Patent ID: 7183266
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for blunting the postprandial glycemic response of an individual comprising administering to said individual a meal replacement product comprising: (a) from about 3.0 to about 15.0% by weight of a lightly hydrolyzed starch having a DP of at least about 10, and (b) from about 0.2 to about 2.0% by weight of a neutral soluble fiber source that is solubilized following alpha amylase digestion of the lightly hydrolyzed starch In the stomach, and (c) from about 0.2 to about 2.0% by weight of an anionic water-soluble fiber source, and (d) a water-insoluble, acid-soluble, multivalent cation source that is ionized in the stomach following administration, wherein the meal replacement product contains less than about 40 ppm of free calcium, and after administration generates an in vivo-viscosity of greater than about 300 cps.