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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Applicant:
James S. Drouillard, Olsbburg, KS (US);
Inventor:
James S. Drouillard, Olsbburg, KS (US);
Assignee:
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides feed or food products for consumption by animals or humans which include respective quantities of flax oil and non-flax carbohydrate. The flax oil and carbohydrate are mixed together and simultaneously subjected to an elevated temperature of at least about 120° F. and subsequently cooled; the flax oil is used at a level so that the final product contains at least about 5% by weight flax oil. It has been found that the products of the invention, when fed at effective levels, induce increased in vivo synthesis of desirable eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).