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Definitions

• the present invention relates generally to ingestible compositions, particularly to compositions that deliver fiber to a mammal, and to methods of making and using such compositions.
• fiber is an important part of the diet of mammals, particularly humans. Medical and nutrition professionals generally agree that dietary fiber is essential for good human health. Too little fiber in the diet is associated with diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and colon cancer. In addition, too little fiber often results in intestinal irregularity. Proper amounts of fiber in the diet stimulate bowel movement, slow down the gastrointestinal transition and digestion processes, modify fat absorption, and increase excretion of bile acids, hi addition, some dietary fibers are known to lower blood cholesterol and benefit the postprandial (after eating) glycemic response.
• moderately fermentable fiber that is fermented by the intestinal flora of a user
• Fiber intake can be increased by eating greater amounts of foods high in fiber such as grains, fruits, and vegetables.
• most consumers would have to almost double their intake of such foods to attain the recommended daily amount of fiber.
• Many consumers are unwilling or unable to eat large amounts of high fiber foods, and thus often look for supplements to provide the additional needed fiber.
• fiber supplements including powders, tablets, capsules, biscuits, breakfast cereals, laxative beverages, and the like.
• many of these compositions have certain drawbacks and are not easily accepted by consumers due to various factors such as the lack of portability, for example of powders or beverages; the unpleasant taste, and texture and/or mouthfeel of many fiber containing materials; high calories of the supplement resulting from materials used to mask the taste and/or texture of the fiber; and excess gas produced in the user by many of the fiber containing materials.
• flavoring, taste masking, and texture enhancing materials added to the fiber supplement products result in a lessened amount of fiber that can be included in each unit of product. Therefore, consumers must ingest increased amounts of product to obtain the desired amounts of fiber. Such unpleasant and/or inconvenient properties often result in the user discontinuing use of the product.
• An embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising at least about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a fiber component, and a humectant component, to provide a safe and effective amount of fiber to a user.
• Another embodiment of the invention is an ingestible composition comprising at least about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a fiber component; a humectant component; and a surfactant component.
• a further embodiment of the invention is a composition comprising at least about 25%, by weight of the composition, of a fiber component and a surfactant component.
• Another embodiment of the invention is a method of delivering a safe and effective amount of fiber to a user comprising a user ingesting from about 1 unit dose to about 10 unit doses per day of a composition comprising at least about 25% of a fiber component, by weight of the composition, and a humectant component.
• an embodiment of the invention is a method of preparing a fiber containing composition comprising the steps of: a. adding water to a mixing vessel; b. adding a fiber component to the water in the mixing vessel; c. mixing until the fiber component is dissolved; d. adding a humectant component to the mixing vessel; e. mixing until said humectant component is dissolved; thereby creating the fiber containing composition.
• Another embodiment of the invention is a method of preparing a fiber containing composition comprising the steps of: a. adding water to a mixing vessel; b. adding a fiber component to the water in the mixing vessel; c. mixing the water and the fiber to form a water-fiber mixture; d. adding a carbohydrate component to a second mixing vessel; e. mixing while heating the second mixing vessel to a temperature of from about 54 0 C to about 77 0 C to form a carbohydrate mixture; f. adding the water-fiber mixture to the second mixing vessel and mixing to form a carbohydrate-fiber mixture; g.
• Referenced herein may be trade names for components including various ingredients utilized in the present invention.
• the inventors herein do not intend to be limited by materials under a given trade name.
• Equivalent materials e.g., those obtained from a different source under a different name or reference number
• those referenced by trade name may be substituted and utilized in the descriptions herein.
• fiber generally means material derived from plant cell walls and which is not digestable by human digestive enzymes, including soluble fiber and insoluble fiber.
• the fiber component can be naturally derived or synthetic.
• a portion of the fiber component can be non- starch polysaccharides, including soluble and insoluble fiber.
• soluble fiber means plant gums and oligosaccharides, or modified gums, modified celluloses, non-starch polysaccharides that are soluble in water, some of which can form viscous gels.
• humectant means a substance having an affinity for water and which provides stabilizing action on the water content of a material. Humectants prevent loss of moisture from foods, particularly flour-containing confectionaries, prevent sugar from crystallizing, and prevent growth of ice crystals in frozen foods.
• surfactant means a surface active agent that is both hydrophobic and hydrophilic, and is used to modify the surface properties of liquids.
