88 results about "Carbohydrate composition" patented technology

The present invention relates to a nutritional supplement for administration to children. The supplement comprises a protein component, a carbohydrate component, and a fat or lipid component which further comprises a source of DHA. The supplement has an ω-6:ω3 fatty acid ratio of about 6:1 or less. The present invention also relates to a method of providing nutrition to a pediatric subject comprising administering to the subject a nutritional supplement comprising a protein component; a carbohydrate component; and a fat or lipid component, which further comprises a source of DHA, wherein the composition has an ω-6:ω-3 fatty acid ratio of about 6:1 or less.

A curable binder composition consisting essentially of one or more ammonium salt of an inorganic acid and at least one carbohydrate, and the use thereof as a thermosetting binder. Also described are composite materials comprising the curable binder composition, and methods of application.

A method comprising selection of unbroken whole grain rice that are first washed, or whole grain corn that is first reduced in size, and then making an aqueous slurry that is subsequently wet milled to release all the protein, fat, fiber, and starch components normally held in the structure of the grain. The resulting slurry can be reacted with heat to gelatinize the starch and the subsequent product dried. Also, the heated slurry containing the liberated components can be treated to enzymatic hydrolysis via the process of liquefaction and optionally saccharification, producing whole grain rice milk products having diverse carbohydrate compositions. The whole grain milk products are characterized by a nutritional composition containing substantially all the nutritional components of the whole grain, being an opaque whole milk colloid, having smooth texture versus pulpiness, lacking in all bitterness normally associated with whole grain products, and having a variety of sweetness levels from non-sweet to very sweet.

The present invention generally relates to treatment of iron-related conditions with iron carbohydrate complexes. One aspect of the invention is a method of treatment of iron-related conditions with a single unit dosage of at least about 0.6 grams of elemental iron via an iron carbohydrate complex. The method generally employs iron carbohydrate complexes with nearly neutral pH, physiological osmolarity, and stable and non-immunogenic carbohydrate components so as to rapidly administer high single unit doses of iron intravenously to patients in need thereof.

A medical product and parenteral formulation are provided. The parenteral formulation is preferably for fluid restricted patients such as pediatric patients and can include amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates and electrolytes. The parenteral formulation can be housed in a multi-chamber container for separately storing a amino acid component, a lipid component and a carbohydrate component to provide a medical product. Frangible barriers preferably peelable seals separate the components and allow for admix to form a just prior to administration. Electrolytes can also be included in one or both of the carbohydrate and amino acid components; preferably the electrolytes are included in the amino acid component and the amino acid component includes cysteine. The multi-chamber container preferably facilitates the selective activation of the peelable seals to permit the admixing of less than all the separately stored components. The medical product can include a parenteral formulation for supplying the mean nutritional requirements for separate patient populations, such as for preterm infants, term to two year olds, and two to eighteen year olds.

The present invention is directed to novel methods to produce carbohydrate polymers and oligomers especially for pharmaceutical and food industries. The invention is directed to methods to remodel monosaccharides, and / or oligosaccharides and / or polysaccharides by a different monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide and optionally by further alcohol substances, under condensing conditions, preferably in acid catalysed reactions.

The present invention relates to a low-lactose, partially hydrolyzed infant formula. The carbohydrate component of the infant formula comprises between 0% and 60% lactose and the protein component of the infant formula comprises partially hydrolyzed whey protein and casein, the protein component having a particular molecular weight.

Low sugar, fiber-containing carbohydrate compositions are provided which are suitable for use as substitutes for traditional corn syrups, high fructose corn syrups, and other sweeteners in food products.

Nucleic acid sequence capable of regulating transcription during embryogenesis in plants is provided. This sequence may be used in transgenic plants to promote high levels of expression of foreign and endogenous genes in developing seeds to affect seed lipid metabolism, protein or carbohydrate composition and accumulation, or seed development. In addition, these sequences may be useful for the production of modified seed containing novel recombinant proteins which have pharmaceutical, industrial or nutritional value, or novel products like plastics.

The present invention reveals novel methods for producing novel carbohydrate compositions, glycomes, from animal tissues. The tissue substrate materials can be total tissue samples and fractionated tissue parts, or artificial models of tissues such as cultivated cell lines. The invention is further directed to the compositions and compositions produced by the methods according to the invention. The invention further represent methods for analysis of the glycomes, especially mass spectrometric methods.

