RU2763186C1 - FUNCTIONAL DRINKING WATER “SMART AQUA” FOR pH CORRECTION - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: non-alcoholic industry.

SUBSTANCE: functional soft drink contains water, which is prepared by softening it, cleaning it from impurities, clarifying and disinfecting it with bringing its hardness to values in the range of 0.5-3.0 mg-eq. of calcium and magnesium salts/liter, as well as potassium citrate, sodium citrate, magnesium citrate, boron and silicon. The specified components in measured quantities in the form of powders are introduced at room temperature with continuous stirring until a homogeneous solution is obtained. At the same time, concentrations of the above-mentioned added components in the resulting drink are, mg/liter: potassium citrate - 300-3000; sodium citrate - 150-1500; magnesium citrate - 50-500; boron - 1-10; silicon - 10-100.

EFFECT: proposed drink allows one to correct pH.

1 cl, 1 tbl, 12 ex

Description

The invention relates to the food industry and can be used for the manufacture of drinking water enriched with complexes of useful minerals, as well as the basis for the production of various soft drinks. The proposed functional drinking water is not intended for centralized water supply, but only for bottling.

It is known that the lack of vitamins and minerals in the daily diet of a person provokes various borderline conditions - from the "chronic fatigue" syndrome to serious diseases caused by a deficiency of vitamins and microelements. Therefore, every day a person with food and drink should receive a complex of vitamins and minerals in a norm corresponding to the physiological needs of a person. Such a need especially increases in the summer, because along with sweating, a person loses the substances necessary for the body. At the same time, due to the established habits and addictions in eating and drinking, as well as insufficient consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits and excessive consumption of carbohydrates, following various diets, etc., a person does not receive the whole complex of vital vitamins and minerals in sufficient quantities . The food that people currently eat is significantly lacking in micro and macro elements.

One of the effective ways to ensure the optimal daily intake of vitamins and minerals is the inclusion of fortified foods in the human diet: bread from fortified flour, milk, kefir, juices and drinks enriched with vitamin C, and a number of others.

Due to the fact that the daily need of every person is drinking water, which delivers nutrients to the cells of the body and carries away waste products, it was proposed to introduce mineral and vitamin supplements into drinking water and soft drinks that satisfy the physiological needs of the body for vitamins and minerals.

The relevance of obtaining water more balanced in terms of components useful for human health with a given amount of salts is explained by the so-called “deficiency diseases”, which are associated with a chronic shortage of macro- and microelements. For example, micronutrient deficiencies lead to anemia, which is especially susceptible to children and women. There are also other diseases associated with "micronutrient hunger".

Numerous methods are known to supplement drinking water with various additives beneficial to human health in quantities that are optimal for consumption. One of the ways to replenish these elements is a method of water treatment aimed at reducing the total salt content, called "desalination". Distinguish between complete and partial desalination of water. With complete desalination, the residual salt content achieved is tenths or hundredths of a milligram per 1 liter of water. If only the main ions are removed from the water to reduce the total salt content, then such desalination is called partial. Desalination of sea or fresh water for the subsequent production of drinking water is one of the options for partial desalination. The most applicable at present is the method of partial desalination using reverse osmosis units.

Thus, there is a method for producing drinking water from a distillate, which includes mixing desalinated sea water with a mineralizing additive, which is used as a clarified waste brine in an amount of 1-2% of the total volume of drinking water obtained [1]. This method slightly improves the taste of water, but has a significant drawback - drinking water contains only chlorine and sodium ions in large quantities, and these elements already enter the body in large quantities with food. And if the taste of such water can be quite acceptable, then according to physiological indicators, it contributes to the accumulation of sodium ions in the blood, which leads to edema and an increase in blood pressure.

There is also another method of mineralizing desalinated water to give it valuable consumer qualities, in which natural salt water, such as sea water, is used as a mineralizing additive. In accordance with this method, desalinated water is filled with mineral substances from natural salt water, the ions of which pass through ion exchanger membranes, which to some extent reduces the hardness of the resulting water, but, as in the previous method, leaves a lot of chlorine and sodium ions in the water [2] .

A known method of obtaining mineral-enriched drinking water, involving the introduction of pre-dissolved salts of magnesium and potassium into the distillate [3]. The composition of the water obtained in this way is more balanced in terms of minerals, but it has such a drawback as an increased salt content (up to 635 mg / l), and, as you know, the higher the salt content, the worse the water is absorbed by our body, and this contributes to dehydration of the body . That is why you can not drink pure sea water.

