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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
May. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shie-Ming Hwang, Columbus, OH (US);
Timothy W Schenz, Powell, OH (US);
James N Chmura, Pickerington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 536 52 ; 536114 ; 424439 ; 426520 ; 426654 ; 426658 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed liquid nutritionals with improved physical stability. The nutritionals are pourable yet able to hold minerals in suspension without sedimentation or sag. The invention comprises the use of iota-carrageenan of a concentration of between 50-1500 parts per million. The nutritional may also comprise kappa carrageenan at a concentration of less than 25% of the total concentration of iota- and kappa-carrageenan. There is further disclosed a method for preparing the liquid nutritional through the use of ultra-high temperature heat treatment.