Effervescent Powdered Composition for Rapid Dissolution and Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional nutritional supplements often have inadequate dissolution behavior, visual appearance, taste, and bioavailability, along with insufficient chemical and microbial stability, and fail to effectively improve oxygen supply and reduce oxidative stress.
Innovation Solution
A powdered composition containing monosaccharides, steviol glycosides, citric acid, vitamins, and plant extracts like green tea, broccoli, and turmeric, which dissolves quickly in water to form a healthy, tasty solution with high bioavailability and microbial stability, enhancing oxygen supply and reducing oxidative stress without artificial sweeteners or preservatives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional nutritional supplements are used, then they provide basic nutritional content, but they have inadequate dissolution behavior, poor visual appearance, and insufficient bioavailability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical and chemical parameters of the nutritional supplement by using effervescent technology. The composition includes acidifying agents (citric acid, malic acid) and carbonating agents (sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate) that react upon contact with water to produce carbon dioxide bubbles, fundamentally changing the dissolution mechanism from simple dissolution to effervescent dissolution, thereby achieving both rapid dissolution and complete dissolution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite effervescent system combining multiple components: nutritional ingredients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids), acidifying agents (citric acid, malic acid), carbonating agents (sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate), and optional flavoring agents. This composite material structure enables simultaneous achievement of rapid dissolution through gas evolution and complete dissolution through the synergistic action of all components.
2Productivity
If effervescent tablets or powders are used to improve dissolution, then dissolution speed improves, but microbial stability and chemical stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the functional components into distinct sections: the effervescent system (acids and carbonates) is extracted as a stabilization mechanism that also provides dissolution function, while nutritional ingredients are kept separate but compatible. This extraction allows the effervescent components to provide both rapid dissolution and microbial/chemical stability without compromising nutritional quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses specific parameter ranges for stability: pH 2.0-4.0 achieved through citric acid (1.0-5.0 parts) and malic acid (0.5-2.0 parts) combined with sodium bicarbonate (2.0-8.0 parts) and potassium bicarbonate (1.0-5.0 parts). This parameter control ensures microbial stability through low pH while maintaining chemical stability and effervescent dissolution capability.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional supplements are used, then they are simple to manufacture, but they have insufficient bioavailability and fail to effectively improve oxygen supply and reduce oxidative stress
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the effervescent system multi-functional: it provides rapid dissolution, ensures complete dissolution, maintains microbial stability through low pH, provides chemical stability, and enhances bioavailability. The carbonation process and effervescent mechanism universally benefit all nutritional ingredients in the composition, making the system applicable to various vitamin and mineral combinations without complicating manufacturing.
4Stability of the object's composition
If artificial sweeteners and preservatives are added to improve taste and stability, then product stability improves, but health benefits are reduced and the product becomes less natural
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs self-service stabilization where the effervescent system itself (acidifying agents and carbonating agents) provides microbial stability through pH control and oxygen displacement. The low pH environment (2.0-4.0) created by citric acid and malic acid combined with bicarbonates naturally inhibits microbial growth without requiring artificial preservatives. The carbonation provides chemical stability and taste enhancement without artificial sweeteners.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition ensures rapid absorption of ingredients, improves oxygenation, and reduces oxidative stress, providing a healthy, bioavailable, and stable nutritional supplement with appealing taste and appearance.
Implementation Method 1
The at least one monosaccharide leads to the rapid dissolution of the powder in water and good taste
Implementation Method 2
The at least one steviol glycoside also contributes to the good taste
Implementation Method 3
The citric acid also contributes to the special taste experience
Implementation Method 4
The components from the solution can enter the bloodstream particularly quickly
Implementation Method 5
an extract from green tea (Camellia sinensis)... reduces oxidative stress
Data Source
AI summary
A powdered composition for the preparation of a solution for oral administration, wherein the composition contains, per 100 g, 1 g to 85 g of at least one monosaccharide, 0.18 g to 0.70 g of at least one steviol glycoside, 1.5 g to 10 g of citric acid, 0.3 g to 3 g of vitamin C, at least two other vitamins, and an extract from green tea (Camellia sinensis).