US 2013/0156894 A1 · NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FROM GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES

Abstract

This invention discloses packaged nutritional supplements that have nutritional ingredients derived from green leafy vegetation that shall collectively or singly be useful to fulfill the daily need of supplementation from one or more of a nutrient from green leafy vegetation. One embodiment of this invention discloses a novel packaged composition that comprises at least one fraction of a green leafy vegetation and at least one more ingredient to improve its usability and is source of at least one nutritional ingredient selected from the group dietary fiber, beta carotene, iron, calcium, xanthophylls, folic acid and lysine plus methionine and cystine; wherein the fraction comprises a fibrous fraction, a water soluble deproteinized juice fraction and a water insoluble high protein low fiber fraction as fourth primary fraction. In one embodiment of invention, the contribution of at least one nutrient to the nutrient content of the composition from green leafy vegetation or its fraction is a least 15% of at least content of one nutrient of the composition. Also disclosed is a novel packaged composition comprising pulp of whole edible green leafy vegetation and at least one component of flax-seed in the form of a soup or a food bar. The component of flax seed may be one or more selected from the group of whole flax seed, flax seed cake or flax oil.

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Dependent claims

A novel composition that comprises at least one fraction of a green leafy vegetation and at least one more ingredient to improve its usability to make the composition an organoleptically palatable product, 100 gram of the composition on dry weight basis comprising at least one nutritional ingredient being selected from the group (a) dietary fiber at least 3 gram, (c) beta carotene at least 500 microgram, (d) iron at least 3 mg, (e) calcium at least 150 mg, (g) xanthophylls at least 4 mg, (h) folic acid at least 35 microgram, and (i) lysine at least 900 mg and Methionine plus cystine at least about 550 mg;

wherein the fraction comprises first three primary fractions as well as sub-fraction or a modified fraction of the three primary fractions of the green leafy vegetation;
the primary fraction being obtained in a process of green crop fractionation, wherein the fractionation process comprises the steps of:
a. comminuting fresh green crop material,
b. separating a moist fibrous fraction as first primary fraction from the juice as second primary fraction, and treating the juice fraction to separate a water soluble deproteinized juice that is high in water content as third primary fraction from a water insoluble high protein low fiber fraction as fourth primary fraction.

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A composition comprising at least high protein low fiber fraction (LPC) or its sub-fraction, and a combination of additional ingredients worked out to give flavor of all of them and also thickness required to keep the LPC particles afloat in compositions intended to be diluted under conditions of use, wherein the high protein low fiber fraction is a fourth fraction obtained in a process of green crop fractionation, wherein the fractionation process comprises the steps of:

a. comminuting fresh green crop material,
b. separating a moist fibrous fraction as first primary fraction from the juice as second primary fraction, and treating the juice fraction to separate a water soluble deproteinized juice that is high in water content as third primary fraction from a water insoluble high protein low fiber fraction as fourth primary fraction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Nutritional supplements from green leafy vegetables

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Abstract

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