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US 12,349,712 B2Granted
Satiety inducing food products and preparation thereof
AssigneeSmartbubble Ltd.
InventorsAlon Golan, Adi Etzioni, Oded Edelheit
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Abstract
There is provided a satiety inducing food product including Agar and Alginate particles having a size range of about 0.5-30 mm, wherein the particles are configured to remain essentially intact in the stomach and in the intestine so as to occupy volume within the stomach and the intestine and thereby induce satiety.
Claims17
A satiety inducing food product comprising:
- gel particles comprising Agar and Alginate;
- and
- an aqueous solution or mixture;
- wherein:
- the gel particles are at a concentration of 10%-70% by weight in the food product;
- the gel particles are homogenous in composition and dispersion and comprise about 0.5% Agar and about 0.5% Alginate by weight;
- the gel particles have a peak force of at least 0.6N in a rupture test;
- and
- the gel particles are formulated to remain intact in the stomach and in the intestine, so as to occupy volume within the stomach and the intestine to thereby induce satiety.
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A method of manufacturing a food product that induces satiety, the method comprising:
- preparing gel particles of Agar and Alginate by the steps of:
- dissolving Agar in water to produce a solution having a concentration of −0.5% by weight Agar and heating said solution to a temperature of 70° C.-100° C. until the Agar is dissolved;
- dissolving Alginate powder in water to produce a solution having a concentration of 0.5% by weight Alginate;
- mixing the Agar solution and the Alginate solution to produce a homogenous mixed solution;
- cooling the mixed solution to a temperature of 30° C.-70° C.;
- dripping the mixed homogeneous Agar-Alginate solution into an aqueous solution comprising a Calcium salt to obtain spherical gel particles;
- and
- mixing 10%-70% by weight of said gel particles in an aqueous solution or mixture to obtain the food product,
- wherein the gel particles have a peak force of at least 0.6N in a rupture test.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.