A known method for obtaining drinking water from a distillate due to its mineralization by introducing concentrated solutions of magnesium sulfate, potassium sulfate, zinc sulfate and manganese sulfate, and magnesium sulfate is introduced in an amount of 24-30 mg/l (in terms of Mg2+ ion), potassium sulfate - 80-100 mg/l (in terms of K+ ion), zinc sulfate - 2.0-4.5 mg/l (in terms of Zn2+ ion), manganese sulfate - 0.04-0.09 mg/l ( in terms of Mn2+ ion) followed by exposure of the resulting solution for 1.5-2.0 hours [4].

The main disadvantage of the described method is that in order to obtain it, it is necessary to initially prepare the distillate, which is very expensive.

Known methods for the preparation of drinking mineral water based on certain deposits of artesian water.

So, the method of obtaining drinking water "Starodubskaya" is known [5]. The method consists in mixing drinking water with sodium chloride brine, which is used as highly mineralized Zarechenskaya water containing certain concentrations of chloride, sodium, potassium and bromine ions. The resulting blend is stirred for 50 min and incubated for 1 hour, followed by saturation with carbon dioxide.

There is also known a method for preparing alkaline, medicinal table water by mixing the original artesian water with natural sodium chloride waters and sodium chloride brines, and before mixing, the artesian water is enriched with sodium bicarbonate in an amount of 3 g/liter [6]. The preparation of alkaline medicinal table waters according to this technology consists in diluting Belogorye water with artesian water in a ratio of 1: 1 - 2. The resulting water, in terms of mineral composition and taste, corresponds to natural mineral waters such as Essentuki No. 4 or Borjomi. The method allows to obtain a wide range of bicarbonate sodium, chloride-bicarbonate table medicinal waters of various salinity.

A known method of preparing drinking water "Iverskaya", conditioned by salt composition, which includes mixing in a volume ratio of 1:15, respectively, the original artesian mineral water of the Sarmatian aquifer (horizon) of well No. 76194 "Aksinya" with a content of calcium cations of 150-200 mg /liter, magnesium 40-60 mg/liter, sodium + potassium 100-200 mg/liter, chloride anions <100 mg/liter, hydrocarbonates 400-550 mg/liter, sulfates 400-550 mg/liter, total mineralization 1.0 -2.0 g / liter with preliminary desalination by reverse osmosis to a total salt content of not more than 0.06 g / liter of the same artesian mineral water. The source water is subjected to additional processing by aeration, filtration through a sand filter and a fine filter of 5 microns, softening on a sodium cation exchanger, reverse osmosis and disinfection by ultraviolet irradiation. To obtain a carbonated product after ultraviolet treatment, water is saturated with carbon dioxide. The obtained drinking water, highly purified, with conditioning according to the salt composition, Iverskaya water of the first category has high organoleptic, microbiological and toxicological indicators and provides an expansion of the range of drinking water [7].

Approximately the same technology is used to produce drinking water "Elizaveta". This water is conditioned in terms of salt composition, and the technology of its preparation includes mixing in a ratio of 10 - 11: 1 of the original artesian mineral water with pre-desalinated reverse osmosis to a total salt content of not more than 0.06 mg/liter of this artesian mineral water. The original environmentally friendly sodium chloride natural mineral water of the "Gdovsky" aquifer has a total mineralization of 3-4 mg / liter, contains cations: potassium 13.0-25.0 mg / liter, sodium 1200-1500 mg / liter, magnesium 50, 0-90.0 mg/liter, calcium 100-140 mg/liter and chloride anions 2000-2500 mg/liter [8].

The production of drinking water according to known technologies requires the presence of initial natural mineral waters of a certain component composition. Therefore, the presence of a source of natural water of a different qualitative and quantitative composition necessitates the search for additional approaches and methods for correcting the ratio of anions and cations, in which, for example, along with a decrease in the amount of hardness salts due to dilution of the source water, it is also necessary to observe their physiological ratio in the final product. In addition, the disadvantage of the known methods is insufficient water purification due to the lack of a complete set of pre-treatment of water.

Known artificial mineralized drinking water [9], which contains iodine, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, silver ions, chlorides, sulfates, bicarbonates, fluorides, acetates.