The present invention reveals novel methods for producing novel carbohydrate compositions, glycomes, from animal tissues. The tissue substrate materials can be total tissue samples and fractionated tissue parts, or artificial models of tissues such as cultivated cell lines. The invention is further directed to the compositions and compositions produced by the methods according to the invention. The invention further represent methods for analysis of the glycomes, especially mass spectrometric methods.

The present invention describes a carbohydrate composition having a greater impact on the insulinemic response than on the glycemic response comprising a soluble dietary fiber and a glucose syrup, process to prepare it and their use in food.

A low-glycemic available carbohydrate composition of the invention contains the following components:(i) 5-60 wt. % of one or more monosaccharides selected from monosaccharides other than glucose and fructose, in particular galactose, ribose and mannose;(ii) 15-95 wt. % of oligosaccharides having a length of 2 to 20 anhydromonose units, at least half of which are anhydroglucose units linked by non-α-1,4 bonds; these oligosaccharides preferably comprising disaccharides such as palatinose, isomaltose and trehalose and / or non-α-1,4 linked higher glucose-containing oligosaccharides;(iii) 0-45 wt. % of other available carbohydrates, such as glucose and maltodextrins.This carbohydrate composition can be part of a foodcomposition for the treatment of diabetes, obesitas, insulin resistance, or for postprandial glucose response.

A viscous fluid comprising 2% wt to 25% wt water, at least 75% wt carbohydrate (calculated by 100×[carbohydrate / (carbohydrate weight+water weight)]), between 0% wt and 25% wt of a second organic solvent and between 10% wt and 55% wt HCl (calculated by 100×[HCl weight / HCl weight+water weight]), which second organic solvent is characterized by at least one of: (a2) having a polarity related component of Hoy's cohesion parameter between 0 and 15 MPa1 / 2; (b2) having a Hydrogen bonding related component of Hoy's cohesion parameter between 0 and 20 MPa1 / 2; and (c2) having a solubility in water of less than 15% and forming a heterogeneous azeotrope with water, wherein the weight / weight ratio of said second organic solvent to water is in the range of between 50 and 0.02, and wherein the solubility of water in said organic solvent is less than 20%.

The present invention concerns a new fractionated polydisperse carbohydrate composition having the following definition: an av. DP which is significantly higher than the av. DP of a native polydisperse carbohydrate composition, significantly free of low molecular monomers, dimers, and oligomers, significantly free of impurities chosen among the group consisting of colourings, salts, proteins and organic acids, significantly free of technological aids such as solubility affecting products. The present invention concerns also the preparation process of the composition according to the invention.

A nutritional or pharmaceutical composition containing a fat component, a protein component and a carbohydrate component and comprising whey and casein. The composition has a weight ratio of casein to whey is 1:1 to 1:2.4 and that the composition contains: a) at least 3 grams arginine per 100 grams protein; b) at least 10 wt. % linoleic acid based on total fatty acids; c) at least 1 wt. % alpha linolenic acid based on total fatty acids; d) at least one long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acid in an amount exceeding 0.1 wt. % based on total fatty acids. The long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid being docosahexaenoic acid, arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid; e) 5 to 25 wt. % of at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid based on total fatty acids; and f) 2 to 12 grams indigestible oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerisation of 2 to 100 per 100 gram dry weight of the composition. The composition reduces—among others—the risks attached to feeding whey dominant infant formula.

An essential composition that acts to prevent or retard loss of muscle strength and atrophy during extended periods of inactivity is provided. The compositions are characterized by a ratio of carbohydrate to protein of from about 1.5:1 to 2:1 and by the presence of a specific amino acid component of leucine and, optimally, argilline. The carbohydrate component is at least two members of a group of four sugars and the protein component is whey protein and casein. A preferred carbohydrate component is glucose and sucrose. The ratio of whey protein to casein in the subject compositions is about 3:1. The subject compositions are preferably provided in preparations containing conventional excipient materials such as flavors, coloring agents, emulsifiers, artificial sweeteners and the like, such preparations providing from about 33 to 58 grams of the essential composition, which comprises from about 15% to 80% by weight of said preparations.

