims

1. A liquid nutritional composition comprising

(A) a carbohydrate component;

(B) a lipid component having a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the liquid composition;

(C) a protein component having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the liquid composition; and

(D) a limonene-containing material.

2. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the whey protein fraction represents from about 25% to about 40% by weight of the total protein.

3. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of the composition.

4. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises as a percentage of total calories in the composition, from about 5% to about 50% of the carbohydrate component, from about 10% to about 85% of the lipid component, and from about 5% to about 40% of the protein component.

5. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the n-3 fatty acid comprises one or more of alpha-linolenic acid, stearidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid.

6. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the n-3 fatty acid comprises eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid.

7. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the n-6 fatty acid comprises one or more of linoleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, eicosadienoic acid, arachidonic acid, and di-homo-gamma-linolenic acid.

8. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the n-6 fatty acid comprises one gamma-linolenic acid.

9. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is aseptically packaged.

10. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises from about 3 ppm to about 2000 ppm of limonene by weight of the composition.

11. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises from about 20 ppm to about 700 ppm of limonene by weight of the composition.

12. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 1 wherein the limonene-containing material is a citrus fruit-containing material.

13. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 11 wherein the citrus fruit is an orange.

14. A liquid nutritional composition comprising:

(A) a carbohydrate component;

(B) a lipid component having a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the liquid composition;

(C) a protein component having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the liquid composition; and

(D) flavor masking agent comprising cranberry oil, spearmint oil, rosemary oil, ginger oil, or combinations thereof.

15. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the whey protein fraction represents from about 25% to about 40% by weight of the total protein.

16. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 comprising a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of the liquid composition.

17. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the composition comprises as a percentage of total calories in the composition, from about 5% to about 50% of the carbohydrate component, from about 10% to about 85% of the lipid component, and from about 5% to about 40% of the protein component.

18. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the n-3 fatty acid comprises one or more of alpha-linolenic acid, stearidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid.

19. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the n-3 fatty acid comprises eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid.

20. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the n-6 fatty acid comprises one or more of linoleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, eicosadienoic acid, arachidonic acid, and di-homo-gamma-linolenic acid.

21. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the n-6 fatty acid comprises one gamma-linolenic acid.

22. The liquid nutritional composition of claim 14 wherein the composition is aseptically packaged.

23. A liquid nutritional composition comprising

(A) a carbohydrate component which represents from about 5% to about 50% of total calories in the composition;

(B) a lipid component which represents from about 10% to about 85% of the total calories in the composition and contains a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of the liquid composition;

(C) a protein component which represents from about 5% to about 40% of the total calories in the composition and contains from about 25% to about 40% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the liquid composition; and

(D) a limonene-containing material which contains from about 3 ppm to about 2000 ppm of limonene by weight of the composition.

24. A liquid nutritional composition comprising

(A) a carbohydrate component which represents from about 5% to about 50% of total calories in the composition;

(B) a lipid component which represents from about 10% to about 85% of the total calories in the composition and contains a source of n-3 fatty acid, n-6 fatty acid, or combinations thereof, which represents from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of the liquid composition;

(C) a protein component which represents from about 5% to about 40% of the total calories in the composition and contains from about 25% to about 40% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the liquid composition; and

(D) flavor masking agent comprising cranberry oil, spearmint oil, rosemary oil, ginger oil, or combinations thereof.