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US 7,070,825 B2Granted
Infant formula
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsLouis I. Ndife, Booker T. Lucas, III, Stephene L. Hohman
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a new unit dose packaging for infant formula. The infant formula is manufactured as a tablet. One tablet will typically contain sufficient nutrients to produce a single serving of the formula (i.e. the amount of formula an average infant consumes in a single feeding). Other aspects of the invention are directed to feeding an infant such a reconstituted tablet and packaging containing such infant formula tablets.
Claims12
An infant formula in tablet form comprising:
- a) a source of protein, present in the amount of 10 to 20 w/w %;
- b) a source of carbohydrate, present in the amount of 40 to 70 w/w %;
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- c) a source of fat present in the amount of at least 20 w/w %;
- wherein the infant formula is a tablet formed under a pressure selected from within a range of from about 400 psi to about 1500 psi, and wherein the pressure is selected so that a film of fat does not form on the exterior tablet surface, and wherein the resulting infant formula tablet dissolves within 60 seconds in accordance with a manual dissolution test.
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An infant formula in tablet form comprising, based on a 100 kcal basis:
- a) about 8 to about 16 grams of a source of carbohydrate,
- b) about 3 to about 6 grams of a source of fat, and
- c) about 1.8 to about 3.3 grams of a source of protein,
- wherein the infant formula is a tablet formed under a pressure selected from within a range of from about 400 psi to about 1500 psi, and wherein the pressure is selected so that a film of fat does not form on the exterior tablet surface, and wherein the resulting infant formula tablet dissolves within 60 seconds in accordance with a mechanical dissolution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.