• a surfactant is any compound that reduces surface tension when dissolved in water or water solutions, or that reduces interfacial tension between two liquids (such as water compositions and oil compositions), or between a liquid and a solid.
• carbohydrate means sugars and digestable starches including monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
• DE means “dextrose equivalent”, which refers to the percent of reducing sugars on a dry basis calculated as dextrose.
• DE is a measurement of the degree of hydrolysis that starches undergo. Standard corn syrups generally have a DE of about 42. The higher the DE, the sweeter the component. However, higher DE also can contribute to a composition's greater tendency to crystallize, tendency to discolor, and tendency to be more hygroscopic, and can result in lower viscosity.
• An embodiment of the present invention comprises a composition comprising at least about 25% of a fiber component, by weight of the composition, and a humectant component.
• the composition comprises at least about 0.001% of the humectant component, by weight of the composition.
• compositions of the present invention comprises at least about 25%, alternatively at least about 30%, alternatively at least about 35%, alternatively at least about 40%, alternatively at least about 45%, alternatively at least about 50%, alternatively at least about 60%, and alternatively at least about 75%, of a fiber component, by weight, of the composition.
• Non-limiting examples of fiber components of the present invention can include naturally derived soluble fiber; naturally derived inulin; inulin extract; synthetic inulin; hydrolysis products of inulin commonly known as fructooligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides, or oligo derivatives of starch; husks; brans; psyllium; polysaccharides; oligosaccharides; celluloses and derivatives thereof; starches, modified starches, and derivatives of starches; polycarbophil; lignin; arabinogalactans; chitosans; oat fiber; soluble corn fiber; non- digestible corn or wheat dextrin; locust bean gum and derivatives thereof; hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC); pectin; and mixtures thereof.
• inulin commonly known as fructooligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, xylooligosacchari
• derivative means chemically modified, chemically or enzymatically synthesized, extracted, mechanically modified; and combinations thereof.
• the fiber component is de-sugared inulin.
• the fiber component is de-sugared inulin.
• Inulin is a linear oligomer comprising ⁇ -D-fructose linked to a terminal ⁇ -D-glucose.
• Inulin has the structural formula GFr n , wherein G is ⁇ -D-glucose, Fr is ⁇ -D-fructose; and n is an integer of between 2 to 60.
• Inulin is often referred to as a "fructan", an "oligofructan”, and an "oligofructose”.
• naturally derived means not chemically processed from its natural source.
• inulin can be naturally derived by boiling chicory root in water then drying the resulting water portion to yield inulin.
• de-sugared inulin means a non-gelling form of inulin having a total of about 2% (by weight) maximum mono and disaccharides, and having about 95% (by weight) minimum soluble fiber.
• De-sugared inulin can be prepared by passing the water component, after boiling of chicory root in water, through a filter before drying. The filter removes mono and disaccharides.
• composition of the present invention can comprise a humectant component, which comprises at least about 0.001%, alternatively from about 0.001% to about 20%, alternatively from about 0.001% to about 10%, and alternatively from about 0.001% to about 5%, by weight of the composition.
• a humectant component which comprises at least about 0.001%, alternatively from about 0.001% to about 20%, alternatively from about 0.001% to about 10%, and alternatively from about 0.001% to about 5%, by weight of the composition.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable humectant components include glycerin, invert sugar, polyhydric alcohols, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyglycerol, gelatin, xanthan gums, carageenans, alginates, cyclomethicone, sodium hyaluronate, sodium lactate, tracetin, triethanolamine, and mixtures thereof.
• the humectant component can also be a mixture of humectants such as for example, the humectant component can be a mixture of glycerin and sorbitol present in the humectant component in a weight ratio of from about 2:1 to about 12:1, alternatively from about 2:1 to about 10:1, and alternatively from about 3:1 to about 5:1.
• Embodiments of the compositions of the present invention can include at least about 0.01%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant component.
• the surfactant component can comprise from about 0.01% to about 20%, alternatively from about 0.01% to about 10%, alternatively from about 0.01% to about 5%, and alternatively from about 0.01% to about 3%, by weight of the composition.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable surfactant components include polyglycerol esters, glycerophospholipids, mono- and di-glycerides, sucrose monoesters, sorbitan esters, polyethoxylated glycols, agar, albumin, casein, glyceryl monostearate, gums, soaps, irish moss, egg yolk, lecithin, and mixtures thereof.
