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Powdered thickener maintaining its extensional properties when reconstituted and for promoting safe swallowing by individuals with dysphagia

A technology of powder and characteristics, which is applied in the field of improving the cohesion of nutritional products to achieve the effect of improving the intake of nutritional products, preventing further decline, and restoring normal swallowing

Pending Publication Date: 2021-07-23
SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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However, malnutrition is an avoidable clinical complication of dysphagia

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[0073] In one aspect of the present disclosure, the thickened powder can be diluted in a diluent (eg, water) to form at least a portion of a nutritional product (eg, a water-based beverage, such as a thin liquid). The powder comprises beta-glucan and at least one carrier component in an amount neutral to or enhancing the stretch properties of the nutritional product. The at least one carrier component is preferably selected from maltodextrin, isomaltulose, sucrose, lactose and combinations thereof, such as isomaltulose alone or in combination with sucrose and / or lactose, like maltodextrin alone Or in combination with sucrose and / or lactose.

[0074] The β-glucan may be present in an amount to provide the nutritional product with a shear viscosity of greater than 200 mPas and up to about 2,000 mPas, preferably greater than 200 mPas and up to about 500 mPas, more preferably from 250 mPas to about 450 mPas, most preferably from 250 mPas to about 400 mPas For nutritional products, ...

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Abstract

A thickening powder promotes safe swallowing of a nutritional product by an individual with dysphagia and can be used in methods of treating dysphagia, promoting safe swallowing of a nutritional product, and mitigating a risk of aspiration during swallowing of a nutritional product. The powder contains beta-glucan and at least one carrier ingredient in an amount that is neutral toward or enhances the extensional properties of the nutritional product. The at least one carrier ingredient can be one or more of maltodextrin, isomaltulose, sucrose or lactose. The powder can be diluted in a diluent to form an aqueous solution that is at least a portion of a nutritional product and to improve the cohesiveness of the nutritional product. Preferably, the resultant nutritional product has a shear viscosity greater than 200 mPas and up to about 2,000 mPas, preferably greater than 200 mPas and up to about 500 mPas, more preferably 250 mPas to about 450 mPas, most preferably 250 mPas to about 400 mPas, when measured at a shear rate of 50s-1 at a temperature of 20 DEG C.

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Background technique [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to powdered thickeners for facilitating safe swallowing of nutritional products by individuals having dysphagia, methods of treating dysphagia by administering nutritional products prepared by diluting the powdered thickeners, methods of preparing powdered thickeners method, and a method for improving the cohesion of a nutritional product by diluting a powdered thickener. The powdered thickener retains its elongational properties upon reconstitution and preferably provides high shear viscosity to the resulting nutritional product. [0002] Dysphagia is the medical term for symptoms of difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia may be a sensation that presents difficulty in passing solids or liquids (ie, nutritional products) from the mouth to the stomach. [0003] During handling of a nutritional product in the oral cavity and during swallowing, the viscosity of the nutritional product changes due to shear forces. I...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A23L29/269A23L33/21
CPCA23L33/21A23L29/271A23V2002/00A23L29/269A61P1/06A23V2200/242A23V2200/32A23V2250/5034A23L33/125
Inventor A·伯比吉M·杰德瓦布J·恩格曼
Owner SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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