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US 5,656,310 AGranted
Process for producing a powdered food supplement
OwnerHumbart D. Santillo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A process for preparing a food supplement is disclosed. In the first step of this process, at least two different food materials are juiced either together or separately to provide a juice fraction and a fiber fraction. The juice fraction is dried to produce a powder. The fiber fraction is dried. Thereafter, from about 80 to about 98 parts of the dried juice fraction, from about 1 to about 10 parts of the dried fiber fraction, and from about 1 to about 10 parts of a specified mixture of enzymes is mixed to provide the supplement.
Claims13
A process for producing a food supplement, comprising the steps of:
- (a) juicing a first food material and a second different food material, wherein:
- 1. each of said first food material and said second food material is independently selected from the group consisting of a vegetable, a fruit, and mixtures thereof;
- 2. said juicing produces a liquid fraction and a fiber fraction, wherein said liquid fraction is comprised of less than about 1.0 weight percent of cellulose, and said fiber fraction is comprised of at least about 70 weight percent of cellulose;
- (b) drying said juice fraction until a first dried powder which is comprised of less than about 5.0 weight percent of liquid and all of whose particles are smaller than 420 microns is produced;
- (c) drying said fiber fraction until a second dried material which is comprised of less than about 5.0 weight percent of liquid is produced;
- (d) providing at least three enzymes selected from the group consisting of alpha amylase (I.U.B. number 3.2.1.1), protease (I.U.B. number 3.4.21.14), lipase (I.U.B. number 3.1.1.3), and cellulase (I.U.B. number 3.2.1.4);
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- (e) mixing from about 80 to about 98 parts by weight of said first dried powder, from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of said second dried material, and from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of said enzymes to produce said food supplement.
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