Botanical Supplement Composition for Taste Masking and Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dietary supplements fail to effectively combine botanicals like ashwagandha, turmeric, and holy basil with ginger to provide comprehensive health benefits, such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, while masking their unpleasant tastes and enhancing absorption synergistically.
Innovation Solution
A composition comprising ashwagandha, turmeric, and holy basil, optionally with ginger, formulated in powder or liquid form, combined with sweeteners and carriers to mask taste and enhance absorption, providing nutritional and health benefits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If botanicals like ashwagandha, turmeric, and holy basil are combined with ginger in dietary supplements, then comprehensive health benefits including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects are provided, but the unpleasant taste of the botanicals becomes more prominent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces ginger as an intermediary substance that serves dual purposes: it enhances the health benefits of the botanical combination through synergistic anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, while simultaneously masking the unpleasant tastes of ashwagandha, turmeric, and holy basil. The ginger acts as a mediator between the active botanical ingredients and the consumer's sensory experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple botanical ingredients (ashwagandha, turmeric, holy basil, and ginger) into a single integrated supplement formulation. This merging approach allows the ingredients to work synergistically for comprehensive health benefits while distributing and masking individual unpleasant tastes among the combined components.
2Reliability
If botanicals are formulated in supplement compositions, then health benefits are delivered, but absorption and bioavailability of the active compounds remain insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the physical and chemical parameters of the botanical formulation by combining multiple ingredients in specific ratios and using particular preparation methods. These parameter changes enhance the bioavailability and absorption of active compounds from the botanicals, ensuring that sufficient quantities reach the bloodstream to deliver reliable health benefits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite supplement formulation combining ashwagandha, turmeric, holy basil, and ginger in specific proportions. This composite material approach leverages the complementary properties of each ingredient to enhance overall absorption and bioavailability, with ginger specifically noted to improve the absorption of curcumin from turmeric.
3Reliability
If multiple botanicals are combined in a single supplement, then synergistic health benefits are achieved, but the complexity of the formulation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a multi-functional supplement formulation where each botanical ingredient serves multiple purposes. Ginger, for example, provides anti-inflammatory benefits, antioxidant effects, taste masking, and absorption enhancement. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate ingredients or formulation components, thereby managing complexity while achieving comprehensive health benefits.
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AI summary
A composition comprising, for example, 1 wt-% to 10 wt-% curcumin or turmeric; 50 wt-% to 60 wt-% ginger; 10 wt-% to 20 wt-% ashwagandha; and 25 wt % to 30 wt % Tulsi herb, relative to the total weight of curcumin, ginger, ashwagandha and Tulsi herb, and methods of making and using the compositions, are provided.