Selenium Chocolate Bar With Coenzymes for Easier Supplement Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food supplements, such as capsules and tablets, are difficult for many individuals, especially the elderly, to swallow, and there is a need for easy-to-consume formulations that provide essential vitamins and minerals.
Innovation Solution
A food composition in the form of a chocolate bar containing selenium and natural cacao-based active ingredients, including retinyl palmitate, calcitriol, phylloquinone, tocopherol, and ubiquinol, which is designed to be easily swallowed and provides anti-aging benefits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If food supplements are formulated as capsules or tablets, then the supplements can provide essential vitamins and minerals, but they are difficult for many people, especially the elderly, to swallow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical form parameter of the supplement from solid capsules/tablets to a chocolate bar that melts at body temperature. This parameter change transforms the supplement into an easily consumable form that eliminates swallowing difficulties while maintaining the delivery of essential vitamins and minerals.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses chocolate as an intermediary carrier substance to deliver the food supplements. The chocolate matrix serves as a mediator that encapsulates the vitamins and minerals, making them palatable and easy to consume without the need to swallow traditional supplement forms.
2Quantity of substance
If food supplements are made in traditional forms, then they can deliver nutritional content, but they lack appealing taste and texture for regular consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functional aspect of food supplements with the sensory appeal of chocolate. By combining the nutritional delivery function with the pleasant taste and texture of chocolate, the invention creates a product that consumers are willing to take regularly without perceiving it as a medicinal supplement.
Solution Approach 2:
Chocolate serves as an intermediary that bridges the gap between the bitter-tasting supplements and the consumer's preference for palatable foods. The chocolate mask the unpleasant tastes while delivering the nutritional content effectively.
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AI summary
The present invention refers to food compositions comprising selenium, preferably in an amount of at least 4 μg/g, and a set of different ingredients selected from retinyl palmitate, calcitriol (1,25(OH)2 Vitamin D3), phylloquinone (phytomenadione, Vitamin K1), tocopherol (preferably a-tocopherol), or ubiquinol. The invention particularly refers to chocolate bars comprising selenium and the set of different ingredients. Consumption of the food compositions of the invention can reverse, reduce or slow signs of aging in a subject. The invention also relates to methods of producing cacao fruits, cacao beans, cacao mass, and cacao powder with an increased selenium content.