Patent ID: 7851450

Claim:
A Dietetic, pharmaceutical or food composition containing a mixture of gangliosides of the formula I: (sugar)-OCH2-CH(—NH—CO—R1)-CH(OH)—CH═CH—R2 (I) wherein (sugar) represents a sugar residue, the group —CO—R1 represents an acyl fatty acid bound to the residue of the molecule in the form of an amide, R1 represents a straight, saturated alkyl residue having at least 10 C-atoms, R2 represents a straight, saturated alkyl residue having at least 10 C-atoms or a straight alkenyl residue having at least 10 C-atoms and one, two or three double bond(s), wherein in the gangliosides of formula I present in said mixture, at least 10 wt.-% of the group —CO—R1 and thus of the acyl-fatty acids are a C20:0 fatty acid, and the composition is incorporated in an instant food, a food supplement or a formulation food.