Calcium enriched seafood product
AssigneeThai Union Group Public Company Limited
InventorsTunyawat Kasemsuwan, Supaporn Boontiang
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Abstract
A calcium enriched seafood product according to this invention, which includes, but not limited to, a shelf stable, chilled and frozen tuna or salmon products or other similar shelf stable, can provide a considerable bone health benefit to consumers by providing as much as 412 mg/100 g of available calcium in the finished product. This disclosure comprising the additional calcium supplement wherein the amount of calcium in final product is in the range of 0.5 to 5.0% (w/w) of the total weight of said product and wherein the sources of additional calcium supplement can be selected from raw or partially purified animal or fish bone or partially purified fish bone or inorganic calcium compound.
Claims18
A calcium enriched fish product, consisting of:
- a fish meat containing a calcium supplement,
- wherein the fish meat is in the form of flake, shred, chunk or steak, the calcium supplement consists of a fish bone powder having a particle size in the range between 1 micron and 100 microns or an inorganic calcium compound, and an amount of the calcium supplement in the calcium enriched fish product is in the range of 0.5 to 5.0% (w/w) of a total weight of the calcium enriched fish product.
A calcium enriched fish product, consisting of:
- a fish meat in the form of flake, shred, chunk or steak;
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- a calcium supplement consisting of a fish bone powder;
- wherein an amount of the calcium supplement in the calcium enriched fish product is in the range of 1.5 to 2.0% (w/w) of a total weight of the calcium enriched fish product, and an amount of calcium in the calcium enriched fish product is in the range of 150 to 412 mg/100 g of the calcium enriched fish product based on a drained weight of the calcium enriched fish product, wherein the fish bone powder is selected from the group consisting of tuna bone powder, salmon bone powder and trout bone powder.
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