Freeze-dried, dairy or dairy-substitute compositions and methods of using same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsScott Peterson, Frank Welch, Thomas Burkholder, Norman Jager, Giovanna Aleman
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a freeze-dried, dairy or dairy-substitute composition comprising a dairy or dairy-substitute ingredient and an emulsifier and methods of using same to promote and/or improve child development.
Claims42
A method of providing a product that can be used to promote child development comprising the steps of:
- providing a dairy or dairy substitute blend;
- adding an emulsifier to the blend;
- thermally processing the blend;
- fermenting the blend;
- admixing a gas with the blend;
- freeze drying the portions product;
- and
- packaging the product for consumption by a child.
A method of marketing a product comprising providing:
- a freeze-dried, yogurt product that is shelf stable and is designed to promote child development.
A method of promoting child development comprising providing to a child a yogurt composition that is shelf stable and contains probiotics.
A method of providing a nutritious snack to a child comprising providing to the child a freeze-dried aerated yogurt product that is shelf stable, comprises probiotics and is designed to improve the child's development.
A method of improving child development comprising providing a nutritious freeze-dried shelf stable snack comprising yogurt and having developmentally appropriate size and dissolution properties.
A method for promoting a child development comprising providing a child with a shelf stable yogurt product as a snack that is designed to promote child development, the yogurt product comprising a dairy blend in an amount of from 60% to 98% of the product, having a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load, a dissolvability in the range from 0.1 to 8 pounds force peak load, and a viscosity of from 1000 to 500,000 cp.
A method of improving a child's development comprising providing a shelf stable snack designed to improve a child's development comprising yogurt and having developmentally appropriate size and dissolution properties and a viscosity of the product when it is wet of 30,000 to 60,000 cp at a 10 rpm speed of the spindle 6 in a Brookfield viscometer.
A method of providing a nutritious snack to a child comprising providing to the child a freeze-dried yogurt product that is shelf stable, comprises probiotics, such nutritious snack having a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load and is designed to improve the child's development.
A method of improving child development comprising providing a nutritious freeze-dried shelf stable snack comprising yogurt and having developmentally appropriate size and having a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load.
A method for promoting child development comprising providing a child with a shelf stable yogurt product as a snack that is designed to promote child development, the yogurt product comprising a dairy blend in an amount of from 60% to 98% of the product, having a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load, and a viscosity of from 1000 to 500,000 cp.
A method of improving a child's development comprising providing a shelf stable snack designed to improve a child's development comprising yogurt and having a developmentally appropriate size, a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load, and a viscosity of the product when it is wet of 30,000 to 60,000 cp at a 10 rpm speed of the spindle 6 in a Brookfield viscometer.
A method of promoting child development comprising the step of providing to a child a composition that is shelf stable and contains probiotics and has a hardness value of from 0.5 to 8 force peak load.
A developmentally appropriate shelf stable composition, wherein the composition is dried and comprises a dairy or dairy-substitute ingredient.
A dairy or dairy substitute composition having a hardness and dissolvability such that the composition is shelf stable but dissolves in a person's mouth upon contact with saliva, the composition comprising a dairy ingredient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.