Human and non-human animal use of microbial anaplerotic oil
AssigneeHeliae Development, LLC
InventorsLaMont Micheal, Magdalena Amezquita Ernult, Eneko Ganuza Taberna
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Abstract
Disclosed are techniques and systems for producing microbials having anaplerotic oils that are rich in odd-chain fatty acids, and other beneficial components, at higher concentrations than those present in other natural dietary sources of OCFA, at lower cost, and higher production yield. Further, disclosed are examples of incorporation of these higher concentration OCFA products into food for human and non-human animal consumption.
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A method for incorporating microbial anaplerotic oil rich in odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA) into food for consumption, the method comprising:
- identifying a unit amount of saturated fat that is present in a target food;
- determining an amount of microbial anaplerotic oil rich in OCFA to incorporate into the target food, the determining comprising:
- identifying an amount of OCFA present in the microbial anaplerotic oil as a ratio of OCFA amount per unit of microbial anaplerotic oil, wherein at least five percent of the total fatty acid (TFA) of the microbial anaplerotic oil are OCFA;
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- combining the ratio with the unit amount of saturated fat resulting in the amount of microbial anaplerotic oil rich in OCFA to incorporate into the target food;
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- adding the determined amount of microbial anaplerotic oil rich in OCFA to the target food.
A food additive comprising microbial anaplerotic oil rich in odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA), the microbial anaplerotic oil derived from a microbial strain cultured with added propionate resulting in elevated levels of OCFA in a microbial mass of the microbial strain, wherein:
- at least five percent of the microbial anaplerotic oil from the microbial strain's total fatty acid (TFA) content is odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA);
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- at least one percent cell dry weight (CDW) of the microbial mass from the microbial strain is odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA).
A food rich in odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA) for consumption by human and non-human animals, the food comprising:
- an amount of microbial anaplerotic oil derived from a microbial strain cultured with an added propionate precursor or added propionate, resulting in elevated levels of OCFA in a microbial mass, the microbial anaplerotic oil comprising:
- a melting point greater than or equal to thirty-five degrees Celsius;
- at least five percent of the microbial anaplerotic oil from the microbial strain's total fatty acid (TFA) content is odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA);
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- at least one percent cell dry weight (CDW) of the microbial mass from the microbial strain is odd-chain fatty acids (OCFA).
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