Cartilage enhancing food supplements and methods of preparing the same
AssigneeJoint Juice, Inc.
InventorKevin R. Stone
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Abstract
A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements is provided. The cartilage supplements include chondroitin, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid. The food supplement may additionally be fortified with cetyl myristoleate. The beverage is a mixture of a juice drink base which may include a water-based fruit flavored juice prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature and a cartilage supplement solution which includes a cartilage supplement prepared at a relatively low temperature. The beverage may be carbonated, non-carbonated or concentrated. The preferred cartilage supplement is glucosamine, preferably associated with a counter ion, more preferably as glucosamine HCl.
Claims45
A beverage comprising:
- a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein:
- (A) said juice drink base is a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature, and
- (B) said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a water-based solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements and prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplement is substantially minimized.
A method of preparing a beverage, comprising the steps of
- (A) providing a juice drink base, said juice drink base being a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature;
- (B) providing a water-based cartilage supplement solution comprising a cartilage supplement, said cartilage supplement solution being prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplement is substantially minimized;
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- (C) forming a mixture by mixing said joint drink base and said cartilage supplement solution.
A method of treating cartilage dysfunction comprising
- (i) preparing a cartilage enhancing beverage, said beverage containing a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein:
- (A) said juice drink base is a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high process temperature, and
- (B) said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a water-based solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements and prepared at a relatively low process temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplement is substantially minimized, and
- (ii) administering the cartilage enhancing beverage to a human in need of such treatment.
A method for preparing a beverage for human consumption comprising:
- (i) providing a drink base solution prepared at a relatively high temperature;
- (ii) providing a cartilage enhancing solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplements is substantially minimized;
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- (iii) mixing said drink base solution and said cartilage enhancing solution to form the beverage wherein said beverage has between approximately 1% to approximately 10% by weight cartilage supplement wherein the mixing step is performed at elevated temperature.
A method for preparing a beverage comprising:
- (i) providing a drink base solution prepared at a relatively high temperature;
- (ii) providing a cartilage enhancing solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplements is substantially minimized;
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- (iii) mixing said drink base solution and said cartilage enhancing solution to form the beverage wherein said beverage has between approximately 1% to approximately 10% by weight cartilage supplement wherein the mixing step is performed at low temperature.
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