Patent ID: 6156354
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A23C,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
A method for providing a composition suitable for reducing the daily ingested dose of vitamin E required for achieving at least a 50% increase over the basal fasting plasma vitamin E/cholesterol ratio measured in the plasma of human subjects previously consuming no vitamin E dietary supplements, comprisingmicrodispersing vitamin E in a milk product at a concentration sufficient to provide between 50 and 400 IU vitamin E per serving of said milk product measured after normal processing of said milk product; andprocessing and packaging said milk product to provide a consumer-ready milk product,wherein the beneficial reduction in the amount of vitamin E required for achieving said at least 50% increase when ingested in said milk product, compared to the amount of vitamin E required to achieve said increase when ingested in a pharmaceutical preparation, is at least 1.5-fold greater than the loss of vitamin E incurred during processing of said milk product.