Nutritional supplement or functional food comprising oil combination
OwnerMichael A. Poppinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a nutritional supplement or functional food comprising or consisting of (a) a nut oil in an amount of 0.5 to 20 percent by volume; (b) one or more ω-3-fatty acid sources in an amount of 10 to 50 or 10 to 90 percent by volume, the total amount of ω-3-fatty acids in each of the ω-3-fatty acid sources being at least 20 percent by volume; and (c) a flavour carrier in an amount of 10 to 89.5 percent by volume. Additionally the present invention relates to salad dressing consisting of or comprising the nutritional supplement or functional food of the invention. Finally the present invention relates to the use of the nutritional supplement or functional food of the invention as salad dressing.
Claims22
Food supplement or functional food comprising or consisting of
- (a) a nut oil in an amount of 0.5 to 20% vol.;
- (b) a source containing ω-3 fatty acids in an amount of 10 to 50% vol., wherein the total amount of ω-3 fatty acids is at least 20% vol., and wherein the source containing ω-3 fatty acids is perilla oil or argan oil;
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- (c) a flavour carrier in an amount of 10 to 89.5% vol.
Food supplement or functional food comprising or consisting of
- (a) a nut oil in an amount of 0.5 to 20% vol.;
- (b) two or more sources containing ω-3 fatty acids, which together form a portion of 10 to 50% vol. of the food supplement or functional food, wherein the total amount of ω-3 fatty acids in each of the sources containing ω-3 fatty acids is at least 20% vol., and wherein the two or more sources containing ω-3 fatty acids are two or more oils including the ω-3 fatty acids-containing vegetable oil(s) perilla oil and/or argan oil;
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- (c) a flavour carrier in an amount of 10 to 89.5% vol.
Food supplement or functional food comprising or consisting of
- (a) a nut oil in an amount of 0.5 to 20% vol.;
- (b) two or more sources containing ω-3 fatty acids, which together form a portion of 10 to 90% vol. of the food supplement or functional food, wherein the total amount of ω-3 fatty acids in each of the sources containing ω-3 fatty acids is at least 20% vol., and wherein the two or more sources containing ω-3′ fatty acids are two or more oils including the ω-3 fatty acids-containing vegetable oil(s) perilla oil and/or argan oil;
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- (c) a flavour carrier in an amount of 10 to 89.5% vol.
Method for the production of a food supplement or functional food, comprising the step or the steps of mixing at least one nut oil with at least one source containing ω-3 fatty acids, wherein the content of ω-3 fatty acids in the source(s) containing ω-3 fatty acids is at least 20% vol., and wherein at least one source containing ω-3 fatty acids is perilla oil or argan oil, and at least one flavour carrier, wherein a final concentration of 0.5 to 20% vol. of nut oil, a final concentration of 10 to 90% vol. of the source(s) containing ω-3 fatty acids and a final concentration of 10 to 89.5% vol. of the flavour carrier is reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.