Isotonic Solid Beverage Composition for Electrolyte Replenishment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverages often cause gastric issues due to imbalanced osmotic pressure, leading to dehydration, electrolyte disorders, or intestinal water absorption, and fail to provide comprehensive hydration and nutritional benefits.
Innovation Solution
A solid beverage composition with specific ratios of carbohydrates, glycerol, electrolytes, and vitamins, balanced to achieve isotonicity (280-320 mosmol/kg) for rapid electrolyte replenishment and hydration, incorporating acidity regulators, anti-caking agents, and flavors for improved solubility and taste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the beverage has high osmotic pressure to supplement electrolytes, then electrolyte replenishment is improved, but gastric retention and nausea occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adjusts the osmotic pressure parameter to an optimal range (280-320 mosmol/kg) that balances electrolyte replenishment with gastrointestinal comfort. This involves precisely controlling the concentration of electrolytes, carbohydrates, and glycerol to achieve isotonicity with human body fluids, preventing both hyperosmolar stress and hyposmolar water absorption issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The beverage employs a composite formulation combining multiple components: electrolytes (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium), carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose), and glycerol in specific ratios. This composite approach creates a synergistic effect where each component contributes to overall hydration and electrolyte balance while maintaining acceptable osmotic pressure.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the beverage has low osmotic pressure to avoid gastric issues, then gastrointestinal comfort is improved, but intestinal water absorption leads to edema
Solution Approach 1:
The patent precisely controls the osmotic pressure parameter within the isotonic range (280-320 mosmol/kg) to prevent both hyperosmolar stress and hyposmolar water absorption. This involves optimizing the balance between electrolyte concentration and carbohydrate content to maintain osmotic equilibrium with body fluids.
Solution Approach 2:
The beverage composition mimics the osmotic characteristics of human body fluids (isotonic solution), creating a physiological copy that can be absorbed without causing water shift into intestinal walls. The formula replicates natural body fluid composition to ensure compatible osmotic pressure.
3Ease of operation
If the beverage is formulated as solid composition for convenience, then ease of operation is improved, but solubility and taste may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates pre-dissolved glycerol and pre-mixed electrolyte compounds into the solid beverage composition during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation ensures that when the solid beverage is reconstituted with water, the components are already in optimal forms for rapid dissolution and taste, eliminating the need for separate mixing steps.
Solution Approach 2:
Glycerol serves as an intermediary substance that facilitates both solubility and taste enhancement. It acts as a humectant and flavor carrier, improving the dissolution characteristics of the solid beverage components and enhancing palatability while maintaining the isotonic balance.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively maintains electrolyte balance, provides hydration, and enhances nutritional value while ensuring isotonicity, preventing gastric issues and promoting quick recovery from dehydration.
Implementation Method 1
The osmolality of the solid beverage composition of the invention after brewing is 280-320 mosmol/kg, which can achieve ideal functions of moisture retention and loss prevention and rapid electrolyte replenishment
Implementation Method 2
10-80% electrolyte; the electrolyte is selected from one or more of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium, zinc, carbonate, phosphate, sulfate, citrate and glycinate
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AI summary
The invention discloses a solid beverage composition comprising by weight, 10-60% carbohydrate; 5-20% glycerol; 10-80% electrolyte; 0-8% vitamin. The osmolality of the solid beverage composition of the invention after brewing is 280-320 mosmol/kg, which can achieve ideal functions of moisture retention and loss prevention and rapid electrolyte replenishment.