Known functional drinking water "Amber Fairy" [10], containing in its composition succinic acid, citric acid, silver ions, dry water-soluble extract of milk thistle seeds, dry water-soluble extract of lemon balm leaves, artesian water.

The disadvantage of the known composition is the presence of citric acid in it, which removes calcium from the body, which is undesirable for children, during physical exertion, some diseases of the heart and central nervous system, reduced blood clotting. As a drawback of the drink for regions characterized by insufficient iodine content in soil and water, this composition does not fully satisfy the body's needs for this vital element.

Functional drinking water is known, containing in 1 liter 0.5-1.0 g of succinic acid, 0.001-0.0015 g of dry water-soluble extract of lemon balm leaves, 0.001-0.0015 g of the iodine-containing preparation "Iodinol" and the rest is artesian water. EFFECT: invention provides obtaining drinking water with a pleasant harmonious taste, which has a general strengthening and healing effect, increasing the body's resistance to overwork and stress, as well as eliminating iodine deficiency [11].

Known drinking functional water (soft drink) [12], containing water as the main component, at least one vitamin from the series: A, H, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, B15 , C, D, E, P, K, macroelements, microelements, succinic acid and/or succinic acid succinates present in certain concentrations. Either calcium and/or sodium and/or potassium and/or phosphorus and/or magnesium are used as macronutrients. As trace elements, the drink contains either iron and/or iodine and/or fluorine and/or zinc and/or selenium and/or copper and/or manganese and/or chromium and/or molybdenum. Wide ranges of applied concentrations are given for all components. So, for macroelements, the range of possible concentrations is in the range from 3.5 to 4600 mg / liter, for microelements - in the range from 0.001 to 250 mg / liter. The concentration of succinic acid or its salts varies from 0.0001 to 60 mg/liter. Such wide ranges of variation of the possible concentrations of the active elements included in the functional water is the main drawback of the known technical solution, since it is difficult even for a narrow specialist to figure out which set of the claimed components and in what quantity should be used in order to obtain one or another therapeutic and / or preventive effect. when using this water. In addition, the too large number and variety of components included in this composition complicates the technological process of production of the drink and affects its final price, which is also a disadvantage.

Known artificial mineralized water "Borjomi", prepared from a composition containing compounds of calcium, magnesium, iodine, as well as sodium, potassium and bromine [13]. The disadvantages of artificial mineralized drinking water are its limited physiological value, due to the fact that the ratio of its ingredients is not balanced and does not provide the necessary amount of general strengthening and healing effect on the human body.

Known artificial mineralized drinking water [14], including at least one compound of calcium, magnesium and iodine, the concentration of which in terms of calcium, magnesium and iodine is respectively 20-150, 8-120 and 0.01-0.15 mg /liter. The calcium and magnesium compounds are preferably selected from water-soluble chlorides and/or sulfates and/or lactates and/or citrates. The water may additionally contain at least one of the compounds of fluorine and/or selenium and/or lithium and/or manganese and/or zinc and/or silver and/or copper ions. The water may additionally contain water-soluble sodium and/or potassium compounds, preferably their bicarbonates and/or chlorides. The water of the claimed composition is made on the basis of partially or completely demineralized natural water.

According to the totality of essential features and the achieved result, this well-known water is the closest analogue (prototype) of the claimed technical solution.

The disadvantage of water according to the prototype is the lack of functionality in relation to some specific therapeutic and prophylactic properties, as well as the difficulty of selecting components due to their very large number, various concentrations and multiple choices.

The task is to create a composition of functional drinking water to improve the correction of the pH level in the human body. This task is a very important social and economic problem.

If in any of the liquid media of the body there is an increase in the concentration of (H +) ions, then there is a shift in pH to the acid side, that is, acidification of the environment (acid shift) occurs.

The human body has a slightly alkaline environment and has buffering properties to maintain the required pH level at one stable level in a very narrow range from 7.26 to 7.45. And even a slight change in blood pH that goes beyond these limits can lead to disease.

Due to malnutrition and eating acidic foods, as well as lack of water, acidification of the body occurs. In order to resist this - to reduce the concentration of acid and remove it from the vital organs - the body retains water, which negatively affects the metabolism: the body wears out faster, the skin becomes dry, wrinkled. In addition, when the body is acidified, oxygen transfer to organs and tissues worsens, the body does not absorb minerals well, and some minerals, such as Ca, Na, K, Mg, are excreted from the body. The body has to spend a huge amount of resources and energy to neutralize excess acids, thereby causing a certain imbalance in biochemical reactions. Since there is clearly not enough alkaline reserves coming from outside, the body is forced to use its internal resources - calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium. As a result, hemoglobin decreases, osteoporosis develops. When the blood hemoglobin iron is used to neutralize the acid, the person feels tired. If calcium is consumed for these needs, insomnia and irritability appear. Due to the decrease in the alkaline reserve of the nervous tissue, mental activity is disturbed.