• the surfactant component can be lecithin.
• Embodiments of the compositions of the present invention can also include at least about 1%, alternatively less than about 50%, alternatively from about 5% to about 50%, alternatively from about 5% to about 45%, and alternatively from about 5% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a carbohydrate component.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable carbohydrate components include reducing sugars, non- reducing sugars, corn syrup, sucrose, liquid sucrose, polydextrose, trehalose, fructose, lactose, maltose, honey, glucose, galactose, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of reducing sugars include corn syrups, fructose, and milk sugars (i.e. lactose).
• a non-limiting example of a non-reducing sugar is sucrose.
• the carbohydrate component can be a mixture of a non-reducing sugar such as sucrose and a reducing sugar such as corn syrup present in the carbohydrate component in a weight ratio of from about 1 :1.1 to about 7:1, alternatively from about 1 :1.1 to about 1 :5, and alternatively from about 1 :1.1 to about 1 :3.
• a non-reducing sugar such as sucrose
• a reducing sugar such as corn syrup
• compositions of the present invention can also include a lipid or fat component comprising less than about 20%, alternatively less than about 15%, and alternatively less than about 10%, by weight, of the composition.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable fat components of the present invention include plant oils; hydrogenated plant oils; partially hydrogenated plant oils such as soybean oil and partially hydrogenated coconut oil; animal fats; fat substitutes such as olestra; fatty acids, and mixtures thereof.
• Embodiments of the compositions of the present invention can also include a "probiotic” component.
• probiotic means a microorganism that is beneficial to the host organism, versus pathogenic microorganisms that are detrimental to the host organism.
• Non- limiting examples of probiotic components include various strains of bacteria including Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species of bacteria, such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium bifidum and the like, and mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the present invention can include at least about 0.001%, by weight of the composition, of a probiotic component.
• the compositions of the present invention can include from about 0.001% to about 10%, alternatively from about 0.01% to about 5%, and alternatively from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight of the composition, of a probiotic component.
• compositions of the present invention can include supplements such as, but not limited to, vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, plant derived supplements, animal derived supplements, therapeutic compounds, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of such other components include: calcium, potassium, B vitamins, vitamins A, C, D, E, and K, folic acid, other vitamins and minerals commonly known in the art and used for supplementing the diet; extracts and active phytochemicals including ferulic acid (from apples), ginseng, ginko biloba, beta carotene, capsicanoids, anthocyanidins, bioflavinoids, d-limonene, isothiocyanates, cysteines from garlic, ginger, grapes, catechins and polyphenols from teas, onions, phytosterols, isoflavones, lycopene, curcumin, caffeine; glucosamine, chondroitin, msm; melatonin, seratonin; and mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the present invention can include at least about 0.001%, by weight of the composition, of a supplement component.
• the composition of the present invention can include from about 0.001% to about 25%, alternatively from about 0.01% to about 10%, and alternatively from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight of the composition, of a supplement component.
• compositions of the present invention can be included in various additional components including natural and artificial flavors, natural and artificial sweeteners, and natural and artificial colorants and/or food grade dyes.
• various preservatives as would be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art can also be added.
• Non-limiting examples of flavors include natural or artificial flavors and include chocolate; vanilla; caramel; coffee; fruit flavors including lemon, lime, orange, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, peach, apricot, cherry, grape; and mixtures thereof.
• flavors can be purchased, and/or prepared and added using known flavor technologies.
• Non-limiting examples of natural sweeteners include sugars and starches such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose, corn starch, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of artificial sweeteners include sucralose, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, saccharin, lactitol, stevia, Neohesperidine DC, polydextrose, cyclamates, sugar alcohols, isomalt, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of suitable preservatives include: sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, potassium metabisulfite, sodium metabisulfite, sodium lactate, sodium sulfite, EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), methylparaben, and mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the present invention can include at least about 0.001%, by weight of the composition, of flavor, sweetener, colorant and/or preservative components, and mixtures thereof.
• the compositions of the present invention can include from about 0.001% to about 10%, alternatively from about 0.001% to about 5%, and alternatively from about 0.001% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of flavor, sweetener, colorant components and/or mixtures thereof.
• compositions of the present invention can be formed into any suitable, ingestible form.
