Stabilized vitamin c in foods and beverages
OwnerDaniel Perlmaninventor
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Abstract
A vitamin C-fortified processed aqueous food or beverage composition for human or animal consumption and methods for preparing such compositions are described. The composition includes at least one water-solubilized chemical source of vitamin C and at least one water-insoluble microparticulate chemical source of ascorbate. The water-soluble vitamin C and the water-insoluble source of ascorbate are both dispersed in the composition that is free of an amount of available solvent that would dissolve the water-insoluble source of ascorbate. The microparticulate ascorbate acts to reduce the rate of loss of vitamin C in the composition.
Claims20
A vitamin C-fortified processed aqueous food or beverage composition for human or animal consumption, comprising
- at least one water-solubilized chemical source of vitamin C (ws-vitC);
- and
- at least one water-insoluble microparticulate chemical source of ascorbate (i-vitC),
- wherein said ws-vitC and said i-vitC are both dispersed in said composition that is free of an amount of available solvent that would dissolve said i-vitC, and wherein said i-vitC acts to reduce the rate of loss of vitamin C in said composition.
A method of protecting vitamin C in a vitamin C-fortified processed aqueous food or beverage composition for human or animal consumption comprising
- dispersing at least one water-soluble chemical source of vitamin C (ws-vitC) and at least one water-insoluble microparticulate chemical source of ascorbate (i-vitC) in said food or beverage composition, wherein said composition is free of an amount of available solvent that would dissolve said i-vitC, and wherein said i-vitC acts to reduce the rate of loss of vitamin C in said composition.
A method of assisting an individual to extend the time period of blood absorption of active vitamin C from a vitamin C-fortified processed aqueous food or beverage composition, comprising
- providing said food or beverage composition to said individual for consumption, wherein said composition comprises at least one water-soluble chemical source of vitamin C (ws-vitC) and at least one water-insoluble microparticulate chemical source of ascorbate (i-vitC) dispersed in said food or beverage composition,
- wherein said composition is free of an amount of available solvent that would dissolve said i-vitC, said i-vitC acts to reduce the rate of loss of vitamin C in said composition, and the weight ratio of said ws-vitC to i-vitC is in a range of 1:1 to 20:1.
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