Vital organs suffer from a lack of minerals, the risk of cardiovascular diseases increases, immunity decreases, bone fragility appears, and much more. If there is a large amount of acid in the body and the mechanisms of its excretion are disturbed (with urine and feces, with breathing, with sweat, etc.), the body undergoes severe intoxication. The only way out is alkalization of the body.

On a global scale, acidification of the body leads to the emergence of more than 200 diseases, for example: cataracts, farsightedness, arthrosis, chondrosis, bile and urolithiasis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract - chronic gastritis with normal and high acidity, gastric and duodenal ulcers, syndrome irritable bowel, intestinal dyskinesia, etc.

The problem is solved by the functional non-alcoholic drink "SMART Aqua" for pH correction, containing water, which is prepared by softening it, cleaning it from impurities, clarifying and disinfecting it, bringing its hardness to values in the range of 0.5-3.0 mEq. calcium and magnesium salts/liter, as well as potassium citrate, sodium citrate, magnesium citrate, boron and silicon, and these components in measured amounts in the form of powders are introduced at room temperature with continuous stirring until a homogeneous solution is obtained, while the concentration of the above added components in the resulting drink is, mg / liter:

potassium citrate 300-3000 sodium citrate 150-1500 magnesium citrate 50-500 Bor 1-10 Silicon 10-100

The introduction of silicon and boron into the composition of functional water makes it possible to improve its taste and more fully assimilate the mineral substances of the composition, in addition, the introduction of boron improves the supply of bone tissues and cellular structures with calcium contained both in ordinary source natural water and in human food. The limitation of the source water in terms of salt content allows you to control the correction of pH in the human body with the systematic consumption of the declared functional drinking water.

The proposed functional water has a practically harmless formulation and can be used daily as drinking water for both healthy people and people who have problems with acidification of the body. With the systematic use of the claimed water, a positive effect is noted in the form of stabilization of the pH level and a gradual weakening of the symptoms of various physiological disorders caused by acidification.

The choice of source water with a low degree of hardness (soft water) to obtain the desired concentration of dissolved salts does not limit the possibilities of this technical solution, since even initially hard water can be pre-softened to the required degree by any method known to a specialist, for example, by passing the source water through a column with cation exchanger or by reverse osmosis.

These ingredients included in the functional water are involved in various biochemical processes and, when present together at the above ingredients content, have a positive synergistic effect and a pronounced biological effect and allow a more pronounced effect to be obtained with lower doses than separately used components.

The proposed functional drinking water has a stable chemical composition, which allows it to be used not only for drinking, but also in household cooking, as well as in the food industry as the basis for various drinks.

The production of functional drinking water for pH correction "SMART Aqua" is carried out as follows: drinking water is preliminarily prepared in accordance with the requirements for water in the production of soft drinks, including its softening, purification from impurities, clarification and disinfection due to hard ultraviolet irradiation. Further, powders of mineral substances measured in the required amount are introduced into a part of the prepared water at room temperature with continuous stirring, or their pre-prepared aqueous solutions are introduced, and thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous solution is obtained. After that, the rest of the initial prepared water is introduced into the resulting solution until functional water of the required volume is obtained. The resulting functional water is settled, decanted and then poured into plastic, glass or metal containers.

Below are examples of the compositions of functional drinking water "SMART Aqua" to increase the pH correction.

Example 1

For the preparation of functional drinking water, SMART Aqua uses water taken directly from the water supply network in the Czech city of Karlovy Vary, the source of which is located in the local mountains near the city. Local residents use this water without any purification. The measured hardness of this water was 2.05 meq. calcium and magnesium salts / liter. 300 liters of drinking water from Karlovy Vary, previously clarified, filtered and disinfected, are loaded into a mixer with an internal volume of 1500 liters, and 2000 grams of potassium citrate (tribasic monohydrate), 750 grams of sodium citrate (tribasic dihydrate) are added to it while stirring. , 190 grams of magnesium citrate (tribasic anhydride), 87.2 grams of sodium silicate Na ₂ SiO ₃ and 8 grams of boric acid H ₃ BO ₃ . The components are dissolved with stirring, after which the total volume of the solution is brought to 1000 liters by adding the required amount of pre-clarified, filtered and disinfected source water. The resulting functional water is pumped into the accumulator, settled and decanted into a packaging container, after which it is bottled into 5-liter canisters.

