Gold Kiwifruit Prebiotic Probiotic Composition for Gut Health
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing nutritional compositions that combine prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics face challenges in providing a stable microbiome environment for effective probiotic supplementation, and traditional prebiotics can cause gastrointestinal side effects due to their FODMAP content.
Innovation Solution
A nutritional composition comprising gold kiwifruit powder as a prebiotic, Bacillus coagulans as a probiotic, and heat-treated Lactobacillus paracasei as a postbiotic, combined in specific ratios and forms such as gummies, tablets, or liquids, to enhance gut health and immune function while being FODMAP-friendly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional prebiotics are used in nutritional compositions, then probiotic supplementation can be supported, but gastrointestinal side effects occur due to FODMAP content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the harmful FODMAP components from traditional prebiotics while retaining the beneficial prebiotic functionality. This is achieved by using alternative prebiotic substances that do not contain fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols that cause gastrointestinal distress, thereby eliminating the harmful effect while preserving the probiotic-supporting capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite nutritional composition that integrates multiple components including probiotics, postbiotics, and alternative prebiotic substances. This composite formulation provides synergistic effects where the combination of ingredients supports probiotic viability and gut health without relying on traditional FODMAP-containing prebiotics, thus resolving the contradiction between effectiveness and side effects
2Reliability
If nutritional compositions combine prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics, then gut health and immune function improve, but stability of microbiome environment becomes difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by incorporating postbiotics into the composition before administration. These postbiotics pre-establish a stable microbiome environment and prepare the gut ecosystem to receive and support probiotics effectively. This preliminary preparation ensures that the microbiome environment remains stable and conducive to probiotic survival and function throughout digestion
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses postbiotics as an intermediary substance that mediates between the probiotics and the gut environment. The postbiotics create favorable conditions that protect probiotics from harsh gastric conditions and facilitate their colonization. This intermediary role of postbiotics maintains microbiome stability while enabling the beneficial effects of probiotic supplementation
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 effectively increases the abundance of beneficial gut bacteria like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, improves digestive health, reduces constipation symptoms, enhances immune response, and promotes oral health by reducing Streptococcus mutans and plaque formation.
Implementation Method 1
heat-treated Lactobacillus paracasei
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AI summary
Compositions including prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics for oral administration and methods of using such compositions for improving health of subjects are provided.