Amino acid chelate for the effective supplementation of calcium magnesium and potassium in the human diet

A nutritionally enhanced food composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a food stuff selected from the group consisting of baby foods, baking sodas and powders, baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, crackers, pastries and pies, breakfast mixes, butters and margarines, cake, muffin and bread mixes, prepared icings, pie crusts mix, cookie, brownie, pancake and waffle mixes, candies, canned fruits, vegetables and beans, canned pie fillings, canned meats and fish, cheeses, cocktail mixes, condiments, dried milk and flavored dried milk products, enriched chocolates and butterscotch for baking, enriched salt products, enriched seasonings, flours and meals, frozen prepared dinners, fruit sauces, gravies, gelatins and puddings, hot and cold cereals, ice creams, sherbets, yogurts and sorbets, jams, jellies, kosher foods, Mexican foods, Oriental foods, oils for salads and cooking, pastas, pectins, pizzas, prepared meats for cold cuts, prepared salads, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, soups, stews and chillies, special popcorn preparations, sweeteners both nutritive and non-nutritive, supplements to frozen foods, vegetables and desserts, syrups, vinegar and mixtures thereof;
• and
• calcium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced pharmaceutical preparation comprising:

• a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of tablets, powders or capsules for oral administration, suppositories for rectal administration, syrups, elixirs, extracts, tonics, other liquid or semi-solid preparations for oral administration and mixtures thereof;
• and
• calcium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced beverage composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a liquid selected from the group consisting of milk, milk-based beverage, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit-based beverage, vegetable-based beverage, sports beverage, electrolyte replacement beverage, fluid replacement beverage, nutritional supplement beverage, caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, fresh brewed coffee, instant coffee, caffeinated tea, decaffeinated tea, fresh brewed tea, instant tea, herbal tea, green tea, Oolong tea, black tea, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic wine, soy based beverage, rice-based beverage, filtered water, distilled water, purified water, tap water and mixtures thereof;
• and
• potassium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced food composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a food stuff selected from the group consisting of baby foods, baking sodas and powders, baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, crackers, pastries and pies, breakfast mixes, butters and margarines, cake, muffin and bread mixes, prepared icings, pie crusts mix, cookie, brownie, pancake and waffle mixes, candies, canned fruits, vegetables and beans, canned pie fillings, canned meats and fish, cheeses, cocktail mixes, condiments, dried milk and flavored dried milk products, enriched chocolates and butterscotch for baking, enriched salt products, enriched seasonings, flours and meals, frozen prepared dinners, fruit sauces, gravies, gelatins and puddings, hot and cold cereals, ice creams, sherbets, yogurts and sorbets, jams, jellies, kosher foods, Mexican foods, Oriental foods, oils for salads and cooking, pastas, pectins, pizzas, prepared meats for cold cuts, prepared salads, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, soups, stews and chillies, special popcorn preparations, sweeteners both nutritive and non-nutritive, supplements to frozen foods, vegetables and desserts, syrups, vinegar and mixtures thereof;
• and
• potassium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced pharmaceutical preparation comprising:

• a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of tablets, powders or capsules for oral administration, suppositories for rectal administration, syrups, elixirs, extracts, tonics, other liquid or semi-solid preparations for oral administration and mixtures thereof;
• and
• potassium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced beverage composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a liquid selected from the group consisting of milk, milk-based beverage, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit-based beverage, vegetable-based beverage, sports beverage, electrolyte replacement beverage, fluid replacement beverage, nutritional supplement beverage, caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, fresh brewed coffee, instant coffee, caffeinated tea, decaffeinated tea, fresh brewed tea, instant tea, herbal tea, green tea, Oolong tea, black tea, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic wine, soy based beverage, rice-based beverage, filtered water, distilled water, purified water, tap water and mixtures thereof;
• and
• magnesium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced food composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a food stuff selected from the group consisting of baby foods, baking sodas and powders, baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, crackers, pastries and pies, breakfast mixes, butters and margarines, cake, muffin and bread mixes, prepared icings, pie crusts mix, cookie, brownie, pancake and waffle mixes, candies, canned fruits, vegetables and beans, canned pie fillings, canned meats and fish, cheeses, cocktail mixes, condiments, dried milk and flavored dried milk products, enriched chocolates and butterscotch for baking, enriched salt products, enriched seasonings, flours and meals, frozen prepared dinners, fruit sauces, gravies, gelatins and puddings, hot and cold cereals, ice creams, sherbets, yogurts and sorbets, jams, jellies, kosher foods, Mexican foods, Oriental foods, oils for salads and cooking, pastas, pectins, pizzas, prepared meats for cold cuts, prepared salads, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, soups, stews and chillies, special popcorn preparations, sweeteners both nutritive and non-nutritive, supplements to frozen foods, vegetables and desserts, syrups, vinegar and mixtures thereof;
• and
• magnesium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced pharmaceutical preparation comprising:

• a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of tablets, powders or capsules for oral administration, suppositories for rectal administration, syrups, elixirs, extracts, tonics, other liquid or semi-solid preparations for oral administration and mixtures thereof;
• and
• magnesium picolinate.

