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US 2025/0351860 A1Published application
Preserving vitamin in a nutritional composition
AssigneeNutricia Early Life Nutrition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiao ZHANG, Ye TAO, Leilei SHEN, Haofang JIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to preserving vitamin in a nutritional composition during shelf-life.
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A method for preserving vitamin during shelf-life of a nutritional composition, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- a. providing a nutritional composition selected from infant formula, follow-on formula or young child formula, said composition comprising digestible carbohydrates, protein, lipid and vitamins, wherein the lipid is in the form of lipid globules;
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- i. wherein the lipid globules have a mode diameter, based on volume, of at least 1.0 μm;
- and/or at least 45 volume %, based on total lipid volume, of the lipid globules have a diameter of 2 to 12 μm;
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- ii. wherein the lipid comprises 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipids and wherein the lipid globules are at least partly coated on the surface with phospholipids derived from mammalian milk;
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- wherein the nutritional composition comprises 10-50 wt. % vegetable lipid by weight of dry matter;
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- b. packaging the provided nutritional composition in an air-tight packaging;
- c. storing the packaged nutritional composition at a temperature of 10-30° C. for at least one month,
- wherein shelf-life refers to storage of the nutritional composition in an airtight packaging at a temperature of 10-30° C.
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A nutritional composition, wherein the nutritional composition is selected from infant formula, follow-on formula and young child formula, wherein the nutritional composition comprises digestible carbohydrates, protein, lipid and vitamins, wherein the lipid is in the form of lipid globules and wherein
- a. the lipid globules have a mode diameter, based on volume, of at least 1.0 μm;
- and/or at least 45 volume %, based on total lipid volume, of the lipid globules have a diameter of 2 to 12 μm;
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- b. wherein the lipid comprises 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on total lipids and wherein the lipid globules are at least partly coated on the surface with phospholipids;
- c. wherein the nutritional composition comprises 10-50 wt. % vegetable lipid by weight of dry matter;
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- d. wherein the nutritional composition comprises the following shelf-life stable vitamins
- i. 10-50 μg RE/100 kJ vitamin A;
- ii. 0.1-1.5 μg/100 kJ vitamin D;
- iii. 0.05-1.5 mg α-tocopherol/100 kJ vitamin E;
- iv. 1-80 μg/100 kJ vitamin B1;
- v. 50-550 μg/100 kJ vitamin B5;
- vi. 1-15 μg/100 kJ vitamin B9;
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- vii. 0.01-0.5 μg/100 kJ vitamin B12.
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