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US 8,853,148 B2Granted
Compositions for masking the flavor of nutrients and methods for making same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsKevin Burke Miller, Candis Diane Kvamme, Trent Stellingwerff, Lionel Jean Rene Bovetto
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Abstract
Nutritional compositions and methods of making and using the nutritional compositions are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides nutritional compositions having whey protein micelles and leucine. The nutritional compositions provide a sufficient amount of leucine to improve protein synthesis in humans, while also maintaining a low-viscosity fluid matrix and acceptable organoleptic properties.
Claims10
A method of masking off-flavors of leucine in a composition, the method comprising:
- mixing a whey protein micelle powder and added leucine in a weight ratio of about 30:1 to about 1:100 to form a whey protein powder.
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