Patent ID: 7931930

Claim:
A method for preparing a dietary supplement comprising: (1) providing chocolate or chocolate compound coating; said chocolate or chocolate compound coating comprising cocoa butter; (2) providing calcium carbonate powder having a median particle size between about 1 μm and about 25 μm; (3) conching said calcium carbonate powder with said chocolate or chocolate compound coating to coat the particles of calcium carbonate with cocoa butter wherein said calcium carbonate powder is present in an amount sufficient to provide a dietary supplement having at least about 10% calcium carbonate powder by weight; (4) providing an active agent microencapsulated in a shell material; (5) dispersing said microencapsulated active agent in molten chocolate or chocolate compound coating subsequent to said conching step; thereby providing chocolate or chocolate compound coating comprising calcium carbonate powder and an active agent homogenously dispersed throughout said chocolate or chocolate compound coating and having a melting point between about 30° C. and about 49° C. and an apparent viscosity, in the molten state, within about ±50% of the apparent viscosity of the identical chocolate or chocolate compound coating in the absence of the calcium carbonate powder, as measured under conditions of identical temperature and shear.