Hunger suppressing foodstuff and method
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsOpokua Kwapong, Valerie Fedun-Jacklin
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Abstract
A food with high titratable acidity effective to suppress hunger is disclosed. The low calorie foodstuff contains an edible acid to provide a total titratable acidity of at least 100, acids salts to butter a solution of the foodstuff to a pH of 2.0 to 6.0, sweetener and flavoring.
Claims9
A method of suppressing hunger in a subject in need thereof which comprises administering orally to said subject a foodstuff, said foodstuff comprising:
- (i) an intensive sweetener, (ii) an amount of acid sufficient to maintain a total titratable acidity in excess of 100, and (iii) a buffer to maintain the pH of a solution of said foodstuff above 2.0 said amount of acid effective to suppress hunger on later ingestion of food;
- wherein the titratable acidity of said foodstuff which is attributable to a given acid present therein is related to the amount of said acid in pounds present by the equation:
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A palatable, low calorie foodstuff comprising an acid selected from the group consisting essentially of citric acid, phosphoric acid, glucono-delta-lactone, gluconic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid and mixtures thereof in an amount effective to provide a total titratable acidity of at least 100;
- salts of said acids effective to buffer a solution of the foodstuff to pH 2.0-6.0;
- sweetener;
- and flavoring;
- wherein the titrable acidity of said foodstuff which is attributable to a given acid present therein is related to the amount of said acid in pounds present therein by the equation:
- ##EQU4##
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.