Patent ID: 6444700
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A liquid nutritional composition suitable for oral consumption comprising, on a per liter basis:a) from 1 to 10 grams of vitamin C, b) from 400 to 2000 international units of vitamin E; c) from 15 to 100 milligrams of beta-carotene; d) from 100 to 800 micrograms of selenium, and; e) from 2 to 200 grams of a structured glyceride component, characterized in that it contains about 50% by weight or more of triglyceride species and at least 40% of said triglyceride species have the following three characteristics: (i) about 33 to 70 wt. % of acyl moieties having 4 to 12 carbon atoms; (ii) about 30 to 67 wt. % of acyl moieties having more than 12 carbon atoms, and; (iii) an equivalent carbon number of greater than 30 to less than 48.