Nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants and small children and a method of producing said meal
AssigneeInnovachildfood AB
InventorsInger Björck, Elin Östman
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants/small children, comprising at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and at least one protein containing meal component, where the individual components have been separately heat-treated. This to reduce the amount of advanced glycation end products (AGE's) generated, and control the levels of glycemic index (Gl) and insulin index (II), in the composite meal. Also disclosed is a method of producing said meal.
Claims14
A method of producing a nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants, comprising at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and at least one protein containing meal component, the method comprising:
- a) heat-treating said carbohydrate containing meal component and said protein containing meal component separately,
- b) disintegrating, homogenizing or mincing said carbohydrate containing meal component and said protein containing meal component prior to step c), and
- c) packaging said carbohydrate containing meal component and said protein containing meal component separately,
- wherein said heat-treating comprises cooking of said carbohydrate containing meal component and said protein containing meal component at ambient pressure and with time/temperature conditions that guarantee gelatinization of starch and inactivation of enzyme inhibitors;
- and
- said heat-treating is conducted such that Insulinaemic Index (II) (white wheat bread reference determined) of said composite meal is not more than 100% above the Glycaemic Index (GI) (white wheat bread reference determined) of said composite meal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.