Patent ID: 9060539
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a product for human consumption, comprising: isolating one or more betalains from a beet juice preparation comprising one or more betalains by bringing the beet juice preparation into contact with a column packed with at least one of a hydrophobically modified styrene resin or a hydrophobically modified silica resin, allowing at least a portion of the one or more betalains to bind to the hydrophobically modified styrene resin or the hydrophobically modified silica resin, and eluting at least a portion of the bound betalains from the hydrophobically modified styrene resin or the hydrophobically modified silica resin using a basic buffer having a pH of 7-9 to produce an isolated betalain preparation having reduced sugar content comprising one or more isolated betalains, wherein the one or more sugars are selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, sugar alcohols, and pectins, wherein the concentration ratio of total betalain to the one or more sugar in the isolated betalain preparation is at least 1.0 wherein the said one or more betalains are selected from the group consisting of betanin, isobetanin, 17-decarboxy-betanin, 17-decarboxy-isobetanin and neobetanin; formulating the isolated betalain preparation in a product for human consumption, wherein the quantity of the one or more isolated betalains in the product is effective to reduce at least one symptom associated with a condition when the product is ingested at a recommended dosage and schedule, and wherein the condition is selected from the group consisting of osteoarthritis, sinusitis, contact dermatitis, acne, an allergic condition, reduced mental alertness, reduced physical strength, reduced physical endurance, and impaired mood; and instructing a person to orally administer the product at the recommended dosage and schedule to so reduce the at least one symptom associated with the condition.