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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Randolph Jacobson, New Milford, CT (US);
Sekhar Reddy, New Milford, CT (US);
Alexander Sher, Rockville, MD (US);
Dharam Vir Vaderhra, New Milford, CT (US);
Elaine Regina Wedral, Sherman, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 74 ; 426575 ; 426580 ; 426648 ; 424439 ; 424602 ;
Abstract
A metastable calcium complex formed by the interaction of an insoluble calcium source and a solution of citric and lactic acids is described. A fortified foodstuff comprising a fortifying amount of the metastable complex and a process for its preparation by forming the complex then adding the complex to a foodstuff or forming the complex in the foodstuff is disclosed.