Gummy product comprising an oily ingredient
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorsGang SU, Kristin BRANCATO, Xiaoxiao CHEN, Zhenbo MA, John RICCIARDI
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a new formulation, which is a gummy product comprising a high amount of at least one oily ingredient. The gummy product includes an oily ingredient can be any oil/fat. Suitable oils/fats are i.e. any PUFA, a fat-soluble vitamin, any carotenoid, any cannabinoid oil. The disclosed invention also includes a process for producing said gummy product.
Claims15
A gummy product comprising:
- 10-30 wt.-%, based on the weight of the gummy product, of at least one oily ingredient, and
- 0.5-20 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one emulsifier, and
- 5-35 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of water, and
- 1-15 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one gelling agent, wherein the gelling agent comprises less than 4 wt.-% gelatin, and
- 0.1-70 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one auxiliary agent, and
- wherein the at least one oily ingredient is distributed homogenously in the gummy product.
The gummy product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein at least one emulsifier is chosen from the group consisting of modified food starch, quillaja extract, gum Arabic, modified gum Acacia, polysorbates, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, lecithin, sucrose esters, sucroglycerides, lignosulfonates, and mixtures thereof.
A gummy product comprising:
- 15-25 wt.-%, based on the weight of the gummy product, of oily ingredients se-lected from the group consisting of PUFAs, fat-soluble vitamins, carotenoids, CBD oils, and mixtures thereof,
- 1-8 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one emulsifier, wherein emulsifier comprises modified food starch or gum Arabic,
- 10-30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of water, and
- 2-8 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one gelling agent, and
- 0.1-70 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, of at least one auxiliary agent, and
- wherein the at least one oily ingredient is distributed homogenously in the gummy product.
The gummy product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein at least one gelling agent is chosen from the group consisting of gelatin (from any source), pectin (from any sources), starches (from any sources), carrageenan, gellan gum, agar, other hydrocolloids (from any sources), and mixtures thereof.
The gummy product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the gummy product comprises at least one auxiliary agent chosen from the group consisting of sweeteners (sucrose, glucose syrup, allulose, sucralose, stevia, Monk fruit powder, sugar alcohols such as xylitol, maltitol, erythritol), flavors (natural ones as well as artificial ones), colors (natural ones as well as artificial ones), antioxidants (i.e. green tea extract, ascorbic acid, rosemary extract, and tocopherols), pH buffer (citric acid, Sodium citrate, malic acid, lactic acid, Sodium lactate, tartaric acid, fumaric acid), and mixtures thereof.
The gummy product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the gummy product comprises at least one additional active ingredient (next to the at least one oily ingredient) chosen from the group consisting of water-soluble vitamins, HMOs, minerals, nutraceuticals, glycosaminoglycan or its active members, prebiotics, probiotics, amino acids, and mixtures thereof.
The gummy product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the content of the at least one oily ingredient in the gummy product is 18-25 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product.
The product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the content of the at least one emulsifier in the gummy product is 1-8 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product.
The product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the content of water in the gummy product is 10-28 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product.
The product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the content of the at least one gelling agent in the gummy product is 2-6 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the gummy product, more preferably 2-5 wt.-%.
The product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the gelling agent is devoid of gelatin.
The product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the gelling agent consists of a pectin, a starch, or a mixture thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.