Title:
CARTILAGE ENHANCING FOOD SUPPLEMENTS WITH SUCRALOSE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004002423
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements and sucralose 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 hydrochloride.
Inventors:
STONE KEVIN R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/020462
Publication Date:
February 26, 2004
Filing Date:
June 27, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JOINT JUICE INC (US)
STONE KEVIN R (US)
STONE KEVIN R (US)
International Classes:
A23G3/00; A23G3/36; A23L1/164; A23L1/30; A23L1/304; A23L1/305; A23L1/308; A23L2/02; A23L2/52; A23L7/10; A23L33/15; A61K9/00; A61K31/375; A61K31/7008; A61K31/726; A61K31/728; A61K31/737; A61K45/06; A61K47/46; (IPC1-7): A61K9/00; A61K31/70; A61K33/00; A61K38/00; A61K47/00; A23L1/30; A23L2/00; A23L3/00
Foreign References:
| US20010051134A1 | 2001-12-13 | |||
| US5767157A | 1998-06-16 | |||
| US4038421A | 1977-07-26 |
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