Semi-fluid food product including beta glucane fibres and guar gum, and use thereof as a functional food product
OwnerSophie Vinoy, Tatiana Steiler +1inventors
InventorsSophie Vinoy, Tatiana Steiler, Pascale Rondeau
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Abstract
The invention relates to a semi-fluid food product containing from 2.5 to 16 g of guar gum and from 2.8 to 11.3 g of beta-glucane fibres per portion of said food product, said portions ranging from 125 to 250 g, characterised in that the guar gum: beta-glucane fibres mass ratio ranges from 2:1 to 4:1.
Claims15
A semi-fluid food product including 2.5 g to 16 g of guar gum and 2.8 g to 11.3 g of beta-glucan fibres, per portion of said food product, said portions being between 125 g and 250 g, wherein the weight ratio of guar gum to beta-glucan fibres is between 2:1 and 4:1.
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A method for preventing diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases and for preventing or treating overweight comprising the administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective amount of a functional food containing a combination of guar gum and β-glucan fibres with the weight ratio of guar gum to beta-glucan fibres is between 2:1 and 4:1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.