Patent ID: 8173160
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A23D,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A composition in an oral dosage form for an oral administration to a mammal, or in a form of a suppository, consisting essentially of: (a) one or more vitamins or minerals, or a combination thereof, in a combined amount that is effective for providing or enhancing one or more nutritional, medical or other health benefits, or a combination thereof, to a mammal, wherein the one or more vitamins are vitamin B6, vitamin B9 or vitamin B12, or combination thereof, are water-soluble and oil-insoluble, are initially in a solid-state form, are exogenous to one or more edible oils that may be included in the composition and are in a form that is capable of being mixed with one or more edible oils; (b) one or more edible oils, or a combination thereof, in a combined amount that is effective for permitting the one or more vitamins or minerals, or combination thereof, to be mixed with the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof, said one or more edible oils substantially omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6, or omega-9 fatty acids, or a combination thereof, containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in an amount greater than about 50 weight percent of the total weight of the edible oils, wherein said DHA is present in a triglyceride form and the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof, includes one or more substances that can provide a nutritional, medical or other health benefit, or a combination thereof, to a mammal; (c) one or more edible suspending agents, or a combination thereof, in a combined amount that is effective for initiating, enhancing or maintaining a suspension of the one or more vitamins or minerals, or combination thereof, in the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof, or for providing a nutritional, medical or other health benefit, or a combination thereof, to a mammal, or both, wherein the one or more edible suspending agents, or a combination thereof, selected from the group consisting of phytosterols, phytosterol esters, plant stanols or plant stanol esters, or a combination thereof; (d) one or more edible hollow oral dosage forms or hollow suppository forms; wherein the one or more vitamins or minerals, or combination thereof, are admixed with the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof, or the one or more suspending agents, or combination thereof, or both; and wherein the one or more vitamins or minerals, or combination thereof, the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof, and the one or more edible suspending agents, or combination thereof, are present in the composition in a form of a suspension, wherein the one or more vitamins or minerals, or combination thereof, are at least temporarily suspended in the one or more edible oils, or combination thereof; wherein the suspension or dispersion is inserted into the one or more edible hollow oral dosage forms or hollow suppository forms, or is formed into a solid suppository, to provide one or more unit dosage forms of the composition; and