Cartilage enhancing food supplements with sucralose and methods of preparing the same
First Claim
1. A food supplement comprising sucralose, glucosamine and a beverage base.
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Abstract
A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements and sucralose is provided. The cartilage supplements include chondroitin, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid. The food supplement may additionally be fortified with cetyl myristoleate. The beverage is a mixture of a juice drink base which may include a water-based fruit flavored juice prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature and a cartilage supplement solution which includes a cartilage supplement prepared at a relatively low temperature. The beverage may be carbonated, non-carbonated or concentrated. The preferred cartilage supplement is glucosamine, preferably associated with a counter ion, more preferably as glucosamine hydrochloride.
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43 Claims
- 1. A food supplement comprising sucralose, glucosamine and a beverage base.
- 6. A food supplement comprising sucralose, glucosamine in association with a counter ion and a beverage base.
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13. A food supplement consisting of at least one cartilage enhancing supplement, sucralose, and at least one energy source selected from the group consisting of fats, carbohydrates, protein, and combinations thereof, and a beverage base, wherein the cartilage enhancing supplement is glucosamine, and said beverage is at least in part a fruit juice or fruit flavored juice.
- 14. A food supplement consisting of at least one cartilage enhancing supplement, sucralose, and at least one energy source selected from the group consisting of fats, carbohydrates, protein, and combinations thereof, and a beverage base, wherein the cartilage enhancing supplement is glucosamine in association with a counter ion, and said beverage base is at least in part a fruit juice or fruit flavored juice.
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17. A food supplement consisting of at least one cartilage enhancing supplement, sucralose, and at least one energy source selected from the group consisting of fats, carbohydrates, protein, and combinations thereof, and a beverage base, wherein the cartilage enhancing supplement is glucosamine, and said beverage base is at least in part a fruit juice or fruit flavored juice wherein the glucosamine is in a particulate form adapted for suspension or solution in a fluid carrier.
- 18. A food supplement consisting of at least one cartilage enhancing supplement, sucralose, and at least one energy source selected from the group consisting of fats, carbohydrates, protein, and combinations thereof, and a beverage base, wherein the cartilage enhancing supplement is glucosamine in association with a counter ion., and said beverage base is at least in part a fruit juice or fruit flavored juice wherein the glucosamine is in a particulate form adapted for suspension or solution in a fluid carrier.
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21. A method for making a cartilage enhancing beverage comprising:
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i). providing a drink base solution comprising sucralose;
ii). providing a cartilage enhancing solution comprising glucosamine hydrochloride; and
iii). mixing said drink base solution and said cartilage enhancing solution to form said beverage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A beverage comprising:
a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein;
(A) said juice drink base is a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature, and (B) said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a water-based solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements and prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplement is substantially minimized, wherein at least one of said drink base and said cartilage-supplement containing solution includes sucralose. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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