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US 4,863,748 AGranted
Dietary products and uses comprising methylsulfonylmethane
OwnerRobert J. Herschlerinventor
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Abstract
Methylsulfonylmethane is effective in maintaining good health and in improving poor health of animals, including human beings and is an assimilable source of dietetic sulfur.
Claims15
A method of processing a foodstuff which comprises the steps of:
- reducing the moisture content of the foodstuff by heating or drying, said heating or drying reducing any naturally occurring methylsulfonylmethane present there in to a level less than about 0.1 ppm and;
- admixing with the foodstuff after said heating or drying step an amount of methylfulfonylmethane effective to raise the concentration thereof in the foodstuff to at least about one ppm.
A method according to claim 11, wherein the foodstuff is one which is conventionally ingested by a human being.
A cooked and/or dried processed foodstuff which after having been cooked and/or dried contains less than 0.1 ppm of naturally occurring methylsulfonylmethane comprising in physical admixture therewith from about 15.times.10.sup.-4 % to 3% exogenous methylsulfonylmethane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.