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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23J 1/00 (2006.01); A23L 1/30 (2006.01); A23L 3/46 (2006.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.01); A23L 33/165 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/30 (2013.01); A23L 3/46 (2013.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.08); A23L 33/165 (2016.08); A23L 33/40 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Spray dried nutritional powders include soluble calcium, protein, and at least one of a soluble citrate, a soluble phosphate, and combinations thereof as at least one chelating agent. At least a portion of the soluble calcium is calcium HMB. At least a portion of the protein is soluble protein. The spray dried nutritional powders have a weight ratio of soluble calcium binding capacity to total soluble calcium of from about 2.3:1 to about 12:1. The calcium HMB, the at least one chelating agent, and the protein are spray dried together.