Intact Pea Protein-Based Nutrient Composition

Abstract

The present invention discloses a nutritional composition and method of using and making the nutritional composition. The nutritional composition is an intact pea protein based nutrient composition for use in both enteral and oral feeding, and provides a nonallergenic diet for providing optimal nutrition to users. The nutritional composition is made from organic and plant-based ingredients. The nutritional composition has pea protein, phytochemical extracts, fatty acids, organic ingredients free of the top eight allergens and corn, and prebiotic fiber. The nutritional composition is provided in liquid form for enteral and / or oral feeding.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 006,793 filed Jun. 12, 2018 entitled Intact Pea Protein-Based Nutrient Composition, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety for all purposes.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to nutrition and the healthcare field. More specifically, the present invention relates to a natural and non-allergenic pea protein based nutrient composition for use in both enteral and oral feeding.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Liquid nutrition supplements are well-known and have been readily available in stores and for medical purposes for many years. These compositions come in various flavors and can be can be consumed in addition to a regular diet, as a replacement for meals in a day, or in lieu of food altogether. Initially, they were developed mostly for use with medical supervision by the elderly, patients...

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Benefits of technology

[0019]Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description. It should be understood, however, that the detailed description and the specific examples, while indicating specific embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

Problems solved by technology

However, these examples disclose the use of intact proteins, do not contemplate the use of pea protein together with other organic plant-based ingredients for patients with impaired gastrointestinal absorption and digestion, are generally whole-food based, nor are they free of common food allergens.

As nutrients are necessary for proper growth and development, removing them from a regular diet leads to malnutrition issues.

In particular, removal of milks and / or milk proteins, eggs, and soybeans from diet of children under the growth ages presents a serious problem from the aspect of the dietetics.

In addition, these products utilize the protein of milk, whey or casein making their products unavailable to those patients with galactosemia, who are lactose intolerant or have a milk allergy.

Furthermore, conventional liquid nutrition formulas do not contain these optimal levels of fatty acids, are often found to have an unfavorable medium chain triglycerides (MCT) to long chain triglycerides (LCT) ratio, and no source of omega 3 fatty acids.

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