The invention provides biologically active compositions comprising oligosaccharides, and which are produced by growing a fungal culture, and are at least partially purified for use. The compositions of the invention have antibacterial, antifungal and nematicidal activity, and are thus useful to reduce the impact of such pathogens on growing plants, to reduce the occurrence of such pathogens on surfaces and in substances, and to treat infections caused by such pathogens in animals and humans. The invention also provides methods for producing such compositions from certain fungal cultures.

The present invention concerns a process for the production of a carbohydrate composition from lactose comprising a mixture of 10-50% galactose, 048% glucose, 1-25% fructose, 148% gluconic acid and 0-25% unconverted lactose and non-lactose di- and oligo-saccharides; and compositions produced by the process as well as food and drink containing the compositions.

Disclosed are low caloric density aerated grained confections. The confections essentially comprise tagatose as their primary carbohydrate or principle ingredient, about 0.5-30% of a structuring agent and moisture. Up to 60% of the tagatose can be substituted with nutritive carbohydrate ingredients, fiber and whipping or foaming agents or combinations thereof. Optionally, additional nutritional fortifying ingredients and conventional optional ingredients such as colors and flavors can be added. The confection compositions have densities of 0.10-1 g / cc. The products are additionally characterized by a size count of 0.2-6 / g. Preparation methods for the pieces are also disclosed. The confectionery food products find particular suitability for use as ingredients for reduced calorie children's RTE cereals.

The invention provides a carbohydrate composition with a wound healing promoting effect and application of the carbohydrate composition. The carbohydrate composition contains at least five types of carbohydrate including carboxymethyl chitosan, rhizoma bletillae polysaccharides, fucoidan from fucus vesiculosus, heparan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, oligosaccharides of hyaluronan and gulose aldehyde acid oligosaccharides. The carbohydrate composition and the application have the advantages that VEGFA (vascular endothelial growth factor A), FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor 2) and VE-cadherin protein mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) expression can be obviously improved by the carbohydrate composition, VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) secretion and skin fibroblast (HSF) and human immortalized keratinocyte (HaCaT) proliferation can be obviously promoted by the carbohydrate composition, and the obvious wound healing promoting effect can be realized by the carbohydrate composition; raw materials required by the carbohydrate composition are easily available, composition methods for the carbohydrate composition are simple, the carbohydrate composition is low in cost, easy to industrialize and wide in application range, and the like.

The invention discloses a carbohydrate composition containing yeast beta-glucan. The carbohydrate composition is formed by combining yeast beta-glucan with oligosaccharide in the mass ratio of the yeast beta-glucan to the oligosaccharide being (1 to 1000) to (1000 to 1), wherein the oligosaccharide is one or several kinds of fructo-oligosaccharide, isomalto-oligosaccharide, lactose-oligosaccharide, galactooligosaccharide, and xylooligosaccharide; and the carbohydrate composition also comprises one or several kinds of monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, maltodextrin and glucose polymers. The invention further discloses an application of the carbohydrate composition for formula foods with special medicine use, wherein the percentage by mass of the carbohydrate composition is 1-90%. The yeast beta-glucan is non-toxic and free from allergic reaction, a special molecular structure can specially activate the immunocyte of organisms, the immune function of the organisms is strengthened, the carbohydrate composition containing the yeast beta-glucan can provide energy, improve immunity, improve the functions of the intestine and the stomach before the operation and can be made into the formula foods to be convenient for patients to use, and the recovery function of the patients after the operation is improved.

The present invention concerns a new fractionated polydisperse carbohydrate composition having the following definition: an av. DP which is significantly higher than the av. DP of a native polydisperse carbohydrate composition, significantly free of low molecular monomers, dimmers, and oligomers, significantly free of impurities chosen among the group consisting of colourings, salts, proteins and organic acids, significantly free of technological aids such as solubility affecting products. The present invention concerns also the preparation process of the composition according to the invention.

