Patent ID: 6221918
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A liquid health supplement consisting essentially of:(i) from about 1% to about 99% of a combination of at least 150 different carotenoid compounds with structures having chemical formula I: ##STR4##wherein each R group is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight chain or branched C.sub.1-8 alkyl, straight chain or branched C.sub.1-8 alkenyl, straight chain or branched C.sub.1-8 alkynyl, hydroxy, straight chain or branched C.sub.1-8 alkoxy, keto, carboxyl, cyano, nitro amino, amide, ester, ether, halogen, substituted acyclic, substituted or un-substituted cyclic, aromatic and hetero-aromatic; and,(ii) an oil base in an amount sufficient to mask the smell of the carotenoid compounds selected from the group of natural oils.