A nutritionally enhanced beverage composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a liquid selected from the group consisting of milk, milk-based beverage, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit-based beverage, vegetable-based beverage, sports beverage, electrolyte replacement beverage, fluid replacement beverage, nutritional supplement beverage, caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, fresh brewed coffee, instant coffee, caffeinated tea, decaffeinated tea, fresh brewed tea, instant tea, herbal tea, green tea, Oolong tea, black tea, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic wine, soy based beverage, rice-based beverage, filtered water, distilled water, purified water, tap water and mixtures thereof;
• and
• an amino acid salt selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.

A nutritionally enhanced food composition suitable for human consumption comprising:

• a food stuff selected from the group consisting of baby foods, baking sodas and powders, baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, crackers, pastries and pies, breakfast mixes, butters and margarines, cake, muffin and bread mixes, prepared icings, pie crusts mix, cookie, brownie, pancake and waffle mixes, candies, canned fruits, vegetables and beans, canned pie fillings, canned meats and fish, cheeses, cocktail mixes, condiments, dried milk and flavored dried milk products, enriched chocolates and butterscotch for baking, enriched salt products, enriched seasonings, flours and meals, frozen prepared dinners, fruit sauces, gravies, gelatins and puddings, hot and cold cereals, ice creams, sherbets, yogurts and sorbets, jams, jellies, kosher foods, Mexican foods, Oriental foods, oils for salads and cooking, pastas, pectins, pizzas, prepared meats for cold cuts, prepared salads, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, soups, stews and chillies, special popcorn preparations, sweeteners both nutritive and non-nutritive, supplements to frozen foods, vegetables and desserts, syrups, vinegar and mixtures thereof;
• and
• an amino acid chelate selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.

A nutritionally enhanced pharmaceutical preparation comprising:

• a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of tablets, powders or capsules for oral administration, suppositories for rectal administration, syrups, elixirs, extracts, tonics, other liquid or semi-solid preparations for oral administration and mixtures thereof;
• and
• an amino acid chelate selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.

A method of enhancing the nutritional value of beverages comprising the steps of:

• providing a beverage selected from the group consisting of milk, milk-based beverage, soft drink, carbonated soft drink, fruit juice, vegetable juice, fruit-based beverage, vegetable-based beverage, sports beverage, electrolyte replacement beverage, fluid replacement beverage, nutritional supplement beverage, caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, fresh brewed coffee, instant coffee, caffeinated tea, decaffeinated tea, fresh brewed tea, instant tea, herbal tea, green tea, Oolong tea, black tea, non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic wine, soy based beverage, rice-based beverage, filtered water, distilled water, purified water, tap water and mixtures thereof;
• and
• adding to the beverage, an amino acid salt selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.

A method of enhancing the nutritional value of food comprising the steps of:

• providing a food stuff selected from the group consisting of baby foods, baking sodas and powders, baked goods such as breads, cookies, cakes, crackers, pastries and pies, breakfast mixes, butters and margarines, cake, muffin and bread mixes, prepared icings, pie crusts mix, cookie, brownie, pancake and waffle mixes, candies, canned fruits, vegetables and beans, canned pie fillings, canned meats and fish, cheeses, cocktail mixes, condiments, dried milk and flavored dried milk products, enriched chocolates and butterscotch for baking, enriched salt products, enriched seasonings, flours and meals, frozen prepared dinners, fruit sauces, gravies, gelatins and puddings, hot and cold cereals, ice creams, sherbets, yogurts and sorbets, jams, jellies, kosher foods, Mexican foods, Oriental foods, oils for salads and cooking, pastas, pectins, pizzas, prepared meats for cold cuts, prepared salads, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, soups, stews and chillies, special popcorn preparations, sweeteners both nutritive and non-nutritive, supplements to frozen foods, vegetables and desserts, syrups, vinegar and mixtures thereof;
• and
• an amino acid chelate selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.

A method of enhancing the nutritional value of pharmaceutical preparations comprising the steps of:

• providing a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of tablets, powders or capsules for oral administration, suppositories for rectal administration, syrups, elixirs, extracts, tonics, other liquid or semi-solid preparations for oral administration and mixtures thereof;
• and
• adding to the pharmaceutical agent, an amino acid chelate selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, potassium picolinate, magnesium picolinate and mixtures thereof.