• suitable, ingestible form Non- limiting examples of the form of the compositions include: soft chew, hard chew, chewable tablet, nutritional bar, lozenge, powder, granules, clusters, soft gel, semi-solid taffy-like chew, chewing gum, swallowable tablet, swallowable capsule, swallowable caplet, individual unit doses, user-dosable forms, and mixtures thereof.
• a unit dose can be a single soft chew, or a partitionable form such as a bar which the user cuts or breaks to provide unit dosages.
• Example methods of preparing compositions of the present invention can comprise steps selected from the steps of:
• This step can be done at about 25 0 C, or can be done heated at temperatures of from about 55 0 C to about 6O 0 C.
• the resultant fiber-water mixture is highly viscous.
• a humectant component can be added while mixing the fiber and water by adding a humectant component to the mixing vessel and mixing until the mixture is homogeneous, thereby forming a fiber-humectant mixture. Additional fiber component can optionally be added to the fiber- humectant mixture at this step. Flavor, sweetener, color, and/or preservative components can be added at this step also.
• Such a mixture can then be processed in a mold, via a mold process, or extruded, as would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, and formed into unit dose forms such as soft chews that can be packaged individually into poly-lined foil wrappers (such as Inner Wraps 32700X available from Flexible Packaging, Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
• the foil wrapped chews can then be placed in secondary packaging, non-limiting examples of which include glass bottles; plastic bottles; foil lined bags, cartons, or sleeves; and combinations thereof.
• Embodiments of the invention can include additional steps, after mixing a fiber component and water, and before preparing the final composition, such as adding a carbohydrate component, and/or a fat component, and/or flavor, sweetener, color, and preservative component.
• Such components can be prepared as separate "premixes" generally as follows.
• steps include: Combining a non-reducing sugar and a reducing sugar in a mixing vessel to form a carbohydrate mixture;
• the carbohydrate mixture can be combined with the fiber-water mixture, or fiber-humectant mixture, by: adding to the carbohydrate mixture the fiber-water mixture and heating at a temperature of about 165°F (about 74°C) for about 15 minutes, until a homogeneous carbohydrate-fiber slurry is produced.
• the carbohydrate-fiber mixture is cooked until the solids content is between about 75% and 85%, alternatively between about 80% and 82%, by weight of the resulting cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture.
• the cooked carbohydrate- fiber mixture can then be combined with a fat mixture as described below.
• the carbohydrate- fiber mixture can be stored temporarily in a jacketed holding vessel until needed.
• a jacketed vessel can be easily heated or cooled.
• steps include:
• the fat mixture can be stored temporarily in a jacketed holding vessel until needed.
• the fat mixture can be combined with the cooked carbohydrate-fiber component as described below.
• steps can include:
• Unloading the final mixture into one or more transfer totes (vessels used to transfer the final mixture from the mixing vessel into a pre-kneader);
• a food grade transfer aid non- limiting examples of which include soybean oil and corn starch.
• Extrusion can be done, for example by adding the final mixture, adjusted to a temperature of from about 100 0 F (about 38 0 C) to about 12O 0 F (about 49 0 C), to a pre-kneader, then into a final rope extruder; cooling via a cooling tunnel (cooled to from about 40 0 F (about 5°C) to about 8O 0 F (about 27 0 C)), and knife cutting into individual pieces to form soft chews.
• the temperature of the final mixture, before delivery into the pre-kneader can be adjusted in various ways, non-limiting examples of which include: making the final mixture in a jacketed vessel, adjusting the temperature of either or both the cooked carbohydrate- fiber mixture and/or the fat mixture in the holding vessel(s) prior to adding to the final mixing vessel, and combinations thereof.
• the soft chews can be wrapped in poly-lined foil wrappers (such as Inner Wraps 32700X available from Flexible Packaging, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) or other protective barriers.
• the foil wrapped chews can then be placed in secondary packaging, non-limiting examples of which include glass bottles; plastic bottles; foil lined bags, cartons, or sleeves; and combinations thereof.
• Embodiments of the present invention also includes methods of delivering a safe and effective amount of a fiber component to a user.
• a "safe and effective amount” means an amount of fiber component effective to deliver one or more of the following benefits: laxation; increased stool volume and moisture content; intestinal regularity; slowed gastrointestinal transition and digestion processes; modified fat absorption; aiding in weight management; increasing excretion of bile acids; aiding in lowering blood cholesterol; benefiting the postprandial glycemic response; aiding growth and/or development of beneficial gastrointestinal microorganisms; as well as helping to reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and colon cancer.