The invention belongs to the technical field of qualitative and quantitative analysis for polysaccharides, and particularly relates to an analysis method for measuring a carbohydrate composition of a polysaccharide. The analysis method for measuring the carbohydrate composition of the polysaccharide comprises the following steps: adequately dissolving the polysaccharide to be measured and an ionic liquid in an oil bath pan to obtain a polysaccharide dissolution liquid, cooling the polysaccharide dissolution liquid and then pouring in a regeneration solvent to obtain a precipitate, repeatedly washing, centrifuging to obtain a regenerated polysaccharide crude product, ventilating to completely volatilize the residual regeneration solvent, and dying to obtain the regenerated polysaccharide; putting the regenerated polysaccharide and an acid solvent in an ampere bottle, sealing, putting the ampere bottle in the oil bath pan and carrying out hydrolysis reaction, centrifuging after the hydrolysis reaction is finished, and carrying out detection pre-treatment on supernatant to obtain a polysaccharide detection liquid; and analysing the type and the content of reducing sugar of the carbohydrate composition in the polysaccharide detection liquid by adopting an ion chromatograph system and an ion chromatograph-pulse amperometry. According to the analysis method disclosed by the invention, the hydrolysis efficiency of the polysaccharide is improved, and the extremely high sensitivity is achieved.

In accordance with the present invention, there is to provide a dietary supplement of essential sugars that provides humans and animals with the essential carbohydrates needed to maintain proper health and to provide a healthier alternative to PPI medications for the treatment of GERD using a mixture of honey and essential sugar carbohydrates and to provide pets with an equal level of medications as that afforded to humans.

Low sugar, fiber-containing carbohydrate compositions are provided which are suitable for use as substitutes for traditional corn syrups, high fructose corn syrups, and other sweeteners in food products.

A method comprising selection of unbroken whole grain rice that are first washed, or whole grain corn that is first reduced in size, and then making an aqueous slurry that is subsequently wet milled to release all the protein, fat, fiber, and starch components normally held in the structure of the grain. The resulting slurry can be reacted with heat to gelatinize the starch and the subsequent product dried. Also, the heated slurry containing the liberated components can be treated to enzymatic hydrolysis via the process of liquefaction and optionally saccharification, producing whole grain rice milk products having diverse carbohydrate compositions. The whole grain milk products are characterized by a nutritional composition containing substantially all the nutritional components of the whole grain, being an opaque whole milk colloid, having smooth texture versus pulpiness, lacking in all bitterness normally associated with whole grain products, and having a variety of sweetness levels from non-sweet to very sweet.

Novel findings have been made that a carbohydrate composition in which a highly branched dextrin and isomaltulose are mixed at a specific ratio, wherein the highly branched dextrin has a structure in which glucose or isomaltooligosaccharide is bound to a non-reducing terminus of a dextrin via an α-1,6 glycosidic bond, and has a DE value of 10 to 52, enhances an suppressing effect on digestion of the highly branched dextrin by isomaltulose, that is, synergistically suppresses the digestion, thereby leading to the completion of the present invention.

The invention discloses a stable carbohydrate composition water solution as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The composition water solution is prepared from 3 to 5 (w / v) percent of pectin, 5 to 30(w / v) percent of carbohydrate and 0.05 to 2.0(w / v) percent of stabilizing agents. The pectin, the carbohydrate and the stabilizing agents are premixed; then, mixed powder is added into 85 DEG C water; uniform stirring, sterilization and filling are performed; the composition water solution is obtained. Without calcium reduction treatment, the carbohydrate composition water solution can be enabled to have high stability; the process is simple; the industrialization is easy. Through the carbohydrate water solution, untoward symptoms such as backflow, abdominal distension and diarrhea of clinical patients can be relieved; certain repair and protection effects are achieved on the gastrointestinal tract function of a patient; the lift quality and level of the patient are wholeimproved.

The present invention is directed to a process for making a microwavable dish comprising vegetables, sauce and a carbohydrate, wherein the dish is Refrigerator-stable after packaging and prior to microwaving, even at a pH of greater than or equal to about 5. The vegetables are provided fresh and / or IQF, heated in water, and steamed. The steamed vegetables are mixed with sauce and carbohydrate components, refrigerated after packaging and prior to microwaving, and maintain good textural, visual and taste characteristics. Specifically, the vegetable component has a Just About Right / Acceptable Texture and a Firmness of at least about 5.46 Kg force.