Vitamin containing product
AssigneeNattopharma Asa
InventorsPaul Thomas QUINLAN, Cees VERMEER
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Abstract
A food product comprising menaquinone at a level of 50 to 5,000 μg per 100 g of product.
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A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product which is not an egg, wherein an amount of menaquinone has been added to the food product such that the level of menaquinone is 5 to 5000 μg per 100 g of product, with the proviso that if the menaquinone is a MK-n menaquinone, wherein n≧4, then the food product is not a cheese or natto.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product which is not an egg, cheese or natto, and adding menaquinone to the food product so that the total amount of vitamin K in the food product consists essentially of menaquinone in an amount of 5 to 5000 μg per 100 g of product.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product containing vitamin K, wherein the food product is selected from the group of meal replacers, dietary supplements, ice-cream, sauces, dressing, margarine, bars, sweets, snacks, cereals and beverages, and the total amount of vitamin K in the food product consists essentially of menaquinone at a level of 5 to 5000 μg per serving.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product containing vitamin K, wherein the food product is selected from the group of meal replacers, dietary supplements, ice-cream, sauces, dressing, margarine, bars, sweets, snacks, cereals and beverages, and adding an amount of menaquinone to the food product so that the total amount of vitamin K in the food product consists essentially of menaquinone at a level of 5 to 5000 μg per serving.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product containing vitamin K, wherein the total amount of vitamin K in the food product consists only of 5 to 5000 μg of menaquinone per 100 grams of product or per serving.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product that does not contain vitamin K, and incorporating 5 to 5000 μg per 100 g of product menaquinone into the food product so that the food product contains only menaquinone as the source of vitamin K.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product that does not contain vitamin K, and incorporating 5 to 5000 μg per serving of menaquinone into the food product so that the food product contains only menaquinone as the source of vitamin K.
A method for maintaining, optimising, strengthening or promoting cardiovascular health of an individual, comprising providing a food product which is not an egg, natto, or cheese, wherein vitamin K has been added to the food product, wherein the total amount of vitamin K in the food product predominantly comprises menaquinone in an amount of 5 to 5000 μg per 100 g of food product or per serving.
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