• a method of delivering a safe and effective amount of fiber component to a user comprises the user ingesting from about 1 to about 20 unit doses per day of a composition comprising at least about 25% of a fiber component, by weight of the composition; and a humectant component.
• a user can ingest from about 1 to about 20, alternatively from about 1 to about 10, and alternatively from about 1 to about 5 unit doses of the composition per day, i.e. for example, from about 1 to about 20 soft chews per day.
• Each unit dose can comprise from about 1 to about 3 grams of fiber component, and alternatively from about 2 to about 2.5 grams of fiber component. Therefore, for example, if a user wished to ingest 10 grams of fiber per day, the user would ingest from about 4 to about 5 unit doses per day. If the user wished to ingest 20 grams of fiber per day, the user would ingest about 10 unit doses per day.
• Tables I and II show various example compositions of the present invention. Examples of compositions that can be made by the processes of Examples 1-5 are shown in Table I.
• abotu 25 0 C add 38.89 grams of purified water to a mixing vessel and mix with a Silverson L4RT-A high shear mixer.
• Add 50 grams of de-sugared inulin available as Oliggo-Fiber De-Sugared Inulin from Cargill, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• Slowly add 10 grams of a 70% sorbitol solution available from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Decatur, IL, USA) to the mixture and mix at constant speed until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
• Example 2 Fiber Component plus Humectant Component Inulin / Glycerin Composition.
• Example 4 Fiber Component plus Surfactant Component Inulin/Lecithin Composition
• Example 5 Fiber Component plus Humectant plus Probiotic
• BifantisTM35624 (bifido bactierium, Chr. Hansen, Denmark), and 30 grams of microcrystalline cellulose (available as Avicel from FMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA) to a V-blender. Tumble the mixture at 15 rpm for at least about 5 minutes, until no lumps are visible.
• compositions that can be made by the processes of Examples 6-9 are shown in Table II.
• Example 6 Fiber Component plus Humectant, Surfactant, Carbohydrate and Fat Components Fiber-Water Premix
• the resulting cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture weighs about 492 kilograms.
• Cream #059200A to the Z-arm mixer, and mix for about 4 minutes to form the final mixture. Unload the vessel containing the final mixture into 1 -2 transfer totes (vessels used to transfer material from the mixing vessel to the pre-kneader) at room temperature. Add the final mixture, adjusted to a temperature of from about 100 0 F (about 38 0 C) to about 120 0 F (about 49 0 C) to a pre-kneader, then to a final rope extruder and extrude into ropes, cool the ropes via a cooling tunnel (cooled to from about 4O 0 F (about 5 0 C) to about 8O 0 F (about 27 0 C)), and knife cut into individual pieces to form soft chews. Individual chews can be wrapped in poly-lined foil primary wrappers (available as Inner Wraps 32700X available from Flexible Packaging, Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
• the carbohydrate-fiber mixture until the solids in the composition comprise from about 80.3% to about 81.0% by weight of the composition. After cooking, if approximately 80.6% solids remain, the resulting cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture weighs about 317 kilograms. Following cooking, store the cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture in a jacketed holding vessel and maintain at a temperature of from about 13O 0 F (about 54°C) to about 170 0 F (about 77 0 C) until the cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture is mixed into the final mixture.
• vanilla flavor available as Firmenich N&A French Vanilla 5686847
• the carbohydrate- fiber mixture until the solids in the composition comprise from about 80.3% to about 81.0% by weight of the composition. After cooking, if approximately 80.6% solids remain, the resulting cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture weighs about 317 kilograms. Following cooking, store the cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture in a jacketed holding vessel and maintain at a temperature of from about 13O 0 F (about 54 0 C) to about 17O 0 F (about 77 0 C) until the cooked carbohydrate-fiber mixture is mixed into the final mixture.
• abotu 25°C add 140 kilograms of purified water to a vessel having a Eurostar low shear mixer with marine propeller blades. Heat the water to a temperature between about 55 0 C to about 60 0 C. While stirring the water, add 140 kilograms of de-sugared inulin (available as Oliggo-Fiber De-Sugared Instant from Cargill). Mix the solution for at least about 15 minutes, until all inulin is dissolved in the water and no lumps are visible, thus forming a fiber-water premix.
• de-sugared inulin available as Oliggo-Fiber De-Sugared Instant from Cargill

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