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US 2012/0258195 A1Published application
Thickener composition for dysphagia patients
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorEdward Lucian SLIWINSKI
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Abstract
The invention relates to thickening compositions for thickening nutritional products to make the nutritional product suitable for consumption by dysphagia patients, said thickening composition comprising starch, xanthum gum and/or methylcellulose and galactomannan and/or glucomannan.
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A method of providing nutrition to a patient suffering from dysphagia, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a nutritional food product comprising a composition, based on the total dry weight of the product, comprising:
- (a) 40-70 wt. % starch;
- (b) 1-5 wt. % xanthan gum, methylcellulose, or both;
- (c) 4-20 wt. % tara gum;
- and (d) 15-55 wt % maltodextrin, wherein compression of the nutritional product is not reduced by more than 20% after treatment of the product with saliva compared to the nutritional product without the composition, as measured using a TA.XT.Plus Texture Analyser.
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A method of providing nutrition to a patient suffering from dysphagia, the method comprising:
- (a) mixing a nutritional food product with a composition comprising, based on the total dry weight of the product:
- (i) 40-70 wt. % starch;
- (ii) 1-5 wt. % xanthan gum, methylcellulose, or both;
- (iii) 4-20 wt. % tara gum;
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- (iv) 15-55 wt. % maltodextrin,
- wherein compression of the nutritional product is not reduced by more than 20% after treatment of the product with saliva compared to the nutritional product without the composition, as measured using a TA.XT.Plus Texture Analyser, and
- (b) administering the resulting nutritional product to a dysphagic patient in need thereof.
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