US 2014/0193542 A1 · PROTEIN FREE FORMULA

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of composition comprising free amino acids as a sole source of protein, a fatty acid source comprising long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, a carbohydrate source comprising digestible and indigestible carbohydrates, and milk protein free Bifidobacteria for treating a person suffering from (a) colic, congestion, runny nose, wheezing, vomiting, diarrhoea, bloody stools, mucus in stools, rash, eczema, gastroesophageal reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis or asthma; (b) cow's milk allergy and/or food protein intolerance; and/or (c) infections, wherein the indigestible carbohydrate is selected from a milk protein free source and the total composition is essentially free of intact proteins.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A composition comprising a protein component, a fat component, a digestible carbohydrate component, a non-digestible carbohydrate and Bifidobacteria wherein;

(a) the protein component contains more than 99 wt. % free amino acids based on total protein, and comprising at least the following free amino acids:
alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine and glutamine;
(b) the digestible carbohydrate component contain less than 2 wt % lactose based on total digestible carbohydrate;
(c) the non-digestible carbohydrate comprises soluble fructan with an average DP between 2 to 200;
and
(d) the fat component comprises between 0.1 wt % and 5 wt % LCPUFA based on total fatty acid content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/206,173Filed 12 Mar 2014

Priority

4 Aug 2006

Published

10 Jul 2014

Term ends

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Classification33 codes

A23L 33/40
Modifying nutritive qualities of foods; Dietetic products; Preparation or treatment thereof: complete food formulations for specific consumer…
A23D 9/013
Characterised by ingredients other than fatty acid triglycerides: other fatty acid esters, e.g. phosphatides
A23L 33/12
Fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils: fatty acids or derivatives thereof
A23L 33/135
Using additives: bacteria or derivatives thereof, e.g. probiotics

Family

Application60/821,461Us provisional application · filed 4 Aug 2006

Application12/666,845Division · filed 28 Dec 2009

Application14/206,173Division

US 2010/0172876 A1Published application

US 8,691,213 B2Related patent

US 2014/0193542 A1This patent

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Abstract

Claims17