Patent ID: 11918016
Assignee: TRISCO ICAP PTY LTD
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 15:
16. A method for feeding a subject suffering from a mastication and/or deglutition disease, disorder or condition, comprising feeding the subject a foodstuff having an increased viscosity due to addition of a stable liquid composition, wherein the composition comprises a viscosity of less than 3000 cP and a water activity of greater than 95%, wherein the composition is stable for at least six months at room temperature and wherein the composition comprises: (i) one or a plurality of thickening agents selected from the group consisting of agar, alginic acid, carrageenan, guar gum, gum tragacanth, gum ghatti, microcrystalline cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, methylethylcellulose, gum karaya, locust bean gum, tara gum, psyllium seed gum, quince seed gum, a pectin, furcellaran, gellan gum, konjac, sodium alginate, xanthan gum and any combination thereof, wherein the concentration of said thickening agents is about 3% to about 30% by weight; (ii) one or a plurality of polysaccharides or extracts thereof selected from the group consisting of scleroglucan, dextran, elsinan, soy bean polysaccharide, levan, an arabinogalactan, alternan, inulin, pullulan, an arabinoxylan, curdlan, low viscosity carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), an Acacia gum, a Larix occidentalis polysaccharide extract, a Larix laricina polysaccharide extract, a Larix decidua polysaccharide extract, a Larix sibirica polysaccharide extract and any combination thereof, wherein said polysaccharide or extracts thereof comprises 10 to over 100,000 saccharide units and the concentration of said polysaccharide or extracts thereof is about 3% to about 30% by weight; and (iii) water and/or a food grade aqueous solution.