Non-dairy formulae

• US 9,687,012 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Else Nutrition GH Ltd. (Else Nutrition Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hamutal Yitzhak, Uriel Kesler
• Inventors: Kesler, Uriel, Yitzhak, Hamutal
• Primary Examiner(s): Heggestad, Helen F
• Application Number:
  US14/767,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20150366254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 426629, 426648, 426656, 426658, 426601, 426598, 426464, 426466, 426520, 426801
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/39 Dry compositions
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 25/00 Food consisting mainly of nutmeat or seeds; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 25/30 Mashed or comminuted products, e.g. pulp, pastes, meal, powders; Products made therefrom, e.g. blocks, flakes, snacks; Liquid or semi-liquid products A23L25/10 and A23L25/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/00 Modifying nutritive qualities of foods; Dietetic products; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/12 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/135 Bacteria or derivatives thereof, e.g. probiotics
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/15 Vitamins
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/16 Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/175 Amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/40 Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs

Abstract

The present invention is directed to non-dairy almond based formulae for the preparation of infant or toddler formula or other types of supplemental or functional food.

Claims

1. A composition, comprising:

a) an almond component that has been treated to reduce the phytic acid content; and

b) a single non-dairy component comprising all essential amino acids, wherein said non-dairy component comprising all essential amino acids is a type of grain that has been pre-hydrolyzed or pre-gelatinized,

and wherein said composition is a non-dairy infant and/or toddler formula, providing said infant and/or toddler a whole balance nutrition suitable for infants and toddlers.

2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said non-dairy component comprising all essential amino acids further comprises semi-essential amino acids.

3. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said non-dairy component comprising all essential amino acids further comprises carbohydrates.

4. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said type of grain is a cereal grain or a pseudocereal grain that comprises all essential amino acids.

5. A composition according to claim 1, wherein the ratio between said almond component and said non-dairy component is from about 10:

90 to about 90;

10.

6. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said almond component is present in an amount of at least 10% by weight from the total weight of the composition.

7. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said non-dairy component is present in an amount of at least 5% by weight from the total weight of the composition.

8. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said type of grain comprises cereal grain selected from the group consisting of maize, barley, sorghum, millet, oats, triticale, rye, fonio and any combinations thereof.

9. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said type of grain comprises a pseudocereal grain selected from the group consisting of buckwheat, amaranth and quinoa.

10. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said type of grain is buckwheat.

11. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said type of grain is a whole grain.

12. A composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and any combinations thereof.

13. A composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of nucleotides, poly-unsaturated fatty acids, fluoride, choline, a probiotic agent, prebiotic agent, and any combinations thereof.

14. A composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a flavoring agent, an oil protective colloid, a plasticizer, an antioxidant, an emulsifier, a thickener, an acidity regulator, a packaging gas and any combinations thereof.

15. A method of providing nutrition for an infant and/or toddler comprising administering to said infant and/or toddler the composition of claim 1.

16. A method of supplementing the nutrition of a subject comprising administering to said subject the composition of claim 1.

17. The composition of claim 1, wherein said almond component is selected from the group consisting of ground almond, powdered almond, and milled almond.

18. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises no more than 0.5% wt of phytic acid.

19. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises no more than 0.001% wt of phytic acid.