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US 6,117,461 AGranted
Powdered food composition
OwnerHumbart D. Santillo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A food composition containing from about 80 to about 98 parts by weight of a first plant material derived from fruit and/or vegetable juices, from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of a second plant material derived from fruit and/or vegetable fiber, and from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of enzyme material selected from the group consisting of amylase, protease, lipase, cellulase, and mixtures thereof. Preferably, the first and second materials are each dried before being combined, and the enzyme material is derived from at least one species of Aspergillus mold.
Claims12
A dried food composition, comprising:
- a) a dried plant portion derived from plant starting materials selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruits, tubers, grains, and combinations thereof, said plant starting materials containing plant juice solids and plant fiber solids in a first ratio of said juice solids to said fiber solids;
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- b) a dried enzyme portion including enzymes suitable for digestion of at least some of said plant portion after ingestion of said composition by a consumer;
- wherein a second ratio of juice solids to fiber solids in said dried supplement is greater than said first ratio in said plant starting materials.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.