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Food bars containing nutritional supplements

  • US 6,576,253 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2002
  • Issued: 06/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A food bar comprising:

  • (a) one or more vitamins and minerals recommended for consumption by pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant in an amount that is effective for enhancing the nutrition of pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies;

    (b) calcium in an amount ranging from above 1,000 mg to about 2,000 mg;

    (c) DHA in an amount that is effective for providing, or increasing the supply of, DHA to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies; and

    (d) one or more DHA taste-masking agents in a combined amount that is effective for masking the taste of the DHA, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies;

    wherein the food bar supplements the dietary requirements of pregnant women, lactating women or women having childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant, wherein the food bar does not have a fishy taste,wherein the DHA is present in an amount ranging from about 0.05 to about 3 weight percent of the food bar, wherein the combined amount of the DHA taste-masking agents ranges from about 3 to about 40 weight percent of the food bar, wherein the one or more vitamins and minerals are present in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 25 weight percent of the food bar, and wherein the food bar contains the following vitamins and minerals, and quantities thereof;

    Vitamin A—

    from about 1,000 to about 7,000 I.U. Vitamin B1—

    from about 1.4 to about 10 mg Vitamin B2—

    from about 1.6 to about 25 mg Vitamin B3—

    from about 17 to about 40 mg Vitamin B6—

    from about 2.2 to about 40 mg Vitamin B9/M—

    from about 400 to about 1,000 mcg Vitamin B12—

    from about 2.6 to about 18 mcg Biotin—

    from about 30 to about 400 mcg Vitamin C—

    from about 80 to about 500 mg Vitamin D—

    from about 200 to about 400 I.U. Vitamin E—

    from about 10 to about 400 I.U. Vitamin K—

    from about 10 to about 65 mcg Iron—

    from about 18 to about 90 mg Phosphorus—

    from about 100 to about 1,250 mg Pantothenic Acid—

    from about 6 to about 15 mg Iodine—

    from about 175 to about 200 mcg Magnesium—

    from about 200 to about 500 mg Zinc—

    from about1 to about 25 mg Selenium—

    from about 60 to about 100 mcg Copper—

    from about 0.1 to about 2 mg Manganese—

    from about 0.1 to about 5 mg Chromium—

    from about 0.1 to about 120 mcg Molybdenum—

    from about 0.1 to about 50 mcg Choline—

    from about 300 to about 600 mg Fluoride—

    from about1 to about 4 mg Chloride—

    from about 10 to about 1,000 mg Potassium—

    from about 10 to about 80 mg Sodium—

    from about 10 to about 1,000 mg.

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