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US 2020/0205456 A1Published application
Nutritional tablets and methods of making the same
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsNECLA EREN, TIMOTHY LAPLANTE, DOUGLAS WEARLY, NALINI PATEL
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Abstract
Nutritional tablets and methods of making nutritional tablets are provided. The nutritional tablets include a compressed nutritional powder that includes protein, carbohydrate, fat, and 0.15% to 6% by weight of a flow agent based on the weight of the nutritional tablet. The nutritional tablet has a hardness of no more than 14 N and a surface polarity of greater than 30.5%.
Claims22
A nutritional tablet comprising:
- a compressed nutritional powder comprising:
- protein;
- carbohydrate;
- fat;
- and
- 0.15% to 6% by weight of a flow agent based on the weight of the nutritional tablet,
- wherein the nutritional tablet has a hardness of no more than 14 N and a surface polarity of greater than 30.5%.
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A method of manufacturing a nutritional tablet, the method comprising:
- dryblending a flow agent into a base powder to form an intermediate powder, the base powder comprising protein, carbohydrate, and fat;
- compressing the intermediate powder to form a pre-tablet;
- milling the pre-tablet to form a final powder;
- and
- compressing the final powder to form the nutritional tablet;
- wherein the nutritional tablet comprises 0.15% to 6% by weight of flow agent based on the weight of the nutritional tablet;
- and
- wherein the nutritional tablet has a hardness of no more than 14 N and a surface polarity of greater than 30.5%.
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