# US 7,608,289 B2 · Food supplemented with a carnitine, suitable for stimulating the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids contained in the food

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- Number: US 7,608,289 B2
- Document ID: US7608289B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/009,707
- Filed: 2004-12-13
- Published: 2005-05-12
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 1999-12-01
- Assignees: Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
- Inventors: Claudio Cavazza
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608289B2

## CPC

- A23C 9/13: using additives
- A23C 9/152: containing additives (fermented milk preparations containing additives A23C9/13)
- A23C 9/158: containing vitamins or antibiotics
- A23C 19/0921: {Addition, to cheese or curd, of minerals, including organic salts thereof, trace elements, amino acids, peptides, protein hydrolysates, nucleic acids, yeast extracts or autolysate, vitamins or derivatives of these compounds}
- A23C: DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PREPARATION THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B11/00)

## Abstract

A food selected from the group comprising milk and dairy products derived from milk, comprising a carnitine in an effective amount to stimulate, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes that take place in a consumer of said food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Milk comprising a camitine selected from the group consisting of L-camitine, acetyl L-camitine, propionyl L-camitine, a mixture thereof, and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the camitine, in an effective amount of from 400 mg to 9,000 mg/L or mg/kg of milk to stimulate upon ingestion, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes that take place in a consumer of said food, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the food wherein the milk is the integral product of a complete, uninterrupted milking of a healthy, well nourished milk-bearing female, obtained by manual or mechanical milking and is selected from cow's milk, delactosed milk, condensed milk, cow-buffalo's milk, goat's milk or sheep's milk.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The milk of claim 1, comprising from 400 to 8,000 mg/L of a camitine selected from the group consisting of L-carnitine, acetyl L-camitine, propionyl L-carnitine, a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The milk of claim 2, comprising from 1,000 to 4,000 mg/L of a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-camitine, acetyl L-carnitine, propionyl L-camitine and a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The milk of claim 1, further comprising vitamins, coenzymes, mineral substances, amino acids and antioxidants.

### Claim 5

A method of stimulating in a consumer of milk, through the natural fatty acid metabolic processes of said consumer, the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from the saturated fatty acids originally contained in the milk, which comprises administering to the consumer milk to which has been added a carnitine selected from the group consisting of L-camitine, acetyl L-camitine, propionyl L-camitine, a mixture thereof and a pharmacologically acceptable salt of the carnitine, in an effective amount to stimulate said synthesis wherein the milk is selected from cow's milk, delactosed milk, condensed milk, cow-buffalo's milk, goat's milk or sheep's milk.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the carnitine quantity added to the milk is of 400-8,000 mg/L of milk.