The concentration of added components in the resulting water:

Potassium - 600.0 mg / liter;

Magnesium - 56.3 mg / liter;

Sodium - 240 mg / liter;

Boron - 1.42 mg/liter;

Silicon - 20.0 mg/liter.

The obtained drinking functional water for pH correction "SMART Aqua" is a transparent liquid without foreign inclusions and sediment, the taste is slightly salty-bitter, with a subtle hint of lemon taste, pleasant, odorless, perfectly quenches thirst, has good organoleptic characteristics. Such water has a buffering effect and stabilizes the pH level of the gastrointestinal tract.

Example 2

For the preparation of functional drinking water "SMART Aqua", artesian water is used, obtained in the area of the village of Kratovo, Moscow Region. with a hardness of 11.3 meq. salts of calcium and magnesium / liter. The water is treated with reverse osmosis and, using a cation-exchange column with KU-2 cation exchanger, the hardness of the source water is adjusted to 2.1 meq. magnesium and calcium salts per liter. Further, the preparation of functional drinking water "SMART Aqua" is carried out according to example 1. The composition of the additionally introduced components coincides with example 1.

The compositions of functional drinking water for pH correction "SMART Aqua" according to examples 3-12 are presented in the table:

Thus, from examples 1-12 it follows that on an industrial scale it is easy to organize the production of functional drinking water with a predominant effect on pH correction in the human body with regular use of the claimed product. The Applicant proposes that the water of this composition activates the metabolism in the human body in such a way that the pH level unexpectedly stabilizes without changing physical activity and without changing the quantity and quality of food taken, which is an unexpected effect that could not be predicted based on the available literature data. This allows us to consider the proposed technical solution as corresponding to the criteria "Novelty" and "Inventive step".

In addition, due to the change in the quantitative composition of the elements included in the proposed functional drinking water, it is easy to produce on an industrial scale drinking water with a wide spectrum of activity, capable of replenishing the deficiency of the mineral balance in the human body. The claimed water has a beneficial effect on the human body with its regular use and has a practically harmless formulation, which allows it to be used as drinking water for a long time. At the same time, the satisfaction of the physiological needs of the body in the minerals that make up functional drinking water is achieved.

Sources of information taken into account:

1. Author's certificate of the USSR No. 407840, MCP C02F 1/68. 1973

2. Author's certificate of the USSR No. 464535, MCP C02F 1/68, 1975

3. RF patent No. 2051125, MCP C02F 1/68, 1995

4. RF patent No. 2417953, IPC C02F 1/68, A23L 2/38, 2006

5. RF patent No. 2100941, MCP A23L 2/38, 1998

6. RF patent No. 2066107, MCP A23L 2/38, 1996

7. RF patent No. 2293067, MCP C02F 9/08, A23L2/38, 2007

8. RF patent No. 2100941, MCP C02F 9/08, A23L2/38, 1998

9. RF patent No. 2164498, MCP C02F 1/68, A23L 2/38, 2001

10. RF patent No. 2552465, MCP A23L 2/38, 2015

11. RF patent No. 2625677, MCP A23L 2/38, A23L 2/00, A23L 2/52, 2017

12. RF patent No. 2422052, MCP A23L 2/38, 2011

13. RF patent No. 2077507, MCP C02F 1/68, 1997

14. RF patent No. 2134241, MCP C02F 1/68, A23L 2/38, 2000 (prototype).

Claims (2)

Functional non-alcoholic drink for pH correction, containing water, which is prepared by softening it, removing impurities, clarifying and disinfecting it, bringing its hardness to values in the range of 0.5-3.0 mEq. calcium and magnesium salts/liter, as well as potassium citrate, sodium citrate, magnesium citrate, boron and silicon, and these components in measured amounts in the form of powders are introduced at room temperature with continuous stirring until a homogeneous solution is obtained, while the concentration of the above added components in the resulting drink is, mg / liter: potassium citrate 300-3000 sodium citrate 150-1500 magnesium citrate 50-500 Bor 1-10 Silicon 10-100